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AI / The Decoder ·
Goldman Sachs is pulling AI coding tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot from traders and bankers, limiting access to engineers only. As recently as July, CIO Marco Argenti publicly praised "vibe coding" by non-technical staff. Now the bank cites "productivity and risk management" as the…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Snap has settled with two teenagers who accuse Snapchat and other social media apps of addictive design. Their trial in Los Angeles was days away. The terms are confidential. Lawyers for the plaintiffs announced the settlement on Monday, Reuters reported. Jury selection began last week. The trial…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
"The flow of time is always cruel."
Tech / The Next Web ·
SUSE, the German Linux company founded in 1992, is cutting about 10% of its workforce. Chief executive Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told staff on Monday that AI and automation are changing how software companies work. Liam Proven reported the cuts for The Register, which saw the internal memo. SUSE has…
AI / The Decoder ·
Engineer Venkatesh Rao compares the fear of AI job losses to mercantilism: intelligence is treated as a scarce resource that elites want to control. But AI could boost demand for human thinking, much like early capitalism made people voluntarily work more. The article AI elites might hoard…
Tech / Wired ·
Impress your Thanksgiving guests with a cappuccino. These early deals on WIRED-tested favorites leave you time to practice.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Larridin, a San Francisco startup that measures what companies get back from AI, has raised $30 million. Pelion Ventures led the Series A round, the company said in a statement on Monday. Andreessen Horowitz and Gradient Ventures, which backed Larridin’s $17 million seed round, invested again.…
AI / TechCrunch ·
The website builder said that the job losses are part of a broader restructuring of its organization.
AI / TechCrunch ·
The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Tutor Intelligence, a robotics startup in Watertown, Massachusetts, has raised a $75 million Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The round brings its total funding to $117 million, the company said in a statement on Monday. Union Square Ventures, which led the Series A, and Neo, which led the…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
A big study with very little beyond negative results still gets published.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Apple robot backed by CEO John Ternus may have hefty price tag and limited uses.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Meta is sounding out investors for a bond sale worth at least $20bn, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. It would be the company’s first bond sale in euros. The plan under discussion splits the deal into US dollar bonds in five parts and euro notes in six parts.…
AI / The Decoder ·
SpaceXSI is apparently cutting usage limits for its AI agent Grok Bot, less than two weeks after Musk called it his fastest-growing product. The operating costs were "unsustainably high relative to revenue," Musk wrote on X. OpenAI and Anthropic are also tightening their flat-rate plans as they…
Business / Fortune ·
"Now, another concern is moving to the forefront: Does enough capital even exist to finance everyone's ambitious AI spending plans?"
Tech / Ars Technica ·
The tsunami of imitators is way bigger than any one model maker can stem.
Tech / The Verge ·
Apple CEO John Ternus doesn't have a timeline for when iPhone Duo supply constraints could lift. During an interview with Reuters, Ternus said the company is "working hard to get it to as many customers as quickly as possible, but at this point, we're not able to predict when supply and demand will…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Germany and Europe must move faster to build their own AI technology or risk becoming dependent on outside providers, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday, according to Reuters. Speaking at an AI conference in Berlin, Merz called digital sovereignty “a truly existential question” and said…
Startups / TechCrunch ·
Readwise Books combines an ebook store, reading tracker, detailed reading stats, and AI features in a bid to challenge Amazon's ecosystem.
Business / Fortune ·
A viral stunt aimed at a Michigan father stocking frozen pizzas late at night has turned him into a symbol of America’s affordability squeeze, and made the prankster an online pariah.
Tech / Wired ·
The influential Center for Renewing America says that “neo-Marxist progressives and anti-Western Muslims” can’t sincerely swear to protect the Constitution—and shouldn’t be allowed to assume office.
Tech / The Next Web ·
New York startup Clark raised an $11M seed round led by Touring Capital and launched Clerks, AI agents that work through audits for CPA firms. More than 35 firms use its tools, it says, and it offers a 100% accuracy guarantee. New York startup Clark has raised an $11M seed round led by Touring…
Tech / The Next Web ·
The New York Times sued Brave Software on Monday, accusing the browser maker of scraping its journalism and selling access to it to AI companies. Hours later, the publishers of the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune and the Orlando Sentinel filed a separate lawsuit making similar…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
The plan does not include a mission similar to Apollo 8 or Artemis II.