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VC firm 137 Ventures announced Thursday that it has raised more than $700 million across two new growth-stage funds to back startups “with the potential for significant market impact.” In the past year, the firm, founded by former Founders Fund investor Justin Fishner-Wolfson, sa

Practice by Numbers, the developer of a patient management software used in thousands of dentists’ offices, has fixed a security flaw that exposed the private health records of patients on a portal that comes bundled with the software, TechCrunch has learned. One patient, Joseph

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AWS says acute server memory shortage is driving customers to the cloud When you can't get 'em with a 'transformation plan,' supply chain pain will do the job The great memory shortage is having yet another effect, pushing enterprises into the waiting arms of the cloud operators

I’m currently wearing a pair of smart glasses called the Even Realities G2. Another two pairs, from Rokid, sit on my desk. A few feet away, I’ve got the Meta Ray-Ban Display charging alongside their Neural Wristband. In my closet are six pairs of $50 smart sunnies that an overzea

Samsung and SK hynix warn AI-driven memory shortages could last until 2027 and beyond, as HBM demand explodes — customers already reserving supply years ahead, while the wider DRAM market begins to tighten Supply may never match exploding demand, despite massive investments in su

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Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the company has reached further back than ever, releasing “the earliest DOS source code

Survey says no, American workers are not keen on Microsoft's AI Lock-in worries threaten to dampen the E7 launch party The Coalition for Fair Software Licensing has published research showing that US workers reckon Microsoft is using its productivity tools to lock their employers

OpenAI is opening up about its goblin problem. After a report from Wired revealed instructions to OpenAI’s coding model to “never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures,” the AI startup published an explanation on its website

SAP user group slams 'uncertainty' in ERP giant's API policy Concerns over new rules might stop customers from adopting innovations – including AI – that connect to SAP systems An influential SAP user group has criticized the vendor's API policy update, saying it lacks clarity an

Sony confirms PS4 and PS5 digital games don't require an online check-in every 30 days — new DRM policy only checks once for license to combat against refund scams After the initial check, the license turns permanent. For the past few days, the internet has been in turmoil over a

Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon capex spending to hit $725 billion in 2026, up 77% from last year — analyst says bear thesis is 'garbage' Microsoft's CFO attributed $25 billion of its record capex budget to rising memory chip prices. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta collec

More than half of “long-shot” bets on military action made on Polymarket are successful, according to a new report that suggests prediction markets could pose a bigger threat than previously recognized to the security of sensitive information. Analysis by the Anti-Corruption Data

Spotify is launching a new verification program to combat spam, fakes, and AI. Some artists will now have a “Verified by Spotify” badge and a green checkmark on their profile, indicating that the company has confirmed a real person is behind the music and the profile. At least at

[Editor’s note] The blog has been updated to note that GeForce RTX 5080-power expansion also extends to the Install-to-Play library. It’s gonna be May — and the cloud’s in full festival mode. 16 games are joining GeForce NOW this month, including new AAA titles arriving on launch

Microsoft boss tells investors the company is working to 'win back fans' But why did those fans go away in the first place, Satya? Microsoft boss Satya Nadella told investors during an earnings call last night that the company needs to "win back" its fans. Nadella was referring t

Microsoft AI Surge Exposes Data Center Capacity Gap Azure growth and a $627B backlog show AI demand outpacing power, cooling, and data center build capacity. Microsoft’s AI-driven cloud demand is growing faster than it can physically deliver, widening the gap between bookings and

Fewer users, fatter wallets is why Anthropic tops OpenAI in LLM revenue stakes AI boom splits between companies hoarding eyeballs and those actually charging for them Anthropic is pulling in more LLM revenue than OpenAI, despite having a fraction of the users. New stats from Coun

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. Elon Musk will return the stand today in the case between him and OpenAI's Sam Altman. Things got heated in the courtroom yesterday when the Tesla and SpaceX CEO fac

Victim of AI agent that deleted company's entire database gets their data back — cloud provider recovers critical files and broadens its 48-hour delayed delete policy But there's not been any such statements from Cursor or Anthropic (Claude). Earlier this week, we reported on a b

Tennessee bans crypto ATMs that have become 'payment portal of choice for scammers' — second state to restrict machines after Indiana This should make it harder for crypto scammers to take money from their victims. Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee just signed into law a bill that b

Apple 'has given up' on Vision Pro, report claims — costly price and weight behind purported failure, but the company continues to hire into its Vision Production Group No official reports on the fate of the Vision Pro After failing to reignite interest in the Vision Pro with the

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Nearly half of UK businesses pwned last year as phishing keeps doing the job like it's 2005 Turns out the real problem is not AI but staff still clicking on dodgy emails from 'IT support' Nearly half of UK businesses are still getting breached, and in many cases, the attacker's b

Wall Street is already looking beyond Big Tech quarterly results. Even though it's a major earnings week for the group, YieldMax chief strategist Mike Khouw lists consumer staples and discretionary names high on his watch list – especially due to the Iran war fallout. "The bigges

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ plans to upend childhood vaccination requirements continues to be thwarted by his fellow Republicans. Just minutes into a special session on Tuesday, Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez announced that the Republican-led chamber would not take up a pr

Many people are hoping—nay, praying—that the potential AI bubble will burst soon. But to hear Google tell it, generative AI is the future, and the company’s products have to change to keep up with the technical reality. As a result, Gemini is seeping into every nook and cranny of