Dating apps reject AI, singles claim AI makes dating ‘not real’
Major dating apps, like the rest of the tech industry, are leaning heavily toward AI, but one app is promoting “human intelligence” instead. Hily is “rebooting” HI (human intelligence) within the app. This is an ironic response to apps like Tinder and Bumble reinventing their services with AI capabilities. Recently, Bumble founder and CEO Whitney […]
Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion to build AI
Google’s parent company Alphabet announced on Monday that it plans to raise $80 billion to pay for a planned massive AI infrastructure buildout. Alphabet will sell its stake and use the proceeds to pay for “general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures to expand AI infrastructure and global computing,” the company said in a statement. Part […]
Defense technology darling Mach Industries valued at $1.8 billion, quadrupling in one year
Mach Industries, a three-year-old defense technology startup run by 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, has raised $300 million in Series C funding at a valuation of $1.8 billion, the company announced Monday. The increase nearly quadruples the company’s valuation in one year. In June 2025, Mach raised $100 million at a valuation of $470 […]
Nvidia, Microsoft, Dell and HP aim to capture $200 billion CPU market with AI agent PCs
Nvidia opened Taipei’s giant Computex trade show with literal fanfare on Sunday. The chipmaker announced a new PC CPU called RTX Spark (which the company calls a “superchip”), adding to the growing roster of PC makers that will soon launch AI PCs powered by it. Nvidia says the ultra-fast 1 petaflop chip is designed to […]
Adult content creators educate Gen Z LGBTQ people about HIV
What is causing young people to pay attention to the HIV virus, which has not yet been cured? MPact Global Action, an organization working to address the toll of HIV infection on gay and bisexual men, believes online creators are key to reaching Gen Z. It’s been nearly 50 years since the disease we now […]
Florida sues OpenAI’s Sam Altman in first lawsuit over violent incident
OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman were sued by Florida’s attorney general on Monday in the first state lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged links to numerous violent incidents. The lawsuit accuses OpenAI of turning a blind eye to safety concerns in favor of “winning the AI arms race and making millions.” “Today, we announced the nation’s […]
Hackers took over Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into allowing access
Instagram has resolved a security issue that allowed multiple users’ accounts to be hacked. The attack appears to rely on tricking Meta’s proprietary AI-powered support chatbot into granting access to victims’ accounts. Over the weekend, multiple users on Reddit claimed their Instagram accounts had been compromised, and many users on X warned of similar account […]
Access to water is a risk factor for SpaceX’s IPO
SpaceX has added new language to its IPO filing warning prospective investors about the company’s access to water, a potentially scarce resource. The company, which includes Elon Musk’s AI company xAI, wrote in a revised filing Monday that access to the water needed to cool data centers is just as important as SpaceX’s ability to […]
Former Meta CTO raises $250 million climate change fund as most zig-zig
Gigascale, a venture firm led by former Meta CTO Mike Schropfer, announced Monday that it has raised $250 million in funding to help founders “reimagine the physical economy.” The new fund will focus on energy, grid infrastructure and critical minerals from a climate technology perspective. By remaining openly focused on climate change, Gigascale is countering […]
Human files are published
Anthropic, the AI lab behind Claude, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, the company said in a blog post on Monday. The company, which has a market capitalization of nearly $1 trillion, has filed a draft registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering. Anthropic has […]