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13 new fundings; $257M+ invested in NYC startups this past week along with two exits. NYC Tech News for the week ending 8/14 featuring news for FireHydrant, Curacity, and much, much more.
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Whole Foods' use of Microsoft 365 apps remained disconnected from Amazon, leading to inefficiencies and security concerns, a Deloitte review found. Read more ›
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Yesterday, Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, censored a segment of its newsmagazine 60 Minutes about men who had been deported to an El Salvador prison. Today, it's popping up online. 60 Minutes had already begun promoting the now-censored segment online. Because it was pulled so late, it seems that CBS missed at […] Read more ›
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Online black markets once lurked in the shadows of the dark web. Today, they’ve moved onto public platforms like Telegram—and are racking up historic illicit fortunes. Read more ›
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Android's new 90:10 mode makes launching and using two apps at the same time a more realistic productivity hack. Read more ›
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DOGE dominated the news this year as Elon Musk’s operatives shook up several US government agencies. It’s far from over. Read more ›
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Samsung's quietly prepping high-end lens controller integration for One UI 8.5. Read more ›
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Slate's head of design told Business Insider the startup aimed to capitalize on the backlash against digital controls and unwanted features. Read more ›
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Microsoft plans to eliminate all C and C++ code across its major codebases by 2030, replacing it with Rust using AI-assisted, large-scale refactoring. "My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030," Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Galen Hunt writes in a post on LinkedIn. "Our strategy is to combine AI and Algorithms to rewrite Microsoft's largest codebases. Our North Star is '1 engineer, 1 month,... Read more ›
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Working remotely on a 43-hour Amtrak train offered stunning views, but a reliable hotspot and backup power are essential. Read more ›
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In the name of music preservation, pirate group Anna's Archive has scraped 300 TB of data from Spotify's library, representing around 37% of all songs but 99.9% of all listens. It's essentially everything on Spotify packaged into torrents to be distributed illegally, analogous to how the group has made books available for free. Read more ›
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A Pentagon watchdog says the Army and Navy misrepresented recruit test scores, exceeding federal limits on low scorers. Read more ›
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Miss Universe 2025 was plagued with controversy from the start. We spoke to over a dozen contestants to learn how the pageant fell apart. Read more ›
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Some launched this year while others I merely discovered — but all made an impact. Read more ›
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President Donald Trump said they would be "AI-controlled" and he said that the design would be led by the US Navy with his aesthetic input. Read more ›
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It's one of the first times that Ukrainian troops have said they used a ground drone to replace humans in holding the line for an extended period. Read more ›
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The input box could get a new, simpler design. Read more ›
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"Would I have come up with that story if I didn't have those constraints? I don't know," James Cameron said. Read more ›
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Distilled spirits have seen a major decline in exports to big markets like Canada, and domestic consumption isn't making up for the shortfall. Read more ›
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Windows 11 users rave about lightning-quick SSD performance uplifts from the native NVMe driver from Windows Server 2025. Read more ›
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While special education spending tops $100B annually, chronic staffing shortages leave millions of students waiting months for legally required services. Parallel Learning just closed a $20M Series B with data showing 98% of students met or exceeded IEP goals through their virtual platform—a stark contrast to traditional models struggling with compliance and burnout. With districts legally required to provide services regardless of budget uncertainty, delve into why this model addresses... Read more ›
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The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 12/16/2025 featuring funding details for Nanit, Echo, and much more. Read more ›
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While fintechs scramble for profitability, Octane just closed $100M at GAAP profitability with 30% year-over-year originations growth. The company that makes buying motorcycles, RVs, and boats as easy as ordering an Uber has now originated over $7B in loans and launched a white-label platform that lets manufacturers offer financing without building their own captive lenders. Valar Ventures called this "one of the best tech companies that can compound for far... Read more ›
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The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 12/17/2025 featuring funding details for DataLane, Dux Security, and much more. Read more ›
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Shadow AI has caused one in six data breaches this year, yet 97% of organizations admit they lack proper AI access controls. Fakespot founder Saoud Khalifah just raised $2.5M to solve what traditional firewalls cannot: securing AI systems that operate in ways today's tools can't predict. With Ciphero's AI Verification Layer, enterprises can finally see and govern every AI interaction across their workforce—including the shadow AI activity happening right now... Read more ›
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The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 12/18/2025 featuring funding details for Imprint, Alaffia Health, and much more. Read more ›
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Over $15T in goods flow through global supply chains annually, yet the data required to optimize this movement is disconnected and siloed. Now backed by Paine Schwartz Partners—the largest PE firm dedicated to sustainable food chain investing—Crisp just closed $26M to expand its vertical AI platform that's already trusted by 7,000+ brands. With their new AI Agent Studio automating supply chain decisions in real time, find out how this platform... Read more ›
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