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Tolan raises $30m for the AI companion app that ignores Silicon Valley and targets everyone else

AI assistant startup Town hits unicorn status four months after launch after raising $108m

Apple hovers just below $5 trillion as touchscreen MacBook is teased

Can new Anthropic AI model read your mind? Arms race continues as Claude owner nears IPO

DeepSeek banned from US federal systems as Washington moves to shut Chinese AI out of government networks

Meta, Tesla and SpaceX earnings this week could be make-or-break moment for the AI trade

Canaries, coal mines and CoreWeave. After a tumultuous week, is the AI trade on life-support?

Why AI chatbots are leaving your brand off the shortlist

Street is split over cyber-tech trade after tumultous week

Nasdaq futures bounce after AI-driven rout as Intel leads tech recovery

Nasdaq up 1.2% as tech stocks recover ground but gains fade from morning highs

Apple hovers just below $5 trillion as touchscreen MacBook is teased

DeepSeek banned from US federal systems as Washington moves to shut Chinese AI out of government networks

Meta, Tesla and SpaceX earnings this week could be make-or-break moment for the AI trade

Nvidia, AMD and Micron surge as semiconductor index jumps 3%. So, was last week's selloff was overdone

AI assistant startup Town hits unicorn status four months after launch after raising $108m

Seagate and Silicon Motion tipped as winners as AI supply chain defies credit crunch fears, Wedbush says

AI search is even rewriting the rules of pest control. But there may be a boost for your local bug-buster

Nasdaq futures bounce after AI-driven rout as Intel leads tech recovery

Street is split over cyber-tech trade after tumultous week

Can new Anthropic AI model read your mind? Arms race continues as Claude owner nears IPO

London Stock Exchange cuts market data analysis time with Nvidia tie-up

Individuals still hold most Bitcoin despite Wall Street buying spree

Gigabyte BIOS update signals Intel Raptor Lake Next launch for early 2027

Tesla entering 'golden age' of autonomy and robotics, says Yorkville Ives

Hacker steals $340m from Liquid Network, then gives most of it back

Cloudflare wants AI software to pay websites directly for the data it takes, a fraction of a penny at a time

Vlad.fun suspends operations over "internal integrity issue"

Robinhood built its own crypto network. The market says meh

What BNB Chain's new AI-trading blockchain actually means

AI assistant startup Town hits unicorn status four months after launch after raising $108m

Apple hovers just below $5 trillion as touchscreen MacBook is teased

DeepSeek banned from US federal systems as Washington moves to shut Chinese AI out of government networks

Nvidia, AMD and Micron surge as semiconductor index jumps 3%. So, was last week's selloff was overdone

Seagate and Silicon Motion tipped as winners as AI supply chain defies credit crunch fears, Wedbush says

Nasdaq up 1.2% as tech stocks recover ground but gains fade from morning highs

Meta, Tesla and SpaceX earnings this week could be make-or-break moment for the AI trade

TSMC profit jumps as AI chip demand holds firm

NYC comptroller calls on Anthropic to pause IPO over AI safety concerns

AI infrastructure sell-off is a buying opportunity, says leading tech analyst

EasyA reaches $1.1 billion valuation ahead of direct listing

Amazon weighs $7 billion deal for AI startup Decart

Salesforce buys Israeli analytics startup Loops for Tableau

RobCo valued at more than $1 billion after employee share sale

AI answers reshape how startups chase search visibility

Tolan raises $30m for the AI companion app that ignores Silicon Valley and targets everyone else

Have AI coding tools accelerated PS5 jailbreak wave?

EA's leveraged buyout hits bondholder resistance

Marvell shares jump 18% but most people still don't understand what it does

Roblox shares slide as Jefferies turns bearish on user growth

Netflix cuts workforce in largest layoff round yet

Anthropic expands startup programme as IPO race heats up

Netflix used AI on nearly a third of its 2026 releases as Hollywood goes all in

Claude suffers its 13th incident of September as Spotify also stumbles

AI data centre build-out has become a macro trade, says The Information

Can new Anthropic AI model read your mind? Arms race continues as Claude owner nears IPO

London Stock Exchange cuts market data analysis time with Nvidia tie-up

Individuals still hold most Bitcoin despite Wall Street buying spree

Gigabyte BIOS update signals Intel Raptor Lake Next launch for early 2027

Tesla entering 'golden age' of autonomy and robotics, says Yorkville Ives

Hacker steals $340m from Liquid Network, then gives most of it back

Cloudflare wants AI software to pay websites directly for the data it takes, a fraction of a penny at a time

Vlad.fun suspends operations over "internal integrity issue"

Robinhood built its own crypto network. The market says meh

What BNB Chain's new AI-trading blockchain actually means

My Claude Is Smarter Than Your Claude

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Large language model basics: Training, prompting, hallucinations, and how to test reliability

Passkeys and password managers: A practical guide to logging in safely in 2026

Deepfakes and synthetic media: How to spot them, verify claims, and protect yourself

AI search is even rewriting the rules of pest control. But there may be a boost for your local bug-buster

Nasdaq futures bounce after AI-driven rout as Intel leads tech recovery

Street is split over cyber-tech trade after tumultous week

Why AI chatbots are leaving your brand off the shortlist

Canaries, coal mines and CoreWeave. After a tumultuous week, is the AI trade on life-support?

AI buildout will take longer and cost more than anyone expects, warns veteran venture capitalist

EasyA reaches $1.1 billion valuation ahead of direct listing

Analysts put 80% odds on Tesla-SpaceX merger after Roadster flies at McGregor

Tesla unveils Roadster 2 with SpaceX thrusters, Meta TOS mines linked content for AI, Seagate, ARM, Broadcom - Big Tech Report

Bloomberg CEO says it is too early to judge the payback from the company's AI push

TSMC profit jumps as AI chip demand holds firm

NYC comptroller calls on Anthropic to pause IPO over AI safety concerns

Apple enters smart displays with $299 HomeView, Jio Platforms sets terms for $3.2B India IPO, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM - Big Tech Report

Asia's tech rout: Five things that went wrong and what happens next

Google accused of poisoned search results, Salesforce explains Koa model-choice pitch, Netflix, IBM, Nvidia - Big Tech Report

AI infrastructure sell-off is a buying opportunity, says leading tech analyst

Solo developer uses Claude to clone seven Adobe apps for free

Zuckerberg admits Meta's AI spending was a leap of faith

Tesla gears up to finally unveil the Roadster

Intel chief says cheap Chinese AI models are winning on cost

OpenAI cybersecurity acquisition talk wipes billions off sector

Uber extends UK robotaxi push with Manchester mapping trial

Netflix cuts workforce in largest layoff round yet

Microsoft president urges AI industry to embrace regulation

IBM taps Siemens to push nanostack chip design toward production

AEP plans $4 billion fuel cell plant to power Google

Have AI coding tools accelerated PS5 jailbreak wave?

Scaleway builds its first AI supercomputer outside France

Google DeepMind opens frontier science models to European researchers

ASML beats on margins as backlog signals point to capacity crunch