It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down
Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET.
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Everything we like is a psyop
If culture is shaped by TikTok's algorithmic feed, then it's time for us to decide where we draw the line between necessary marketing and inauthentic growth hacking.
Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode
Now, when you're using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the webpage side-by-side with AI Mode.
Two Americans sentenced for helping North Korea steal $5 million in fake IT worker scheme
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that two Americans were sentenced to years in prison for helping the North Korean government place fake IT workers in U.S. companies.
InsightFinder raises $15M to help companies figure out where AI agents go wrong
According to CEO Helen Gu, the biggest problem facing the industry today is not just monitoring and diagnosing where AI models go wrong, it's diagnosing how the entire tech stack operates now that AI is a part of it.
NOC Energy Raises $2.7M To Replace Fossil Fuel Combustion in Cement & Glass with 1,500°C Electricheat
SOSV portfolio company NOC Energy recently spoke with TechCrunch following its $2.7 million Seed funding led by 360 Capital, with participation from SOSV and Desai VC.NOC Energy is tackling one of the “hardest-to-abate” sectors: heavy industry. While industries like cement and glass typically rely on fossil fuels to reach temperatures of 1,500°C, NOC has developed an induction-based, high-temp electric hot gas generator that can bolt onto existing facilities.
AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it’s boosting their revenue too
Adobe says AI traffic to U.S. retail sites also jumped 269% in March, with visitors converting better and generating more revenue than non-AI shoppers.
Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games
The new new tools are designed to help creators throughout the entire development process.
Google adds Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s Personal Intelligence
The feature will be initially available to paid users in the U.S.
Google is now targeting bad ads over bad actors
Google blocked 8.3 billion ads in 2025 but suspended fewer advertisers.
You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant.
Why choose fossil fuels or electricity when you can have both? NOC Energy has figured out how to hybridize heavy industry.
Cambridge biotech STORM Therapeutics raises $56M
STC-15 is the world’s first RNA-modifying enzyme inhibitor to reach human trials. Phase 1 showed durable tumour regression across multiple sarcoma subtypes. The $56M Series C is backed entirely by existing investors including Pfizer Ventures and M Ventures. STORM Therapeutics, a Cambridge-based clinical-stage biotech targeting RNA modifications to treat cancer, has raised $56 million in […]This story continues at The Next Web
Spektr raises $20M to replace the compliance analyst’s copy-paste workflow with AI agents
The Copenhagen fintech has built a platform of specialised AI agents that handle KYC and KYB work, document reviews, ownership mapping, risk rationale, in minutes rather than hours. NEA led the Series A; Northzone, Seedcamp, and PSV Tech participated. Spektr, a Copenhagen-based startup building AI infrastructure for financial compliance, has raised $20 million in a […]This story continues at The Next Web
The EU has told Google what it must do to share search data with rivals
The European Commission today sent Google its preliminary findings under the Digital Markets Act, proposing six specific measures governing how Google must share search ranking, query, click, and view data with competing search engines. AI chatbots with search functionalities are explicitly included as potential data beneficiaries. A public consultation opens tomorrow. The European Commission has […]This story continues at The Next Web
Amazon launches AI Bio platform to accelerate early-stage drug discovery
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced this Tuesday the launch of its AI bio tool, Amazon Bio Discovery, to accelerate the early-stage process of drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry. The application aims to help scientists design and test novel drugs in a fast and secure way. Amazon Bio Discovery enables scientists to run complex computational […]This story continues at The Next Web
Exclusive: Make opens a mentorship office at STATION F
The Celonis-owned visual automation platform, which already has more than 200 STATION F startups on its programme, is putting a permanent on-campus presence in Paris as it targets France as a strategic growth market. One-on-onementorship, workshops, and hackathon participation are all part of the offer. Make, the visual automation and AI agents platform owned by […]This story continues at The Next Web
UK banks get their Mythos briefing within days
The Bank of England’s Cross Market Operational Resilience Group will convene within days to brief major UK banks, insurers, and exchanges about Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview. This unreleased AI model regulators say can autonomously identify and exploit vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser. The US Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the Bank […]This story continues at The Next Web
Apple secretly threatened to pull Grok from the App Store over deepfake nudes
A letter Apple sent to US senators, obtained by NBC News, reveals that Apple rejected an initial Grok update and warned the app could be removed unless xAI made further changes. Only a second submission passed. Apple privately threatened to remove Grok, xAI’s AI chatbot, from the App Store in January after Elon Musk’s company […]This story continues at The Next Web
Musk is asking chip suppliers to move at ‘light speed’ for his Terafab AI chip plant
According to Bloomberg, teams from SpaceX and Tesla have approached Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, and Samsung for price quotes and delivery times on chipmaking equipment. Teams working for Elon Musk have reached out to major chip industry suppliers including Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, and Lam Research, as well as chip manufacturing partner Samsung […]This story continues at The Next Web
DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice
DeepL says its tech could be used for real-time translation with meeting tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams