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Rippling spy says men have been following him, and his wife is afraid Jun 24, 2025

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If becoming a corporate spy sounds exciting, let this newest affidavit from confessed Rippling spy Keith O’Brien serve as a warning.

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The Robinhood founder who might just revolutionize energy, if he succeeds Jun 23, 2025

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Baiju Bhatt is building something the space industry has largely dismissed, and it might be more groundbreaking than anyone realizes. When Baiju Bhatt stepped away from his role as Chief Creative Officer at Robinhood last year, only those close to him could have predicted his next move: launching a space company built around tech

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Voi CEO says he’s open to acquiring Bolt’s micromobility business Jun 23, 2025

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Frederik Hjelm, CEO of shared micromobility startup Voi, said he sees a path to acquiring the scooter and bike operations of Bolt, the European mobility super-app best known for ride-hailing.

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‘Kid-pilled’ Sam Altman ‘constantly’ asked ChatGPT questions about his newborn Jun 20, 2025

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Across hundreds of thousands of years of human existence, an impossible question has befuddled our species: why is the baby crying?! Sam Altman, who is both the father of a three-month-old and CEO of OpenAI, hopped on OpenAI’s new podcast today to talk about how his company is impacting his experience with fatherhood.

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Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI’s talent with $100M offers Jun 20, 2025

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on something of a hiring spree lately, trying to staff up Meta’s new superintelligence team with top-tier AI researchers from competing labs.

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OpenAI’s $200M DoD contract could squeeze frenemy Microsoft Jun 19, 2025

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The contract could put the model maker in competition with the OpenAI services that Microsoft wants to sell to the DoD.

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Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028 Jun 19, 2025

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The digital health startup says it secured the fresh capital to update its valuation and finance acquisitions.

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Spotify’s Daniel Ek just bet bigger on Helsing, Europe’s defense tech darling Jun 18, 2025

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Spotify's Daniel Ek just led a €600 million investment in Helsing, a four-year-old, Munich-based defense tech company that is now valued at €12 billion, according to the Financial Times. The deal makes it one of Europe's most valuable privately held companies; it also highlights Europe's scramble to build its own military muscle as the world grows messier and the U.S. turns inward.

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Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators ... and more Jun 18, 2025

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Patreon is bumping its take fee from creators from 8% to 10%, but only for new signups; ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times; Meta’s massive investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s biggest customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale AI $200 million this year but is now planning to cut ties with the startup and is having conversations with its competitors; Pornainen recently turned on a 100 MWh thermal battery filled with ground up soapstone.

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Instagram users complain of mass bans, pointing finger at AI Jun 17, 2025

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Instagram users report that their accounts were banned even though they had not violated the company's terms of service or other policies.

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