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The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing | TechCrunch
The aftermath of Anthropic’s dispute with the Department of Defense has left the company in an awkward place — being both actively in use as part of the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran and decoupling from many of its clients in the defense industry. Part of the confusion is the overlapping and contradictory read more
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New Book Reveals British Museum Staffer Stole 350 Artworks
A former British Museum staffer who worked in the prints and drawings departmentin the 1970s stole more than 350 artworks and sold some of his haul at an antiques market, according to a new book. As reported by the Independent, “The story of the thefts is recounted in Barnaby Phillips’s forthcoming book, The African Kingdom read more
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Carol Bove Just Revealed a Miró Mural Typically Hidden in the Guggenheim’s Walls
Carol Bove‘s rotunda-filling Guggenheim Museum show in New York may be billed as a retrospective, but it’s not a solo show in the traditional sense: it also features works by a range of artists interspersed throughout. In fact, the crown jewel of the show is not a sculpture by Bove but a mural by Joan read more
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Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore? | TechCrunch
The power crunch for AI data centers has gotten so severe that people —not just Elon Musk —are talking about launching servers into space so they can access solar power 24/7. One startup thinks the ocean is a better place for them. Offshore wind developer Aikido is planning to submerge a 100-kilowatt demonstration data center read more
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The Gulf’s safe-haven status is under fire
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For decades the fossil fuel-rich Gulf states have marketed themselves to investors, businesses and tourists as islands of stability in the otherwise volatile Middle East. But after the US and Israel launched their war against read more
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Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuation | TechCrunch
Sleep tech company Eight Sleep today said that it has raised $50 million in a strategic round led by Tether Investments at a valuation of $1.5 billion. This new round comes after the startup closed a $100 million round last August from investors such asHSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, and Y Combinator. The startup, read more
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Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple's colorful answer to the Chromebook, starting at $599 | TechCrunch
Apple on Wednesday unveiled a low-cost, entry-level laptop dubbed MacBook Neo, marking the first time the company has targeted a similar audience as Google did with its Chromebook. Starting at $599, the MacBook Neo is aimed at students or users whose work doesn’t involve intensive workflows like video editing or 3D rendering. The 13-inch MacBook read more
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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion | TechCrunch
Jonathan Gavalas, 36, started using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot in August 2025 for shopping help, writing support, and trip planning. On October 2, he died by suicide. At the time of his death, he was convinced that Gemini was his fully sentient AI wife, and that he would need to leave his physical body to read more
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Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba emerges as a leading candidate for supreme leader of Iran
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba has emerged as a leading candidate to replace his slain father as Iran’s supreme leader, with regime loyalists backing him for the position hours after top clerics met to choose a successor. Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency on Wednesday quoted Ahmad Khatami, a member of the Assembly of Experts, as read more
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Rediscover a Rembrandt After More than Six Decades in Hiding
In 1898, Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum staged an exhibition of paintings by renowned Dutch Golden Age artist Rembrandt (1606-1669). Included in this show was a 23-by-19-inch oil painting titled “Vision of Zacharias in the Temple,” which was completed in 1633, relatively early in the artist’s career. Fast-forward to 1960, and the work was deemed to have read more
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UK government commits £40M to discover AI “breakthroughs” in new AI lab
The UK government has committed up to £40m to discover the UK’s AI “breakthroughs” of tomorrow, as it looks to rev up its sovereign AI credentials. A UKgovernment-backed lab will support the effort, backed by up to £40m to invest in “blue sky AI research“. The funding will be made available over six years forthe read more
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British defence tech outfit Mutable Tactics raises over $2M in pre-seed round
A British defence tech startup developing AI software which helps improve the deployment of drones when communication is lost in combat has raised over $2m in a seed funding round. Mutable Tactics has raised $2.1m in a funding round, led by spacetech investor Seraphim Space, with funding also fromthe UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund,Koro, read more
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Shellworks raises $15M to scale sustainable plastic alternative Vivomer
London-based biomaterials company Shellworks has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Paris-based impact investment fund alter equity. The round also included participation from Nat Friedman (NFDG) and JamJar, founded by the creators of Innocent Drinks, alongside existing investors Founder Collective, LocalGlobe and Third Sphere. Founded in 2019, Shellworks develops and read more
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How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers
Computers leak secrets. Not just through invasive ad tracking, data-stealing malware, and your ill-advised oversharing on social media, but through physics. The movements of a hard drive’s components, keystrokes on a keyboard, even the electric charge in a semiconductor’s wires produce radio waves, sound, and vibrations that transmit in all directions and can—when picked up read more
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Booooooom Shop: Tomorrow’s Talent 5 Book
The wait is over! Our Tomorrow’s Talent 5 bookis finally here. If you’re new to the series, it has become a defining expression of our ongoing mission to discover and champion the next wave of visual artists. Each year, we spend months curating and assembling the work, and the finished volume has come to represent read more
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Whitney Biennial Sneak Peek
Daily Newsletter Impressions from the leading survey of American art, Chicago’s DePaul Art Museum shutters, arts leaders react to Mamdani’s pick for culture commissioner, and more. The Whitney Biennial, a leading survey of American art, opened to the press yesterday. This one is different: moody, contemplative, and with a proclivity for immersive experiences. We’re still read more
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Techstars calls time on Turin accelerator
Techstars, theglobal startup accelerator and VC firm which provides funding and support for early-stage startups, is ending its accelerator programme in Turin, marking its latest exit from a European city. Martin Olczyk, Techstars former managing director, said: “I’m closing a very special Techstars chapter as our programme in Turin comes to an end.” Techstars closing read more
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I Tested (Almost) Every Therabody Gadget. Here's What I'd Buy
Honorable Mentions Photograph: Boutayna Chokrane TheraFace Mask for $650: The TheraFace Mask is a cordless, hands-free light-therapy device that uses three wavelengths (red, infrared, and blue) to tackle different skin care needs. To distinguish itself from its competitors, the TheraFace Mask includes a built-in vibration therapy mode that massages pressure points around the eyes, brow read more
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Spain’s PLD Space raises €180M to scale satellite launch infrastructure
International space transportation company, PLD Space, has closed a €180 million Series C equity funding round led by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. The round included the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, through the Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation (CDTI) and its INNVIERTE fund, and the Spanish public funds management company COFIDES, read more
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Belarus Free Theatre to Present Venice Biennial Collateral Exhibition on Art Under Authoritarianism and Censorship
The Belarus Free Theatre, an underground theater group in exile since 2020, announced Wednesday that it will stage the exhibition “Official. Unofficial. Belarus.” as an official collateral event of the 61st Venice Biennale. The show, to be staged at the more than 1,000-year-old La Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia, will open May 9, read more
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