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This AI startup raised $5.3 million to help people “cheat on everything.” But in the age of AI, how do you define cheating?

Columbia University recently suspended student Roy Lee for building a tool to help people cheat on engineering interviews. He’s been making waves on X after posting a long thread detailing the saga and how he and his...

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Revolut, the $45 billion neobanking startup founded in the U.K., may have put its IPO plans on ice, but its balance sheet is looking pretty hot.

The company reported net profit of $1 billion (£790 million) in 2024, while its customer base grew by 38% to 52.5 million, according to its annual report. Revenues increased 72% to $4 billion (£3.1...

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Google reveals sky-high Gemini usage numbers in antitrust caseGoogle reveals sky-high Gemini usage numbers in antitrust case

Despite the uptick in Gemini usage, Google is still far from catching OpenAI. ....

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Perplexity doesn’t just want to compete with Google, it apparently wants to be Google. 

CEO Aravind Srinivas said this week on the TBPN podcast that one reason Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app. This so it can sell premium ads.

“That’s kind of one of the other reasons we wanted to...

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Geopolitical pressures are accelerating a demand in many countries and regions to reshore — that is, to redevelop critical industry infrastructure, and to bring back businesses, which had moved or outsourced some or all of their industrial operations to cheaper countries farther away.

But that is easier said than done. In the key area of precision...

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We are thrilled to announce that Astro Teller, the head honcho of Alphabet’s X, the Moonshot Factory, will be joining us as a featured speaker at A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The whole affair promises to be fun filled and rife with intel and insights that you won’t want to miss.

Astro Teller is joining us at A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025 in October

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Apple and Meta furious at EU over fines totaling €700 millionApple and Meta furious at EU over fines totaling €700 million

of their global annual turnover, which would amount to many billions for Apple and Meta. ....

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Evernote creator Phil Libin is prepared to spruce up your video meetings. The business owner's video startup, mmhmm, launched in 2020 amid the pandemic, on Thursday unveiled its newest product: a video toolkit for online meetings called Airtime. The suite includes two related tools: a virtual electronic camera that assists you appear more polished on video calls, ...

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Copy of Copy of DroneElle Fanning teams up with a predator in first Predator: Badlands trailer

It's not every day you get a trailer for a new, live-action Predator movie, but today is one of those days. ....

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Zuckerberg stifled Instagram because he loves Facebook, Instagram founder saysZuckerberg stifled Instagram because he loves Facebook, Instagram founder says

If the FTC wins, Instagram may be spun off from Meta's "family of apps," which the FTC believes would, for the first time ever, force Meta to face competition as a social media company focused on connecting friends and family. ....

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Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann has raised over $100 million in capital for his proptech startup, Flow, in a round that values that company at about $2.5 billion, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. 

Citing anonymous sources familiar with the deal, Bloomberg reported that existing backer Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) participated in the financing.

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Can the legal system catch up with climate science?Can the legal system catch up with climate science?

Similarly, it's possible to calculate the impact of emissions within a limited number of years. ....

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Bethesda isn&t shutting down ambitious fan-made &Skyblivion& remaster projectBethesda isn’t shutting down ambitious fan-made “Skyblivion” remaster project

"Bethesda has always been supportive of community projects like ours, and we don't see that changing anytime soon," the team wrote at the time. ....

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We’re thrilled to announce that Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood and founder and CEO of Aetherflux, will be joining us for a rare, intimate fireside chat as part of A Technology NewsRoom’s StrictlyVC evening series on June 18 on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park.

As with all of our StrictlyVC evenings, the event will feature just a handful of select...

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FCC Democrat slams chairman for aiding Trump&s &campaign of censorship&FCC Democrat slams chairman for aiding Trump’s “campaign of censorship”

and will be hosted by the Center for Democracy and Technology. ....

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Republican space officials criticize &mindless& NASA science cutsRepublican space officials criticize “mindless” NASA science cuts

have both expressed deep concerns about the future of the space agency. ....

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Flex, a startup that offers personal finance software for business owners, has acquired Maza, a finance app aimed at Spanish speakers in the U.S., for $40 million, the companies told A Technology NewsRoom exclusively.

At first glance, the pairing may seem a bit curious. Flex’s software and payments infrastructure is to help business owners have a s...

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4chan may be dead, but its toxic legacy lives on4chan may be dead, but its toxic legacy lives on

was sitting up late at night, typing its URL into my browser, and scrolling through a thread of LOLcat memes, which were brand-new at the time. ....

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A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt returns October 27-29 to Moscone West in San Francisco-- and we're welcoming thought leaders, creators, VCs, and tech professionals to look for an opportunity to take the phase at one of the most awaited tech events of the year.Applications are now open up to speak at Disrupt 2025, where over 10,000+ tech leaders, financiers, and ...

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AI secretly helped write California bar exam, sparking uproarAI secretly helped write California bar exam, sparking uproar

that it used AI to develop a portion of multiple-choice questions on its February 2025 bar exam, causing outrage among law school faculty and test takers. ....

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Bicycle bling: All the accessories you&ll need for your new e-bikeBicycle bling: All the accessories you’ll need for your new e-bike

Giro, Bell, Smith, POC, and Kask are all reputable brands with a wide range of shapes to fit bulbous and diminutive noggins alike. ....

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Founders, the battlefield is open. And the bold are advance. Startup Battlefield 200 at A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025 is now accepting start-ups to compete in the ultimate pitch showdown in front of more than 10,000 tech leaders from around the globe to witness.This is no ordinary pitch. This is the fight for exposure, capital, and ...

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Trump is &desperate& to make a deal—China isn&t, analysts sayTrump is “desperate” to make a deal—China isn’t, analysts say

Donald Trump has started signaling that he's ready to slash tariffs on Chinese imports, but economists have warned that the US softening its stance now likely cedes power to China, which perhaps benefits from dragging out trade talks. ....

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In the span of a decade, direct air capture technology that draws CO2 out of the atmosphere has gone from wildly expensive to somewhat expensive. Companies like Microsoft, which set a target to eliminate its emissions by 2030, are happy to pay more to get the ball rolling. But smaller companies would still balk at the prices.

A startup may have an...

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US Marines Surpass 1,000 MQ-9A Flight Hours

– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has passed more than 1,000 flight hours with MQ-9A unmanned aircraft in support of service-level training exercises and weapons and tactics instructor courses.

This accomplishment involved a combined aircrew of dedicated Marines and GA-ASI personnel, highlighting...

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