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Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom
Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.
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The Special PS5-Only Physical Revered Edition of Mortal Shell 2 Has Sold Out, and Fans Are Sending the News Sony’s Way as They Continue to Push for a U-Turn on Killing Discs
The special PS5-only physical Revered Edition of Mortal Shell 2 has sold out, its publisher has announced — and gamers are sending the news Sony’s way as they continue to push the company to reverse its decision to do away with discs.
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Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says Mozilla research
Mozilla Foundation research has found that period-tracking app Stardust shares users’ sensitive health data with third-party analytics firm RudderStack, despite the app’s website stating “Your data is private. Period.” The finding is significant because Stardust markets itself as privacy-focused and previously claimed to use end-to-end encryption, a claim TechCrunch disproved in 2022 by analysing the…
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Roblox announce plans to let people AI generate basic games using text prompts stuck into a mobile app, but claim that won’t fill their homepage with AI slop
Roblox has announced a new AI tool called Build, which lets users on its mobile app generate basic games from text prompts, part of the company’s wider push to embed generative AI throughout its platform. Roblox says users will be able to type a simple description, such as a request for a “cozy adventure game…
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Musk’s xAI sues user who allegedly used Grok to create child sexual abuse material
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has filed a lawsuit against a South Carolina man, alleging he misused its chatbot Grok to generate child sexual abuse material. The case, filed in federal court in Texas, is thought to be one of the first brought by an AI company against a user for allegedly exploiting its tool…
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Call Of Duty: MW4 Features A Car Created By Iconic Brand That Looks Like A Halo Warthog With A Roof
Activision and Aston Martin have partnered to introduce the Dreadnought, a new SUV designed exclusively for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The collaboration matters because it adds a high-profile real-world luxury-car brand to the game, although the vehicle itself will not be sold for road use. The Dreadnought will appear in MW4’s DMZ and…
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Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service
Sheryl Sandberg has led a $10 million investment in Self Inspection, a San Diego-based startup that uses AI and smartphone photos to assess vehicle damage, replacing the need for physical inspections. The deal underscores growing investor interest in applying AI to modernise the automotive industry, an area Sandberg described as essential but data-fragmented, with several…
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Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’
Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s “world model” startup AMI Labs, has publicly rejected the terms “AGI” and “superintelligence,” arguing they lack meaningful definitions and are simply industry buzzwords that keep shifting. His comments, made in a TechCrunch interview while attending a machine learning conference in Seoul, stand out against a wider AI industry trend…
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Cutting Edge acquires music rights and royalties of ‘Fast and Furious’ and ‘Yellowstone’ composer Brian Tyler
Cutting Edge Group (CEG) has acquired the music rights and royalty streams to composer Brian Tyler’s catalogue of film and TV scores, in a deal it says is one of the largest ever for a single film and TV composer. Tyler is known for scoring the Fast & Furious franchise, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age…
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The company that makes all the West’s chipmaking machines says it’s selling more than it expected thanks to ‘very strong momentum in both DRAM and advanced logic’
ASML, the Dutch company that supplies the most advanced chipmaking equipment used in Western semiconductor production, has said it expects to sell more than previously forecast. The increase is being driven by strong demand for tools used to make DRAM memory chips and advanced logic chips, indicating continued investment in high-performance computing and artificial-intelligence-related hardware.…