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We live in an age where the tech industry’s core pitch is for you to outsource your brain’s cognitive functions, be it to an AI chatbot or an app. The idea has now reached a new zenith. A startup called Halo is releasing a pair of smart glasses that will record and transcribe all your conversations and use it to …

Y Combinator has filed an amicus brief in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Epic Games, arguing that the App Store has stifled startup innovation. We’ve reached out to legal reps for YC and Apple for comment. The brief comes during the years-long legal dispute. Epic Games first filed an antitrust lawsuit against the iPhone maker in 2020 in …

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek releases upgraded model with domestic chip support  Reuters DeepSeek Touts Model That Outdoes Flagship in Agentic AI Step  Bloomberg.com China’s DeepSeek just dropped a new GPT-5 rival—optimized for Chinese chips, priced to undercut OpenAI  Fortune Tech war: DeepSeek hints China close to unveiling ‘next generation’ AI chips  South China Morning Post DeepSeek V3.1 Base Suddenly Launched: Outperforms Claude 4 in …

Sam Altman is in the process of co-founding a new brain-to-computer interface startup called Merge Labs and raising funds for it with the capital possibly coming largely from OpenAI’s ventures team, unnamed sources told the Financial Times.  The startup is expected to be valued at $850 million. A source familiar with the deal tells TechCrunch that talks are still early …

Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Perplexity has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover offer for Google’s Chrome internet browser. Moving Chrome to an independent operator committed to user safety would benefit the public, Perplexity said in a letter to Sundar Pichai, the boss of Google’s owner Alphabet. Google’s dominance of the search engine and online advertising market has come under intense …

AI startup Perplexity makes bold $34.5 billion bid for Google’s Chrome browser  Reuters Perplexity offers to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion  CNBC Perplexity Says It’s Made a Bid to Buy Google’s Chrome Browser  The Information AI upstart Perplexity makes $34.5B offer for Google’s Chrome  Axios AI Startup Perplexity Makes $34.5 Billion Bid for Google’s Chrome Browser  Bloomberg Source link

AI Startup Perplexity Makes $34.5 Billion Bid for Google’s Chrome Browser  Bloomberg.com Perplexity offers to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion  CNBC AI startup Perplexity makes bold $34.5 billion bid for Google’s Chrome browser  Yahoo Finance Exclusive | Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome  The Wall Street Journal AI firm Perplexity makes $34.5B bid for Google’s Chrome browser: WSJ (GOOG:NASDAQ)  Seeking Alpha …

Tahoe cofounders (L-R): Kevin Shokat, Nima Alidoust, Johnny Yu and Hani Goodarzi Tahoe Therapeutics One of the holy grails of biology is digitally simulating a living cell. If researchers can use computers to more accurately understand how new medicines would react in the body, that could give them greater confidence when they’re tested on animals and humans. But while large …

Security flaw in WinRAR allows malware to install at Windows startup  TechSpot WinRAR zero-day exploited to plant malware on archive extraction  BleepingComputer Newly discovered WinRAR exploit linked to Russian hacking group, can plant backdoor malware — zero day hack requires manual update to fix  Tom’s Hardware Patch Now: New WinRAR Flaw Used to Deliver Malware  PCMag Phishing attacks exploit WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 to install …

Runwise co-founders (L-R) Jeff Carleton, Lee Hoffman and Mike Cook. Courtesy of Runwise A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future …