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Enjoy today's news.
Galaxy Unpacked 2026: Samsung unveils Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Flip 8, Galaxy Watch 9, and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2.
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Anthropic signs a deal to buy 2 gigawatts of AMD chips worth tens of billions, with AMD investing up to $5B back.
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White House accuses China's Moonshot AI of stealing U.S. tech, alleging it secretly queried Fable 5 and smuggled Nvidia chips to build Kimi K3.
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The EU approves Science Corporation's PRIMA chip, which restores vision to patients with age-related macular degeneration.
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Tesla reports robotaxi fleet drives 380,000 miles without incidents across seven U.S. cities during testing.
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Google reveals Gemini now reaches 950M monthly users, up from 750M in February.
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It also simplifies switching to Android with wireless iPhone transfers, including photos, videos, passwords, Wi-Fi credentials, and eSIM data.
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Amazon cuts jobs in its artificial general intelligence group to sharpen focus on priority AI initiatives.
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Archer introduces Halo, an autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft for search and rescue, logistics, and offshore energy missions.
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Cursor launches Cursor Router, an AI tool that automatically picks the best AI model per task, cutting costs by 60%.
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Joby Aviation partners with Virgin Atlantic to launch UK electric air taxi services, connecting Heathrow and Manchester by 2027.
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Kalshi launches Midterms Hub, combining polling, fundraising, historical results, and real-money betting odds into one live election-tracking platform.
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Mistral seeks $1.2B investment from Samsung at a $23B valuation.
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Y Combinator publishes new Requests for Startups.
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German startup Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace into the U.S. and Brazil.
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New a16z Podcast episode: Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg sit down with Uber founder Travis Kalanick to discuss Uber's early days, founder-led companies, and digitizing the physical world through Atoms.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
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