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Deepgram, an artificial intelligence startup selling speech recognition software that generates transcripts, has cut around 20% of staff, or around 20 people, CEO Scott Stephenson said. It was at least the second time this year the San Francisco startup has laid off workers, according to two people familiar with the cuts. Stephenson blamed higher interest rates, which have reduced startup funding.
The job cuts, which havenât previously been reported, are a sign of the pressures facing AI startups in a fiel
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more âș
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more âș
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Humans are heading to the moon for the first time in 53 years after NASA successfully launched four astronauts on its SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on Wednesday. The rocket blasted off from the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin the 10-day Artemis II mission that will take crew members Reid [âŠ] Read more âș
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has performed poorly among critics, with one reviewer comparing it to AI-generated content. Read more âș
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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles. Read more âș
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Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions. Read more âș
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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. Read more âș
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NASA's Artemis II mission has launched four astronauts around the moon and back, marking humanity's first crewed lunar voyage in 53 years and the first test flight of NASA's Orion capsule and Space Launch System (SLS) with people on board. Five minutes into the flight, Commander Reid Wiseman saw the team's target: "We have a beautiful moonrise, we're headed right at it," he said from the capsule. The Associated Press... Read more âș
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The AI-powered 'Frozen' animatronic freezing up and taking a little tumble is far more entertaining as a meme than if the magic snowman worked as designed. Read more âș
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Midnight, a blockchain network designed to support private transactions and selective data disclosure, is now live as part of a phased rollout. Read more âș
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if you like the color white and need a spectacular smartwatch, this deal is for you! Read more âș
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Like all the other major power tool manufacturers, DeWalt releases new gear every year, and this year there are some interesting additions for concrete work. Read more âș
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NASA's Artemis II flight, which is set to take four astronauts toward the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, successfully launched on Wednesday evening. The Artemis II mission, part of NASA's Artemis program that's intended to bring humans back onto the Moon as early as 2028, will bring the four astronauts [âŠ] Read more âș
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Ecommerce giant is trying to catch up with SpaceXâs low Earth orbit internet service Read more âș
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Kia has officially unveiled the EV3 for the US, an entry-level electric SUV with up to 320 miles of range and a focus on affordability. Read more âș
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Itâs Wednesday, April 1, 2026, and weâre back with todayâs top startup and tech funding news. Todayâs rounds underscore a sharp shift toward infrastructure powering the AI eraâfrom nuclear-backed energy systems and grid-scale storage to next-gen semiconductors and orbital data ... Read more âș
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Nintendo and Illumination's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has hit theaters shining brighter than the last animated Mario film. Read more âș
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BR-DGE has partnered with betting operator Betfred to provide payment orchestration across pay-ins and pay-outs through a single integration. Read more âș
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For its 50th anniversary celebration, Apple invited The Wall Street Journal's Ben Cohen to Apple Park to meet up with Apple CEO Tim Cook. Cohen and Cook took a look at rare archival materials from the early days of Apple, some of which Cook wasn't even familiar with. Cook said that he had seen a lot of the devices for the first time while preparing for Apple's 50th anniversary. Items... Read more âș
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The judge overseeing Elon Muskâs breach of charitable trust lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft ruled Wednesday that Muskâs damages expert, an economist at economic consulting firm Berkeley Research Group, is allowed to present his testimony at trial. The economist, C. Paul Wazzan, found that ... Read more âș
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Talk about bad timing. Meta Platforms made a big splash on Tuesday night by disclosing new stock grants for senior executives that fully pay out only if the companyâs market capitalization rises above $9.4 trillion by 2031, from $1.5 trillion now. Hours later, on Wednesday, we scooped the news that Meta was laying off hundreds of people. And hours after that, a jury in Los Angeles found Meta and Googleâs... Read more âș
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A tidal wave of fast-growing AI startups has given venture capitalists many more shots to score winning investments. But competition to invest has never been more intense. That has made the partners who can secure stakes in sought-after startups all the more valuable. The Information asked over two dozen founders and investors about the individuals best positioned to become general partnersâthe top dealmakers who usually get the biggest share of... Read more âș
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Investments in AI startups such as Mercor and Skild AI helped advance three of 16 finalists in last yearâs list of Next General Partners to higher positions, including to the role of general partner in their firms. These promotions reflect how AI continues to dominate venture capital investing. Last yearâs finalists canât credit just AI, however. Increased valuations for defense tech startup Anduril and expense software company Ramp also cast... Read more âș
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Anthropic has been on a tear in adding features to its Claude AI agents for coding and other white-collar work. The Claude agents now offer many of the features that turned OpenClaw, an open-source tool for developing personal AI agents, into a sensation.Claudeâs new features include the ability to take over a personâs computer to perform complex tasks using any application, which Anthropic launched with great fanfare Monday night; take... Read more âș
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Microsoft executives in recent weeks told managers at major divisions, including its Azure cloud and North American sales groups, to suspend new hiring, according to three current employees with direct knowledge of the decision. Itâs not uncommon for Microsoft to slow hiring or even lay off staff toward the end of its fiscal year, which ends in June. But Microsoftâs cost-conscious approach reflects a broader attitude throughout tech, as companies... Read more âș
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OpenAI has put plans to allow its ChatGPT chatbot to generate erotica on hold indefinitely, according to a report from the Financial Times. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first teased âadult modeâ in ChatGPT last October, saying in a post on X that the release would be part of OpenAIâs âtreat adult users ... Read more âș
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In the ultracompetitive world of drug development, getting a new medication on the market as fast as possible can have major business implications. Thereâs perhaps no better recent example than Novo Nordisk, which has generated nearly $100 billion in sales of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy while trying to fend off competition from Eli Lilly.Now, Novo Nordisk says itâs using AI agents to shorten by weeks or months the... Read more âș
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Apple is opening the door for other artificial intelligence assistants to directly integrate with its Siri assistant, Bloomberg reported. The change is coming alongside the companyâs overhaul of Siri, which is due to be announced in June at this yearâs Worldwide Developers Conference, the outlet ... Read more âș
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Microsoft recently suspended new hiring across major divisions, including its Azure cloud and North American sales groups, as the company seeks to offset its investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure, The Information reported. Executives have instructed managers in these ... Read more âș
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