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Sen. Ron Wyden sent a letter to fellow senators on Wednesday, revealing that three major U.S. cellphone carriers did not have provisions to notify lawmakers about government surveillance requests, despite …
Wyden: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon weren’t notifying senators of surveillance requests Read More
Signal said today that it is updating its Windows app to prevent the system from capturing screenshots, thereby protecting the content that is on display. The company said that this …
Signal’s new Windows update prevents the system from capturing screenshots of chats Read More
OpenAI pushed generative AI into the public consciousness. Now, it could be developing a very different kind of AI device. According to a WSJ report, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told …
OpenAI’s next big bet won’t be a wearable: report Read More
From a struggling family tea estate to an innovative climate venture, Alt Carbon has raised $12 million in a seed round as it plans to scale its carbon dioxide removal …
Alt Carbon scores $12M seed to scale carbon removal in India Read More
Lidar company Luminar reached a deal with Yorkville Advisors Global and another unnamed investor that could bring another $200 million into its coffers through the sale of convertible preferred stock …
Luminar secures up to $200M following CEO departure and layoffs Read More
Sebastian Siemiatkowski is leaning all the way into the idea that his buy-now-pay-later, IPO-bound startup Klarna is an AI company. When Klarna delivered updated quarterly earnings on Monday, it was …
Klarna used an AI avatar of its CEO to deliver earnings, it said Read More
LM Arena, a crowdsourced benchmarking project that major AI labs rely on to test and market their AI models, has raised $100 million in a seed funding round that values …
LM Arena, the organization behind popular AI leaderboards, lands $100M Read More
Spotify says its ability to direct its customers to external payment links in its iOS app has already had a positive impact on sales. In a newly filed amicus brief …
Spotify says support for external payments on iOS has already boosted subscriptions Read More
There is a new accounting software in town, coming in with a fresh $17.2 million raise and a desire to shake things up. The company, Field, hopes to automate the …
Field raises $17M to automate the drudgery of tax prep Read More
In an era where hundreds of new venture funds have emerged, only to face a narrowing market as exits prove slippery, Elizabeth Weil’s Scribble Ventures stands out as a case …
In a crowded VC landscape, Elizabeth Weil’s Scribble Ventures shows that networks still matter Read More