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Researchers at DeepSeek released a new experimental model designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations.

This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon toward conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and easy checkout experiences. 

Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: If it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he won’t invest in it.

The problem with most vibe-coding companies is that they don't provide all the infrastructure that nontechnical users need to launch a functional product. Anything is attempting to solve this problem.

Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes.

The search company said that this new feature will co-exist next to its AI Answers feature, which was introduced last year to give summarized responses to search queries.

A Trump appointee emailed Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy employees last week with a long list of banned words.

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The new safety features come after numerous incidents of ChatGPT validating users' delusional thinking instead of redirecting harmful conversations -- including the death of a teenage boy by suicide.

The social media giant announced that free access to the feature will be limited to 5GB.

Users in Ohio will have to verify their age to use Bluesky's social network as of Monday.

Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood and founder of Aetherflux, shares insights on building transformative companies in fintech and aerospace at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.

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The startup uses an LLM tailored to helping people arrive at a consensus. Is it enough to help bridge our differences?

In a recent interview with The New York Times, Oura Health CEO Tom Hale didn’t discuss reports that the company is raising new funding that would value the health-tracking ring maker at nearly $11 billion, but he did talk about whether he has ambitions to take Oura public.

A federal judge has rejected drone maker DJI’s efforts to get off a Department of Defense list of Chinese military companies.

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Why is Electronic Arts, one of the biggest names in the video game business, reportedly in talks to go private?

The gaming industry notoriously targets kids for in-app purchases. Lootlock gives parents granular control over kids game spending.

Ami Luttwak, CTO of Wiz, breaks down how AI is changing cybersecurity, why startups shouldn't write a single line of code before thinking about security, and opportunities for upstarts in the industry.