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Chemistry Ventures is raising $500M for its second fund

Chemistry Ventures, the VC firm launched by Bessemer, Index Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz alums, is raising $500M…

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AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation

AI law startup Norm has raised a $120 million Series C round led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the startup at $1.2 billion.

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Show HN: Halo – open-source, tamper-evident runtime evidence for AI agents

Hi HN, I'm Brian, I spent the last few years at Vanta (YC W18), helping startups and enterprises become compliant and I…

This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car

Bidbus, which lets dealerships bid on used cars, has raised $15 million in a Series A round that was led by early-stage…

Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites

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Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom

The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday.

Chainwire Parent MediaFuse Launches Tech Newswire Optimized for AI Search

TechnologyWire pitches guaranteed placement across tech media, alongside content tuned to be picked up by tools like…

ULA's last six Atlas Vs can't launch anything besides Boeing's Starliner

Amazon says it has enough satellites in orbit to begin initial broadband service at mid-latitudes later this year.

How AI could enable autonomous robot workers in workplaces—and maybe homes

Top robotics researchers and founders explain how robot autonomy is evolving.

Siada Brings Nvidia B200 GPUs Online as UAE Keeps Sensitive AI Data Inside Its Borders

United Arab Emirates tech enterprise Siada and Innovation City have launched the region’s first operational sovereign AI…

Samsung’s Q2 Profit Soars 19x as AI Memory Chip Demand Hits New High

Samsung Electronics expects one of the strongest quarters in its history after demand for AI memory chips sent both…

Orbital Data Centers Become SpaceX Next Frontier

Will data centers soon leave Earth?

The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine

Forterra has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones in Ukraine.

Netflix invented binge-watching. Now it may have outgrown it.

A new report suggests Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for Season 2.

The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new…

US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom

SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S.

Can China repeat its EV success with robotaxis?

China's self-driving car firms have been given a headstart by the country's EV supply chain as they expand globally.

ByteDance and Alibaba to Pull Agent Features as China Cracks Down on Humanlike AI

Beijing's first rules targeting emotional AI are forcing the country's biggest apps to shut down custom agents.

FCC to end Biden-era rule that forces ISPs to list all their fees

FCC to let ISPs stop listing all passthrough fees, give single "up to" price.

UK Foreign Secretary Warns of 'AI Hiroshima' if Policymakers Don’t Act

Yvette Cooper said governments must agree on AI safeguards before frontier systems transform warfare, crime, and society.

'We Cannot Vibe Code the Future of Humanity', UN Chief Warns at AI Summit

António Guterres borrowed a Silicon Valley meme to make the starkest case yet for global AI oversight—then called for an…

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells…

You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta

The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant…