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The funding round would come less than a year after Anduril's Series G, which closed in June with $2.5 billion against a $30 billion valuation. Source

The company says the new model will reduce the "cringe" that's been annoying its users for months. Source

A tech billionaire-backed super PAC is spending $125 million to undercut candidates pushing for AI regulation. New York's Alex Bores, a former tech executive himself, is one of them. Source

TikTok experienced a similar outage just days after ByteDance divested the app's U.S. operations. Source

Crunchbase data shows a record $189 billion of global venture capital flowed to startups last month, with AI startups nabbing 90% of the capital. Source

Reactions rippled through Alibaba's Qwen team after tech lead Junyang Lin stepped down following a major model launch. Source

Security researchers say exploits used by governments to hack into iPhones have been found to be used by cybercriminals. They warned of an emerging market for "secondhand" exploits. Source

Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status. Source

The new app promises a way to send and receive messages without being distracted by your timeline. Source

Under the new Standard plan, subscribers will lose access to the audiobooks they've consumed when they unsubscribe. The Premium plan lets users keep the audiobooks they’ve listened to even if they unsubscribe. Source