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AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems

“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they struggle,” Somani said. The surprise was that, using the latest model, the...

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Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public

Similar to Reddit, the new Digg offers a website and mobile app where you can browse feeds featuring posts from across a selection of its communities and join other communities that align with your...

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Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups

Now, the firm has closed its first fund, securing $25.9 million in capital commitments from Cisco Foundation, AMB Holdings, and Builders Vision, among others, along with individuals like Jeff Jordan,...

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Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp

Brazil’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from using its business API to offer chatbots on the app. The agency has also started...

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Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz

The Boston- and Tel Aviv-based startup, which helps pharma and biotech companies develop drugs faster using generative AI trained on molecular data, has raised a $25 million oversubscribed Series A...

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Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code

Similar to Claude Code, Cowork is designed to take strings of actions without user input — a potentially dangerous approach if the tool is given vague or contradictory instructions. In a blog post...

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Google co-founders may be leaving California

Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be reducing their presence in the state where they co-founded Google. Similarly, 45 LLCs associated with Page have recently become inactive or moved out of...

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Fintech firm Betterment confirms data breach after hackers send fake crypto scam notification to users

In an email sent on Monday, which TechCrunch has seen, Betterment said that hackers gained access to some company systems on January 9 by way of a social engineering attack, which involved...

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Developers have made $550B on Apple’s App Store since 2008

Apple’s entertainment products are making strides, too. Apple TV eclipsed all prior viewership records in December 2025, the company says, and Apple Music achieved record highs in listenership and...

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Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri

It’s official. Apple has chosen to work with Google, a longtime partner, to power AI features like Siri. “After careful evaluation, we determined that Google’s technology provides the most capable...

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Paramount files lawsuit against Warner Bros. amidst controversial Netflix merger

On Monday, Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that the company has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in Delaware, demanding greater financial disclosure regarding Netflix’s...

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OpenAI to acquire the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo

OpenAI is kicking off the new year with yet another acqui-hire. The AI giant is acquiring the team behind Convogo, a business software platform that helps executive coaches, consultants, talent...

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I met a lot of weird robots at CES — here are the most memorable

The ping pong player The boxer The dancer The convenience store clerk The housekeeper The butler

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Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting ‘extortion’

A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination suit last month filled with such scandalous allegations against the company’s famed CEO, Jack Hidary, that the plaintiff himself redacted the...

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CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities

As has been the case for the past two years, AI was at the forefront of many companies’ messaging, though the hardware upgrades and oddities that have long defined the annual event still have their...

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How the Sleepbuds maker, Ozlo, is building a platform for sleep data

Those new partners could help Ozlo tap into new audiences and build a revenue model beyond consumer-focused hardware and into the profit-margin-rich world of software subscriptions and healthcare....

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CES 2026: Follow live for the best, weirdest, most interesting tech as this robot and AI-heavy event wraps up

CES 2026 is over and we’re outta here. You should still expect more articles over the coming days that relate back to who we spoke to and what we saw at CES. Finally, as transportation editor I...

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Meta secures over 6 GW of power capacity from trio of nuclear firms

Meta Secures Massive Nuclear Capacity to Fuel Global AI Expansion In a significant move to secure resilient, round-the-clock power for its rapidly expanding AI infrastructure, Meta has unveiled...

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Following worldwide outrage, X limits Grok's image generation features solely to paid subscribers

The artificial intelligence venture backed by Elon Musk has implemented significant limitations on Grok’s image generation function, restricting its use exclusively to paid subscribers on the X...

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Google unveils new commerce protocol for AI agents

Google Introduces Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) to Standardize AI Shopping Experience At the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference, Google officially launched the Universal Commerce...

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LinkedIn banned AI agent Artisan: The startup makes its unexpected return

Tech Startup Artisan Restored to LinkedIn After Temporary Suspension The corporate presence of the tech startup Artisan recently evaporated from LinkedIn. Visitors attempting to access the company's...

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, driven by 230M weekly user health queries

ChatGPT Launches Specialized Health Interface to Protect User Privacy Acknowledging the widespread practice of seeking medical information online, OpenAI is introducing a specialized environment...

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Governments grapple with the flood of non-consensual nudity on X

But while public figures from around the world have decried the choice to release the model without safeguards, there are few clear mechanisms for regulators hoping to rein in Elon Musk’s new...

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GTMfund has rewritten the distribution playbook for the AI era

Building software products has never been easier, so why are so many well-funded startups failing to take off no matter how good their product is? In this season finale episode of Build Mode, our...