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  • Breaking down the boom in the Nordic's startup ecosystem | TechCrunch

    The always-a-good-time Slush conference took place last week in Helsinki and, as always, it was a showcase of the growing power of the European ecosystem. The Nordics, specifically, are having a moment, led this time around by Sweden’s vibe-coding darling Lovable, often regarded as an example of the ecosystem’s growing success. Other standout, albeit older read more

    Breaking down the boom in the Nordic's startup ecosystem | TechCrunch
  • Musk’s xAI to build small solar farm adjacent to Colossus data center | TechCrunch

    Artificial intelligence startup xAI, founded by Elon Musk, told city and county planners in Memphis last week that it plans to build a solar farm next to its Colossus data center — one of the world’s largest facilities for training AI models. The project would occupy 88 acres to the west and to the south read more

    Musk’s xAI to build small solar farm adjacent to Colossus data center | TechCrunch
  • Are you balding? There’s an AI for that | TechCrunch

    For Cyriac Lefort, the idea for his new startup, MyHair AI, came two years ago.The French native was sitting in a hair salon in New York getting a routine haircut when his hairdresser looked at him and said, “You’re starting to lose a bit of hair,” Lefort, who is 32, recalls being told. “He didn’t read more

    Are you balding? There’s an AI for that | TechCrunch
  • Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture | TechCrunch

    Major tech companies aren’t just using AI to help you generate or summarize content — they also want you to use it for shopping. OpenAI, Google, and Amazon have heavily invested in AI assistants that research new product categories for you and suggest the right ones to buy. Startups like Perplexity, Daydream, and Cherry have read more

    Onton raises .5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture | TechCrunch
  • Boeing's Next Starliner Flight Will Only Be Allowed to Carry Cargo

    The US space agency ended months of speculation about the next flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, confirming that the vehicle will carry only cargo to the International Space Station. NASA and Boeing are now targeting no earlier than April 2026 to fly the uncrewed Starliner-1 mission, the space agency said. Launching by next April will read more

    Boeing's Next Starliner Flight Will Only Be Allowed to Carry Cargo
  • Paramount+ Coupon Codes and Deals: Free Trial, Student Deals, and Military Discounts for November 2025

    The most talked-about TV show in the country right now, South Park, is on Paramount+. Don’t you want to know what got Trump in such a tizzy? Stream the much buzzed-about South Park, fan-favorite Yellowstone, original series MobLand, and rebooted crime drama Dexter & Dexter on Paramount+. The streaming network has a bingeable TV series read more

    Paramount+ Coupon Codes and Deals: Free Trial, Student Deals, and Military Discounts for November 2025
  • Massive AI demand forces Lenovo into aggressive memory hoarding

    Lenovo reacts early to tightening memory supplies driven by aggressive AI demand Semiconductor giants shift production toward high-bandwidth memory for AI servers Traditional memory output shrinks while global pricing pressure intensifies rapidly Lenovo has confirmed it is stockpiling memory chips and other essential components in response to a tightening global supply chain pushed by artificial read more

    Massive AI demand forces Lenovo into aggressive memory hoarding
  • YouTube is working on a feature that will fix the messy home feed | TechCrunch

    Finding a YouTube video that truly matches our interests can sometimes be a challenge. The video-sharing platform appears to have recognized this issue and is taking steps to address it with its new experimental feature, “Your Custom Feed.” The new test aims to tackle the frustration users often face with algorithm-driven recommendations that sometimes miss read more

    YouTube is working on a feature that will fix the messy home feed | TechCrunch
  • Marc Benioff just gave ChatGPT the cold shoulder—Gemini 3 is the new favorite

    Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has abruptly ditched ChatGPT for Google Gemini 3 He made the switch after trying Gemini 3 for just two hours Benioff praised Gemini 3’s speed, reasoning, and multimodal capabilities as a major leap forward Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has fallen head over heels for Gemini 3 and has publicly dumped ChatGPT read more

    Marc Benioff just gave ChatGPT the cold shoulder—Gemini 3 is the new favorite
  • Why 'hold forever' investors are snapping up venture capital 'zombies' | TechCrunch

    Italian company Bending Spoons flew largely under the radar — until last month. In a span of 48 hours, the company announced the acquisition of AOL and a massive $270 million raise, quadrupling its valuation to $11 billion from $2.55 billion set in early 2024. Bending Spoons has grown rapidly by acquiring stagnating tech brands read more

    Why 'hold forever' investors are snapping up venture capital 'zombies' | TechCrunch
  • GitHub – clark-prog/blackout-public: Blackout — The Official Blackout Public FAFO Repo.

