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Pro-Iran hacktivist group says it is behind attack on medical tech giant Stryker

The hacktivist group claimed the attack was in retaliation for a U.S. strike on a Tehran school that killed more than 175 people, most of them children.

Breakout Ventures raises $114M fund to back AI science startups

Breakout Ventures is finding growing success by backing early-stage startups in scientific fields such as biology and chemistry.

Almost 40 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are

VC mega-funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions

General Catalyst is said to be raising $10 billion and Spark Capital $3 billion. This after several other firms have also raised mega-funds.

Poppi founder on TikTok, Super Bowl ads, and her return to Shark Tank

For years, venture capitalists have been skeptical of beverage startups, citing thin margins and brutal distribution as reasons most brands never break out. But a new wave of “functional soda” companies has been challenging that assumption, including Poppi, the prebiotic soda brand that grew from a kitchen experiment into a $1.95 billion acquisition by PepsiCo.  On this episode of […]

Hacker broke into FBI and compromised Epstein files, report says

According to a Reuters report, a foreign hacker broke into a server that was part of the FBI’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein — without realizing they had hacked an FBI server.

WordPress debuts a private workspace that runs in your browser via a new service, my.WordPress.net

WordPress’s new browser-based service lets users create private sites without hosting or signing up, turning the platform into a personal workspace for writing, research, and AI tools.

Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robots

The startup, which was created by Rivian founder RJ Scaringe, is looking to train on data from, and deploy in, Rivian's factory.

Google's Gemini Embedding 2 arrives with native multimodal support to cut costs and speed up your enterprise data stack

Yesterday amid a flurry of enterprise AI product updates, Google announced arguably its most significant one for enterprise customers: the public preview availability of Gemini Embedding 2, its new embeddings model — a significant evolution in how machines represent and retrieve information across different media types. While previous embedding models were largely restricted to text, this new model natively integrates text, images, video, audio, and documents into a single numerical space — redu

Manufact raises $6.3M as MCP becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ powering ChatGPT and Claude apps

For decades, software companies designed their products for a single type of customer: a human being staring at a screen. Every button, menu, and dashboard existed to translate a person’s intention into a machine’s action. But a small startup based in San Francisco and Zurich believes that era is ending — and that the future belongs to companies that build software not for people, but for the artificial intelligence agents that increasingly act on their behalf.Manufact, a three-person company th

Meta rolls out new scam detection across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook

The company removed 159 million scam ads last year and took down 10.9 million accounts linked to criminal networks. Now it wants to catch scammers before they get to you. Meta has announced a fresh wave of anti-scam tools across its platforms, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook, as it steps up both on-platform detection and cooperation […]This story continues at The Next Web

EV startup Harbinger reveals a smaller work truck with electric and hybrid variants

The LA-based startup is trying to corner the commercial truck market with its electric and hybrid trucks that offer a lower cost of ownership and a better driving experience.

Meta didn’t buy Moltbook for bots — it bought into the agentic web

Meta’s Moltbook acquisition may look odd at first, but the deal could signal how Meta sees AI agents shaping future advertising and commerce on an agentic web.

What is inside world’s richest man Elon Musk’s $50,000 Texas home? Mom Maye Musk reveals

Elon Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, has provided a rare glimpse into her son's living conditions in Boca Chica, Texas. Responding to a post about the tech billionaire’s minimalist lifestyle, she shared ...

Elon Musk says X Money to enter early public access next month

March 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk on Tuesday said X Money, the social media platform's digital payment system, will enter early public access next month, as the billionaire pushes to transform X into an ...

SpaceX Starship rocket launch slips to April, Elon Musk says

Elon Musk said SpaceX is pushing back even further the maiden launch of the company's next version of its gigantic and powerful Starship rocket.

Maye Musk describes her son Elon's living space: 'The shower only has one towel'

The billionaire's mother previously said she slept in his garage while visiting him in Texas, but she did not mind it.

Elon Musk Pushes Grok For Taxes — Experts Warn It Could Backfire On Users

With about six weeks until the April 15 tax deadline, some Americans are turning to artificial intelligence chatbots for help with their tax returns. But tax professionals say that trend could come with some real risks. The conversation picked up this week after Elon Musk suggested that his AI tool could help. In a post on X, Musk said Grok can help with taxes, referencing another post from xAI and X General Counsel James Burnham describing a user who used Grok to double-check a tax return and e

EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk Erupts After Virtual Bloodbath — Tycoon Brands AI 'Existential Threat' After Alleged Tech-Fueled Murder-Suicide

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk is leading the charge to regulate artificial intelligence after a terrifying murder-suicide ...

Elon Musk Suddenly Confirms Imminent Crypto Game-Changer Amid Huge $1 Million Bitcoin Price Prediction

The price of dogecoin, a meme-based bitcoin rival that’s long been touted by Musk as a viable alternative to biggest cryptocurrency, jumped 8% on speculation over X Money’s crypto integration after ...