Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft

This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.

At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control?

Investors, founders, and operators from across Europe arrived for the annual Nordic TechBBQ conference to talk about how humans can have agency over AI.

“We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z

Vijay Pande — who left a16z's roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why biology is finally shift...

Hollywood celebs are getting into microdrama apps

Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas.

The Theragun Sense makes everyday recovery surprisingly easy

As my 20s are set to come to an end later this year, I’ve officially reached the age where sleeping in the wrong position or stretching just a little too far ca...

Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU

The new generation of data center systems is increasing efficiency with smarter traffic control instead of just more processor cycles.

Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine

Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they're all Chinese automakers.

Is the best way to watch a movie on a pair of sunglasses?

Are XREAL's smart glasses the way of the future for home entertainment?

Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips

Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high c...

An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI

Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading overall perf...

Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases

The feature, announced this week, allows Brave's users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses.

Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets

There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.

How Sweden built one of Europe’s hottest startup ecosystems

Sophia Bendz, founder of Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech ecosystem.

More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey

The backlash against license plate readers comes amid a wave of police abuses of surveillance cameras.

Friend-focused photo sharing app Retro snags $21M

Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in Series A funding.

Apple TV is raising its subscription prices again

Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.

a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’

The firm, known for its focus on software, is going to start throwing more money at the hardware behind AI.

Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, handing the AI company a victory as its second Pentagon lawsuit ...

Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India

Sandhya Devanathan will oversee some OpenAI operations across Southeast Asia and Australia in her new role.

As electric two-wheelers gain a foothold, Belgian startup Any bets on cargo space

Launched by Belgian startup Any, LUV1 is a modular electric motorcycle with 120 liters of cargo space that can be used to carry bags, work equipment, or even pe...

AI, athletes, and Keith Rabois: StrictlyVC is back in New York on September 10

A boutique StrictlyVC evening returns to New York's West Village on September 10 with Keith Rabois, Craig Shapiro, Jason Levien, Tristan Walker, Brynn Putnam, a...

Rivian’s CFO is leaving the company

Claire McDonough is stepping down on October 30 to pursue a new opportunity, the company said in a filing on Thursday.

Bluesky adds an ‘algorithmic opt-out’ feature for those who don’t want to go viral

Sometimes people just want to post to their followers, Bluesky says.

Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids’ data

Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test age-detection models, highlighting a privacy tradeoff...

YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases

The update turns product recommendations into a more direct revenue stream for creators, and for Amazon, the move puts its massive online marketplace inside one...

Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder who defected to OpenAI, is now at Google

Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.

ATF declares ‘major incident’ as ransomware gang claims hack

The ATF is the latest federal government agency in recent years to notify Congress of a "major incident" involving its cybersecurity.

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI

Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that t...

Google’s new Fitbit Air brings Pokémon Sleep to your wrist

Google teamed up with the Pokemon Company to introduce a special-edition Fitbit Air that works with the Pokémon Sleep app.

Fashion startup Atoire raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup

Fashion startup Atoire announced Thursday a $9.5 million seed round.