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Daytona raises $24M Series A to build agent-native compute infrastructure
Croatian-founded Daytona has raised a $24M Series A to build infrastructure designed for large-scale agent workloads. The round was led by FirstMark Capital, with Matt Turck joining the board. Additional participation came from Pace Capital, Upfront Ventures, Darkmode, and E2VC, along with strategic investments from Datadog and Figma Ventures. The round also includes a group read more
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The Best Couples' Sex Toys to Spice Up the Bedroom or Long Distance Fun
Other Sex Toys to Consider Here are a few other toys that aren’t as great as the picks above but are still worth a try. Lelo Tor 3 Courtesy of Lelo Lelo Tor 3 for $169: If you love cock rings but would love them even more if they were app-enabled, then meet the Lelo read more
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Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools | TechCrunch
People without coding backgrounds are discovering that they can build their own custom apps using vibe coding — solutions like Lovable that turn plain-language descriptions into working code. While these prompt-to-code tools can help create nice prototypes, launching them into full-scale production (as this reporter recently discovered) can be tricky without figuring out how to read more
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Reddit looks to AI search as its next big opportunity | TechCrunch
Reddit suggested on Thursday that its AI-powered search engine could be the next big opportunity for its business — not just in terms of product, but also as a revenue driver impacting its bottom line. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday, it offered an update on its plans to merge traditional and AI read more
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AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high | TechCrunch
Amazon Web Services ended 2025 with its strongest quarterly growth rate in more than three years. The company reported Thursday that its cloud service business recorded $35.6 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2025. This figure marks a 24% year-on-year increase and the business segment’s largest growth rate in 13 quarters. Annual revenue read more
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Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what's the prize? | TechCrunch
Sometimes, it can seem like the AI industry is racing to see who can spend the most money on data centers. Whoever builds the most data centers will have the most compute, the thinking goes, and thus be able to build the best AI products, which will guarantee victory in the years to come. There read more
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The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most | TechCrunch
To say we live in a tech-centric society is an understatement. Software, specifically machine learning and AI, coupled with advanced manufacturing, has delivered technology to street corners, schools, offices, factories, and even farm fields. This tech, much of it created in Silicon Valley, sits on your wrist, is carried in your pocket, is integrated in read more
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Two Titanic Structures Hidden Deep Within the Earth Have Altered the Magnetic Field for Millions of Years
A team of geologists has found for the first time evidence that two ancient, continent-sized, ultrahot structures hidden beneath the Earth have shaped the planet’s magnetic field for the past 265 million years. These two masses, known as large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), are part of the catalog of the planet’s most enormous and enigmatic objects. read more
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Apple Reportedly Scaling Back This Long-Rumored iOS 27 Feature
iOS 27 will no longer include a long-rumored feature known as Apple Health+ inside Apple, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Apple Health+ was supposed to be a virtual health coach that could give users AI-powered health recommendations in the Apple Health app, based on their personal health data, the report said. The feature would have read more
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OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own | TechCrunch
On Monday, OpenAI launched Codex, an agentic coding tool marketed to software developers. Today, OpenAI also launched a new model designed to turbo-charge Codex: GPT-5.3 Codex. The company says that the model transforms Codexfrom an agent that can merely “write and review code” to one that can do “nearly anything developers and professionals do on read more
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One of Europe's largest universities knocked offline for days after cyberattack | TechCrunch
The computer systems of La Sapienza in Rome, one of the largest universities in Europe with around 120,000 students, have been down for three days following an apparent ransomware attack. In a post and in stories on Instagram published Tuesday, the university said that it took down its systems out of precaution following the cyberattack, read more
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Apple Releases watchOS 11.6.2 With an Important Fix
Apple today released watchOS 11.6.2 for the Apple Watch Series 6 through Series 10, Apple Watch SE 2, and Apple Watch Ultra and Ultra 2. “This update provides important bug fixes and is recommended for all users,” says Apple. watchOS 11.6.2 will only appear on Apple Watch models that have not already been updated to read more
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Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features | TechCrunch
While Spotify users face yet another price hike, book lovers have some exciting developments to look forward to that could help cushion the blow. Spotify announced several updates for its audiobook business on Thursday, notably its expansion into physical books. Users in the U.S. and the U.K. will soon be able to purchase physical copies read more
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Google's subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue | TechCrunch
Alphabet-owned YouTube’s subscription and ad revenue is trending upward. The company on Wednesday said it now has 325 million paying users across Google One and YouTube Premium, up from 300 million three months earlier. YouTube reported ad revenue increased 9% to $11.38 billion in the fourth quarter but missed analysts’ average estimates of $11.84 billion. read more
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Matthew Bogdanos, Head of New York DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Wins $100 K. Prize in Art History
The Vilcek Foundation, a nonprofit that raises awareness of the contributions of immigrant to American history and culture, announced the recipients of its 20th annual prizes for excellence in the arts and sciences. Among this year’s honorees was Matthew Bogdanos, a former classics scholar, US Marine colonel, and current assistant district attorney in New York. read more
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ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI | TechCrunch
ElevenLabs co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski says voice is becoming the next major interface for AI – the way people will increasingly interact with machines as models move beyond text and screens. Speaking at Web Summit in Doha, Staniszewski told TechCrunch voice models like those developed by ElevenLabs have recently moved beyond simply mimicking human read more
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Pulitzer-Winning ‘Washington Post’ Art Critic Sebastian Smee Laid Off in Cutbacks, But Philip Kennicott Remains
Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post laid off some thirty percent of its employees on Wednesday, according to sources quoted in the New York Times, slashing the paper’s sports, local news, and international coverage. More than 300 of the approximately 800 journalists in the newsroom were reportedly let go. Among the casualties was Pulitzer Prize for read more
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The Best Booths at Zona Maco 2026, Where Sculptures Using Natural Materials Shine
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Substack confirms data breach affects users' email addresses and phone numbers | TechCrunch
Newsletter platform Substack has confirmed a data breach in an email to users. The company said that in October, an “unauthorized third party” accessed user data, including email addresses, phone numbers, and other unspecified “internal metadata.” Substack specified that more sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, passwords, and other financial information, was unaffected. In read more
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