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Sep 5, 2026

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·TechCrunch

XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation

XDOF, a startup building real-world teleoperation data systems for robotics training, is reportedly in late-stage talks to raise a Series B led by 8VC at about a $1.2 billion valua...

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·TechCrunch

OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them

OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident has intensified scrutiny over how the company investigates safety failures involving autonomous AI systems. Researchers and lawmakers are quest...

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·The Verge

Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor

Audacity 4 delivers a major redesign of the popular free audio editor after months of development and some early backlash over its logo. The update adds non-destructive editing, le...

Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor
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·TechCrunch

AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing

Nscale is reportedly in talks to raise $3.5 billion in financing ahead of a planned IPO. The AI compute provider recently signed a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, underscoring ris...

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·statichost.eu

Statichost.eu launches European-owned static site hosting with Git deploys, SSL, rollbacks, and GDPR-focused CDN plans

Statichost.eu pitches itself as a fully European static website hosting service, emphasizing European ownership, infrastructure, and privacy values rather than merely locating serv...

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·The Verge

The White House is making arcade games racist

The White House launched a set of policy-themed arcade games, including “Build the Wall,” which resembles Tetris and depicts players blocking a “zombie border siege.” The Verge say...

The White House is making arcade games racist
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·anthropic.com

Xena Project post says Anthropic has taken the lead in formalizing Fermat’s Last Theorem

A Xena Project blog post discusses the effort to formalize Fermat’s Last Theorem and says Anthropic appears to have beaten the author to that milestone. The post highlights growing...

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