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A coalition of global law enforcement agencies have sent emails to more than 75,000 alleged cybercriminals who paid for a service to launch cyberattacks that can knock websites offline. On Thursday, Europol proclaimed the coordinated operation against several distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) for-hire services, which allow criminals to launch cyberattacks without needing to have any hacking […]

There is currently a low-grade war between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can release the most convenient and powerful AI-coding tools and, so far, Anthropic seems to be winning. Claude Code has been dubbed the tool of choice for many businesses, as TechCrunch reported last week, but OpenAI isn’t giving up yet. This week, OpenAI […]

Slash Financial, which offers business banking accounts, corporate credit cards, transfers, and crypto, has raised a $100 million Series C round at a $1.4 billion valuation from a crowd of A-list investors, the organization declared. This also touches on aspects of Android. Fintech-focused Ribbit Capital, Khosla, and Goodwater Capital led the round. Returning investors NEA […]

For a successful deep tech startup, the laboratory breakthrough is only the first step. To spin out an innovative digital systems into a scalable business, a founder has to navigate a complicated legal process.  This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen speaks with Capella Kerst, founder and CEO of geCKo Materials and the 2024 TechCrunch […]

Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old, San Francisco-based robotics startup that has quietly become one of the most closely watched AI companies in the Bay Area, published recent research Thursday showing that its latest model can direct robots to perform tasks they were never explicitly trained on — a capability the company’s own researchers say caught them […]

AI infrastructure firm Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to nab its third funding round since launching just seven months ago, according to Bloomberg. This latest round — which aims to raise around $180 million to $200 million — would value the organization at about $2 billion. The firm revealed a $200 million Series A […]

Reed Hastings, the co-founder and chairman of Netflix, is leaving the company’s board when his term expires this summer. Hastings is stepping aside to focus on “philanthropy and other pursuits,” the organization stated in a letter to shareholders. The departure was revealed in the company’s first-quarter earnings report published Thursday. Hastings will officially leave the […]

AI video generation startup Luma has launched Innovative Dreams, a production enterprise built in partnership with Wonder Project, a streaming service that produces religious films and TV on Amazon Prime.  The tie-up’s first show will be called “The Old Stories: Moses,” starring British actor Ben Kingsley and set to launch this spring on Prime Video.  […]

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