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Ryan Breslow’s $450M Bolt deal said to involve a restraining order now
Ryan Breslow’s plan to get himself reinstalled as CEO of fintech company Bolt — and push through a $450…
Paylocity is acquiring corporate spend startup Airbase for $325M
HR and payroll software company Paylocity has agreed to acquire corporate spend startup Airbase for $325 million, the…
E-bike maker Cowboy raises a small funding round as it targets profitability next year
Cowboy, the Brussels-based company that has been designing and selling electric bikes that you can see in major…
Boom’s macOS camera app lets you customize your video call appearance
As someone who talks to many people outside my time zone, I often spend at least a few…
Boeing and NASA prepare to bring Starliner home without its crew on Friday
NASA officials expressed confidence that Starliner will have a safe and successful return to Earth late Friday evening,…
Andreessen Horowitz shutters its Miami office after two years
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has closed a satellite office in Miami Beach just two years into a five-year lease…
Those ‘Founder mode’ memes keep coming
If you spend time on X or Threads, where snarky memes rise and fall, you’ve probably seen posts…
Facebook says, ‘How do you do, fellow kids?’
Back in my day, Facebook was cool. Gaggles of middle schoolers trolled the local mall, where we would…
Publishers prevail in lawsuit over Internet Archive’s ’emergency’ e-book lending
A long-running lawsuit over the Internet Archive’s “emergency” e-book lending practices during the COVID-19 pandemic has ended in…
Woman who allegedly killed two people using Ford BlueCruise charged with DUI homicide
A 23-year-old woman who allegedly killed two men in March while using Ford’s hands-free system, BlueCruise, has been…
YouTube debuts new parental controls aimed at teens
YouTube is expanding its existing set of parental controls with a new feature that would allow a parent…
The Cosmos Institute, whose founding fellows include Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, launches grant programs and an AI lab
The Cosmos Institute, a nonprofit whose founding fellows include Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark and former Defense Department technologist…
This Week in AI: VCs (and devs) are enthusiastic about AI coding tools
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X lost 40 million users after being banned in Brazil
Bluesky has gained 2 million new users over the last week, which can only mean one thing: something…
Watch this robot wheelchair’s compliant wheels take on bumps, rocks and stairs
Korea’s Institute for Machinery and Materials this week showcased a robotic wheelchair with large, deformable wheels that can…