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Google has agreed to buy 1 million carbon credits from Indian climate-tech startup Mitti Labs through 2030, in what the companies say is the largest publicly announced agreement for credits…

Identity verification provider IDScan has confirmed that hackers stole driver’s license information and other government-issued identity data from its cloud systems. The disclosure comes about a week after reports linked…

Snapchat has launched Snapchat Plans, a new set of features for creating, sharing and managing real-world events with friends. Users can organize gatherings inside the app while keeping information such…

Defense technology startup Mach Industries has raised another $600 million in a Series C extension, doubling its valuation to $3.7 billion in just three months. The new funding follows a…

The U.S. Army has awarded Austin-based TERN an $11.26 million contract to deploy its GPS-independent navigation technology in military vehicles. The startup has not disclosed how many vehicles will receive…

Listen Labs, an AI market research startup, walked away from a signed term sheet for a $125 million Series C that would have valued the company at $1.5 billion, according…

The board of Automattic has placed founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid leave against his wishes and appointed chief financial officer Mark Davies as interim CEO. The company confirmed…

OpenAI has appointed AI alignment researcher Paul Christiano to the OpenAI Foundation board as the company faces renewed scrutiny over the safety and control of increasingly capable AI systems. Christiano…

Apple CEO John Ternus used his first keynote in the role to place the iPhone firmly at the center of Apple’s AI strategy. Speaking at the company’s Surprise and Shine…

Apple has increased prices across several existing iPhone models by $100 following the launch of the iPhone 18 Pro series and its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo. The increases…

Apple is using AI algorithms and 3D printing during production of the hinge inside its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo. The manufacturing process is intended to improve alignment and…

Harvey has raised another $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, extending a rapid run of funding for the legal AI company. Diffusion and Lightspeed Venture Partners co-led the round,…

Apple CEO John Ternus used his first major product keynote since taking the role to position the iPhone as the company’s primary device for interacting with AI. Speaking at Apple’s…

The U.S. Department of Justice is taking a closer look at Fox Corporation’s planned $22 billion acquisition of Roku, sending both companies a formal request for additional information and documents.…

Instinct is giving its AI assistant a dedicated email address, allowing it to create accounts, contact businesses and manage email-based tasks without relying on a user’s personal inbox. The feature…

OpenAI has published what it says is a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of mathematics’ seven Millennium Prize Problems, shortly after NYU professor Tristan Buckmaster announced…

NextEra Energy has secured a U.S. Department of Energy loan of up to $1.9 billion to help restart Iowa’s Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant that has been closed…

French AI company Mistral AI has raised €3 billion, about $3.58 billion, in a Series D round that values the company at more than €21 billion, or roughly $24.39 billion,…

Bluecore Energy has raised an oversubscribed $50 million seed round, just months after securing a $10 million pre-seed and emerging from stealth. The company plans to use the funding to…

Stoke Space Technologies has completed the initial closing of a $1 billion Series E round to prepare its fully reusable Nova rocket for orbit and develop a much larger second-generation…