Sequen snags $16M to bring TikTok-style personalization tech to any consumer company
With its Series A, Sequen is bringing its proprietary AI ranking and personalization technology to large consumer business.
The best early Amazon Big Spring Sale deals you can get right now
Amazon’s Prime Day sale may arrive earlier than usual this year, but there’s a deal event happening much sooner: Amazon’s annual Big Spring Sale, which is happening March 25th through the 31st. While it won’t be as big as Prime Day or Black Friday, it offers a chance to save money at a time when […]
Microsoft hires the team of Sequoia-backed AI collaboration platform, Cove
AI collaboration startup Cove is shutting down after its team joined Microsoft, with service ending April 1 and customer data set for deletion.
Philips’ new audio gear brings back the bright, bold colors of the ’80s
Not even electronics were able to escape the dominant ’80s aesthetic of garishly bright colors. Both Sony and Philips offered devices wrapped in yellow plastic during that era, but Philips has decided to bring its hardware back as part of a new Moving Sound collection celebrating 100 years of the company making audio gear, as […]
Marquis says over 672,000 people had personal and financial data stolen in ransomware attack
Fintech company Marquis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that hackers stole their personal and financial information, including their Social Security numbers.
Oh, you think the government will regulate Kalshi and Polymarket? Wanna bet?
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has a problem: It’s not very good at policing insider trading. And insider trading has become a pressing concern for prediction markets. Even Kalshi’s recently publicized fines for insider trading – levied against a politician and an employee of YouTube influencer MrBeast – were effectively self-policing. The exchange says it’s […]
Russians caught stealing personal data from Ukrainians with new advanced iPhone hacking tools
A suspected group of Russian government hackers was caught targeting Ukrainians with new iPhone hacking tools designed for espionage and potentially to steal crypto.
DOD says Anthropic’s ‘red lines’ make it an ‘unacceptable risk to national security’
The Defense Department said concerns that Anthropic might “attempt to disable its technology” during “warfighting operations” validate its decision to label the AI firm a supply chain risk.
The hits keep coming in Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s first trailer
The first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is finally here, and it looks like Marvel and Sony are about to put Peter Parker through a different kind of existential crisis. Though nobody in Brand New Day’s trailer knows who Peter (Tom Holland) is or that he’s the one saving people as Spider-Man, he still […]
The great EV pullback: all the obstacles, cancellations, and delays
The auto industry bet big on electric vehicles, but now those ambitious goals are falling apart. Demand was already slowing down when Donald Trump took office and took an ax to pro-EV policy: the elimination of the federal EV tax credit, kneecapping clean energy, and bulldozing emissions rules. Tariffs have been taking their toll as […]