Trump DOE confirms it's canceling over $700M in manufacturing grants: The Department of Energy said it was canceling grants to build new factories in places like Alabama and Kentucky. Three startups are affected. Read More |
20-year-old dropouts built AI notetaker Turbo AI and grew it to 5 million users: Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, two 20-year-old college dropouts, grew an AI note-taker app to five million users and an eight-figure ARR, they say. Read More |
The White House is already one of the most blocked accounts on Bluesky: The Trump administration is taking its social media attacks on Democratic opponents to an unlikely platform, with the White House and numerous other government agencies joining Bluesky on Friday. Read More |
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| Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store: Apple has pulled the controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over violations of its content moderation and privacy rules, following a flood of user complaints and reports of minors' data being exposed. Read More |
Meta cuts 600 AI jobs amid ongoing reorganization: Meta continues to restructure its AI efforts after poaching more than 50 researchers from competing labs this summer. Read More |
Snapchat makes its first open prompt AI Lens available for free in the US: Snapchat is expanding access to its AI-powered "Imagine Lens," allowing all users to generate and edit images with custom prompts for free. Read More |
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With an Intel recovery underway, all eyes turn to its foundry business: Intel added $20 billion to its balance sheet in Q3 but didn't offer many details on the progress of its floundering foundry business. Read More |
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India, the market BlaBlaCar once walked away from, is now its biggest: BlaBlaCar is seeing rapid growth in India, with 20 million passengers expected this year — up 50% from last year. Read More |
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