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In Brief

Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits | TechCrunch

On Tuesday, Anthropic announced an expansion of its Claude for Startups program, offering subsidized access to its AI...

Health

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One time in High School, we sat on a toilet seat without using one of those seat covers...

Health

New York Declares Disaster Emergency as US Measles Cases Hit a 35-Year High

"No one should get seriously ill or die from a vaccine-preventable disease," Governor Kathy Hochul stated Monday.

Apps

Vinod Khosla believes ex-DeepMind engineer’s Wajo will win agent market on trust | TechCrunch

The personal-agent space has become closely competitive in the recent weeks, with Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dot, and Instinct...

Security

LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature | TechCrunch

If you’re looking for a document editor that doesn’t use artificial intelligence, LibreOffice may be just the software...

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Social

Bluesky wants to give you your own domain on the open web | TechCrunch

Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider teased long-term plans on Monday when he shared that the company has applied to...

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AI

Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals | TechCrunch

The race between open and closed AI is on, and Europe is still in the mix. On Tuesday,...

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Hardware

Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part | TechCrunch

Recalls are no joke. Take the one that sidelined every Chevy Bolt made between 2017 and 2022: A...

Space & Spaceflight

Desk Heater Warms Badly Circulated Extremities

We’ve always been cursed with cold hands and feet, probably because we sit at our desks for 15...

In Brief

Pinterest’s AI now turns beauty Pins into action plans | TechCrunch

Pinterest on Tuesday showed off a new feature that will leverage AI to take action on your saved...