    “You can block the researcher. You can’t block the evidence.” On November 25, 2025, ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck posted a product demo of GTM Studio on LinkedIn — their AI-powered platform that “identifies person-level website visits.” A security researcher analyzed the GTM Studio landing page and documented extensive pre-consent tracking infrastructure. The findings were posted read more

    GitHub – clark-prog/blackout-public: Blackout — The Official Blackout Public FAFO Repo.
  • Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro packs powerful Intel processors & advanced cooling

    Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro weighs less than 999 grams in total Intel Core Ultra 9 and 5 processors power demanding applications seamlessly The 14-inch OLED screen delivers 2.8K resolution and bright visuals The Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro arrives as one of the lightest laptops on the market right now, weighing in at less than 999 read more

    Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro packs powerful Intel processors & advanced cooling
  • ChatGPT's voice mode is no longer a separate interface | TechCrunch

    ChatGPT’s voice mode is getting more usable. OpenAI announced on Tuesday it is updating the user interface to its popular AI chatbot so users can access ChatGPT Voice right inside their chat, instead of having to switch to a separate mode. That means you’ll be able to converse with the chatbot and view its responses, read more

    ChatGPT's voice mode is no longer a separate interface | TechCrunch
  • Elon Musk Said Grok’s Roasts Would Be ‘Epic’ at Parties—So I Tried It on My Coworkers

    We can debate the worthiness of Elon Musk’s accomplishments—building up Tesla, hollowing out the government, shooting for Mars—but we can all agree that his insistence on being seen as funny is his most grating quality. From the constant 4:20 references to his quote tweet “dunks” to awarding “Certified Bangers” badges to silly X posts, Musk’s read more

    Elon Musk Said Grok’s Roasts Would Be ‘Epic’ at Parties—So I Tried It on My Coworkers
  • WIRED Roundup: Gemini 3 Release, Nvidia Earnings, Epstein Files Fallout

    Zoë Schiffer: Yeah, I think that one thing that everyone can agree on is that Nvidia is undoubtedly one of the companies that has gone all in during this AI acceleration moment. For better or worse, about 90 percent of Nvidia’s sales, which were once dominated by chips for personal gaming computers now come from read more

    WIRED Roundup: Gemini 3 Release, Nvidia Earnings, Epstein Files Fallout
  • Character.AI will offer interactive 'Stories' to kids instead of open-ended chat | TechCrunch

    Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching “Stories,” a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature comes as an alternative to the company’s chatbots, which are no longer accessible to users under 18 as of this week. The change follows growing concerns about the mental health read more

    Character.AI will offer interactive 'Stories' to kids instead of open-ended chat | TechCrunch
  • The Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop Punches Above Its Weight

    It also came with two sticks of Kingston Fury 16-GB RAM and a Wi-Fi 7 card. All that for $1,550 is a really solid deal. There are cheaper ways to get RTX 5070-level performance, such as this iBuyPower system, but the Alienware Aurora is also far from the most expensive either. The Asus ROG G700, read more

    The Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop Punches Above Its Weight
  • Find Your Grind raises $5M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths | TechCrunch

    If you’re a fan of the punk scene from the early 2000s, you may recognize Nick Gross, the drummer for the band Goldfinger. Now he’s empowering young people to pursue their passions through his career exploration platform, Find Your Grind. The platform highlights alternative professions not usually emphasized in schools, including being a pop-punk band read more

    Find Your Grind raises M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths | TechCrunch
  • Google Antigravity Exfiltrates Data – SquareDocs

    Antigravity is Google’s new agentic code editor. In this article, we demonstrate how an indirect prompt injection can manipulate Gemini to invoke a malicious browser subagent in order to steal credentials and sensitive code from a user’s IDE. Google’s approach is to include a disclaimer about the existing risks, which we address later in the read more

    Google Antigravity Exfiltrates Data – SquareDocs
  • Grab an 8TB SSD for 4.8¢ per Gigabyte, an all-time low, in an extraordinary price bloodbath ahead of Black Friday

    If you’re in the market for a large-capacity portable SSD, the Crucial X10 is a solid choice – and if you’re looking for a large-capacity SSD, the Crucial X10 has no rivals this Black Friday. At just 4.8c per GB, it beats EVERY single SSD – internal or external – when it comes to price read more

    Grab an 8TB SSD for 4.8¢ per Gigabyte, an all-time low, in an extraordinary price bloodbath ahead of Black Friday