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Security

Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic’s most powerful models | TechCrunch

A group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts, including several well-known veterans of the industry, published an...

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AI

OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician | TechCrunch

NYU mathematics professor Tristan Buckmaster announced three proofs on Tuesday with a preliminary finding on one of the...

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Security

Hacker says they banned ‘thousands’ of Call of Duty gamers by abusing anti-cheat flaw | TechCrunch

In October, video game giant Activision said it had fixed a bug in its anti-cheat system that affected...

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Climate

Zigging when most are zagging, ex-Meta CTO raises $250M climate fund | TechCrunch

Gigascale, the venture firm led by former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer, announced on Monday that it had raised...

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In Brief

Synthetic-user startup Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation 5 months after $100M Series A | TechCrunch

Add another member to the fast-and-furious AI unicorn club: Simile. Just five months after emerging from stealth and...

Social

Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads | TechCrunch

As social media has evolved from a place to connect with friends into large-scale entertainment platforms, a startup...

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Apps

Apple overhauls its app developer platform with 100 new metrics, more tools | TechCrunch

There’s big news today for app developers. No, it’s not lowered App Store commissions. Instead, Apple on Wednesday...

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AI

As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66M to give them identities | TechCrunch

Cybersecurity startup NewCore emerged from stealth with $66 million in funding on Monday, aiming to solve a challenge...

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AI

Google Cloud races to catch up in the AI deployment wars with Accenture deal | TechCrunch

Google Cloud and Accenture are working together on a joint unit dedicated to sending engineers into enterprises to...

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Gaming

Decart’s AI simulates a real-time, playable version of Minecraft | TechCrunch

Decart, an Israeli AI company that emerged from stealth today with $21 million in funding from Sequoia and...