a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has expanded its fifth growth fund to $8.5 billion. That means the firm added another...
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What Omni 1.1 Changes for Creators
AI video has gotten good at making impressive clips. Google’s latest Gemini update is about making those clips obey the...
Trump: Data center critics are ‘backwards and poor’
Many Americans don't like data centers. At the very least, a majority of U.S. citizens don't want one of the...
George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban
Former Republican congressman George Santos has received a first-of-its-kind lifetime ban from the prediction market platform Kalshi, which has also...
MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario
MapQuest stood up to President Donald Trump, and now its app is reaping the rewards. The “OG of online mapping,”...
Amazon Mechanical Turk to Shut Down Sept. 30 After 21 Years
Mechanical Turk was built to supply the “human intelligence” computers could not provide. After 21 years, Amazon is shutting it...
Apple Watch will reportedly get a big redesign, but not this year
The biggest change on this year's Apple Watch might be the introduction of a white and/or gray ceramic case. Bloomberg's...
Why the Hottest New Wearables Want to Be Ignored
Whoop has made screen-free wearables since its first proper release in 2015, but the shift in what Whoop considers itself...
The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them
In July and August, Washington tightened restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and...
AI Expansion Meets Security Crises, Costs, and Public Resistance in Tech This Week
This week, artificial intelligence moved deeper into enterprise software, custom silicon, media creation, autonomous vehicles, and workplace planning. At the...
