Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage | TechCrunch
Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, is making its next big move. The company behind the assistant,
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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the
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Anduril reportedly in talks to raise funding at $100B valuation, more than 3x last year's mark | TechCrunch
Defense tech company Anduril is said to be raising a new round of capital that may push its valuation up
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Anthropic launches Opus 5 | TechCrunch
On Friday, Anthropic launched its Opus 5 model, the newest version of its long-standing heavyweight model. While smaller than Fable
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Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now | TechCrunch
For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says,
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India's move against Jack Dorsey's Bitchat sparks legal debate | TechCrunch
An apparent Indian government effort to remove GitHub repositories for Jack Dorsey’s offline Bluetooth-powered messaging app Bitchat has raised questions
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Sam Altman's biometric startup World raises $52.5 million via crypto sale | TechCrunch
World, the online verification startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a crypto token sale to
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As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions | TechCrunch
Several AI companies, including Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, and Nvidia, have signed an open letter urging policymakers not to
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Rivian sues the US government for 'full refund' of Trump tariffs | TechCrunch
Rivian has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in an attempt to claw back a “full refund” on tariffs
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Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool | TechCrunch
AuntieBluesky’s AI assistant that lets you build custom social feeds without programming, is evolving into an open-ended research tool. The
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