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The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services.
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TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know
TechCrunch Founder Summit is a full-day gathering in Boston on November 4 where founders across all stages connect with top VCs and experienced entrepreneurs to gain tactical insights on building and scaling their companies.
TechCrunch ·Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity
Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during Q3 earnings. The AI app now has over 10M users.
TechCrunch ·Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI
Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.
TechCrunch ·What’s new in Homeland Security’s updated AI policy
Experts are sounding the alarm on a new provision allowing DHS’s chief AI officer to waive any requirement outlined in the directive, including prohibited use cases. The post What’s new in Homeland Security’s updated AI policy appeared…
FedScoop ·5 tech trends turning CIOs into ‘active architects’
Tech executives should start preparing for what comes after large language models now, according to Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst Gene Alvarez.
CIO Dive ·While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat
As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new technology that lets AI agents make purchases on customers' behalf, with controls over spending and transaction approvals.
TechCrunch ·Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation
Legal AI startup Legora announced Wednesday that it raised a $550 million Series E round, valuing it at $8.8 billion.
TechCrunch ·PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google’s Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet
This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.
TechCrunch ·Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation after Sequoia leads Series C
Blacksmith, a platform that lets companies build and test AI code more effectively, just announced a $66 million Series C round led by Sequoia that values the company at $1 billion.
TechCrunch ·Before the ambulance arrives: How AI is helping the NHS rethink patient care
The post Before the ambulance arrives: How AI is helping the NHS rethink patient care appeared first on Source .
Microsoft ·CIOs brace for higher memory costs in 2027 amid global IT spend hike
As much as CIOs are worried about the cost of AI today, it s not going to be this low again, said John-David Lovelock, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner.
CIO Dive ·AI promises productivity, but for managers, it’s mostly a headache for now
More than 50% of managers say they're finding it harder to evaluate employees' work after adopting AI, according to a new survey.
TechCrunch ·‘Weird And Maybe Uninvestable’: How Reach Capital Spots Its Venture Winners
Crunchbase News spoke with James Kim, partner at Reach Capital, about how Reach’s education roots inform its broader strategy, what it saw in AI detection company GPTZero, and why some of its best investments initially divided its own…
Crunchbase News ·Bringing the Spark to Europe: Local Intelligence Powers Next Wave of Agents
At GTC Berlin, NVIDIA is showcasing its full lineup of local AI hardware. RTX Spark, which launched last week, powers personal agents on Windows PCs; DGX Spark supports developers building and scaling applications on Linux; and DGX Station…
NVIDIA ·NVIDIA Cloud Partners Scale Across Europe — Sovereign, Open and Built for Safe AI Agents
Demand from AI-natives is pulling the European AI cloud ecosystem forward faster than ever. Developers need compute closer to their data, open models they can customize and serve at scale, and full-stack infrastructure that is secure by…
NVIDIA ·How ChatGPT and Gemini handled our questions about the Pittsburgh election
Generative AI at the voting booth (Katie Malone/Made with Gemini) " data-large-file="https://technically-wpengine.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/technically/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Generated-election-chatbots-scaled.jpeg" /> More voters are…
Technical.ly ·GTC Berlin 2026: Live Updates From NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s Keynote
Founded in a tent near the Berlin Wall in 1980, the Tempodrom moved several times before settling near Anhalter Bahnhof in 2001. Its permanent home has since hosted concerts, galas and political events. Today, it hosts a different kind of…
NVIDIA ·Southeast Asia’s digital economy to hit $368 billion
Widespread AI adoption is propelling Southeast Asia's digital economy to a projected $368 billion in 2026 and $1 trillion by 2035.
Google AI ·How AI Is Breaking the Way We Reward High-Achieving Students
When AI can create polished products in seconds, we must redefine high achievement and reward students for genuine intellectual curiosity, not ...
EdSurge ·HHS to make sole-source award to Anthropic ahead of broader AI competition
The health department initially rolled out Claude to all of its workers in December 2025. Anthropic’s discounted deal with the government ends Oct. 31. The post HHS to make sole-source award to Anthropic ahead of broader AI competition…
FedScoop ·Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI run amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.
TechCrunch ·Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix’s OpenAI hack documentary isn’t accurate
Before you share the Netflix documentary "AI Gone Rogue" take note. Clem Delangue, Hugging Face's co-founder who is featured in the film, says it went "full doomer mode" and isn't accurate.
TechCrunch ·Google launches Gemini for government services as new ‘agentic solution’
The Google Public Sector Summit featured the Gemini announcement and GSA Administrator Ed Forst’s take on America-dot-gov. The post Google launches Gemini for government services as new ‘agentic solution’ appeared first on FedScoop .
FedScoop ·Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy
Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure enough compute from cloud providers that increasingly view it as a competitor, even as its infrastructure spending balloons ahead of a planned November IPO.
TechCrunch ·SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations
SpaceX hit profitably in the third-quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine.
TechCrunch ·OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio to beef up its biotech business
OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help researchers plan experiments and analyze results.
TechCrunch ·How The Kraft Group uses AI for behavior management
Building trust and listening to employees is key to getting buy-in for new technologies, Chief Information and Technology Officer Michael Israel said.
CIO Dive ·Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developers
Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs.
TechCrunch ·ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats
The company says the feature is designed for situations where users might be discussing something personal or planning a surprise and want to keep those conversations private when handing their device to friends or family to show them…
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