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No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling
It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event, we want to help pre-seed founders now being held to seed-stage…
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Free tool helps families save money by using food already in their kitchens
A 17-year-old from Virginia, Smit Kothari, has launched Grocery Genius, a free AI-powered website designed to reduce household food waste and cut grocery spending by helping people use ingredients they already have. The tool matters at a time when many families are looking for ways to stretch food budgets and minimise waste, offering a simple,…
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Engadget Podcast: Is Siri AI actually useful in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate?
Apple has released public betas for iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate and its other upcoming software, prompting the latest Engadget Podcast to weigh in on whether the new Siri AI features actually deliver useful functionality. Hosts Devindra Hardawar and Nathan Ingraham conclude that Siri AI feels genuinely helpful and less intrusive than rivals such as…
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Mike D 5D – “Crypto”
I’ll admit: The song title had me worried. As in, what would we do if we found out that either of the surviving Beastie Boys was really into crypto? Or if they owned companies that built AI data centers or some shit like that? Doesn’t that at least seem plausible? Mike D is obviously a…
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Mick Jagger Talks Olivia Rodrigo, AI Music
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards discussed Olivia Rodrigo’s move into rock music and shared their views on artificial intelligence in songwriting, in separate interviews with Billboard timed to the release of the Rolling Stones’ new album, Foreign Tongues. The comments matter as prominent legacy musicians increasingly weigh in on how AI is reshaping music creation,…
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Lorde Continues AI Criticism By Calling Out New Spotify Feature
It’s always a great day when your favorite pop stars call out rubbish technology, and Lorde is on a roll. Last week, Lorde voiced her disdain for the “fucked up” Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival. Now, she’s coming for Spotify’s new About The Song feature that summarizes a song’s context and…
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Epic Games integrates AI voices into 36 Fortnite characters
Epic Games has added AI-generated voices and personas to 36 existing Fortnite characters, including Agent Jones and The Imagined, for use in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). The voices, powered by Google’s Gemini AI, let island creators incorporate these recognisable characters as interactive, speaking NPCs, extending the “conversations” system Epic first unveiled in April.…
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Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal
General Compute, an AI inference cloud startup, has secured a $400 million loan from investment firm Upper90, in what may be the first financing deal to use inference-specific chips as collateral. The move signals a shift in how AI infrastructure is funded, as investors respond to concerns about the cost of AI tools by backing…
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Netflix Deploys Generative AI Across 300 Titles in 2026 to Reduce Production Costs
Netflix has disclosed in its latest earnings report that generative artificial intelligence has been integrated into 300 movies and television shows throughout 2026. The streaming giant’s deployment of AI spans both back