European cyber insurance startup Stoïk secures $27M

Cyber risk has become an increasingly important issue for small companies around the world. While many companies try to avoid and mitigate cyber risks, they rarely discuss transferring those risks to a third party. That’s why Stoïk is stepping in with a cyber security insurance product spe…Read More

Nvidia, the AI chipmaker, just hit another record high

Nvidia shares hit a record high on Monday, closing at $138.07 as Wall Street anticipates earnings updates from Microsoft, Meta, Google and Amazon on their AI infrastructure spending. The stock’s climb has been stupefying — surging nearly 180% this year, following a rapid climb last year; it’s…Read More

Meet Alarmo, Nintendo’s $100 sleep-tracking alarm clock

We got our hands on the newest gadget from Nintendo. No, it’s not a new Switch. It’s a clock and it’s aptly called the Alarmo. The design is very Nintendo, bright red with a soft plastic knob that lights up and doubles as a dial and button. You can select from a bunch of clock […]
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Google signed a deal to power data centers with nuclear micro-reactors from Kairos — but the 2030 timeline is very optimistic

With the deal, Google joins Microsoft and Amazon in turning to nuclear power to satiate its thirst for electricity.
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The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising

Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records. Plus, some special shout-outs.
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Omnea raises $25M to tackle the painfully annoying procurement market

Procurement — the process of requesting, vetting and eventually buying IT and other supplies in an organization — is typically one of the more frustrating, dry, yet inevitable aspects of a workplace.  When you are in need of a new app or device, or when you need to renew an exi…Read More

Peanut, a social network for women, adds a pregnancy tracking tool

Peanut, a social networking app for women, is launching a new feature to help users track their pregnancies. The new Peanut Track tool leverages seven years of data from questions asked on the social network and uses AI to anticipate questions that women have during different…Read More

Table Space eyes $2.5B valuation in India IPO

Table Space is targeting a valuation of $2.5 billion or higher for an India IPO planned planned for 2025.
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Constellation Technologies & Operations wants to work with telecom operators to deliver 5G internet from space

The telecom industry is undergoing its greatest period of disruption since the telegraph, as companies work to open up space as the next frontier for communications. French startup Constellation hopes to take part by repurposing 5G tech…Read More

Director Morgan Neville is steering clear of generative AI after ‘Roadrunner’ backlash

One of the most attention-grabbing aspects of “Roadrunner,” the Morgan Neville-directed documentary about Anthony Bourdain, was Neville’s use of generative AI to replicate Bourdain’s voice. Looking back now, Neville told Wired that he saw this as a “fun” way t…Read More

Director Morgan Neville is steering clear of generative AI after ‘Roadrunner’ backlash

One of the most attention-grabbing aspects of “Roadrunner,” the Morgan Neville-directed documentary about Anthony Bourdain, was Neville’s use of generative AI to replicate Bourdain’s voice. Looking back now, Neville told Wired that he saw this as a “fun” way t…Read More

Director Morgan Neville is steering clear of generative AI after ‘Roadrunner’ backlash

One of the most attention-grabbing aspects of “Roadrunner,” the Morgan Neville-directed documentary about Anthony Bourdain, was Neville’s use of generative AI to replicate Bourdain’s voice. Looking back now, Neville told Wired that he saw this as a “fun” way t…Read More

SpaceX successfully catches returning Starship booster

For the first time, SpaceX not only launched its mammoth Starship, but also returned the booster to the launch site and to caught it with a pair of oversized “chopsticks.” This test flight — the fifth in the Starship development program — took place Sunday morning at the company’s Starb…Read More

The promise and perils of synthetic data

Is it possible for an AI to be trained just on data generated by another AI? It might sound like a harebrained idea. But it’s one that’s been around for quite some time — and as new, real data is increasingly hard to come by, it’s been gaining traction. Anthropic used some synthetic data to […]
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This three-person robotics startup is working with designer Yves Béhar to bring humanoids home

It’s hard to know where to focus when speaking to Christoph Kohstall. The contents of his packed Palo Alto garage compete for attention. To his immediate right stands a tower of electrical components, dotted with flashing lights. To his left is a wo…Read More