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Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Australia applications close July 6

Applications for Startup Battlefield Australia close on July Startups interested in competing must submit before the deadline, as late applications will not be accepted.

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Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped

Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told Meta employees that AI agent development has not accelerated as executives had hoped. Meta previously cut about 8,000 jobs and reassigned 7,000 work...

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Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force

True Anomaly and Rocket Lab carried out a U.S. Space Force mission, Victus Haze, in which one satellite located, approached, and imaged another soon after launch. Rocket Lab launch...

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Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections

Copper Sky Capital founder Jack Selby invested early in Nvidia rival Etched by offering help with a potential shift of chip fabrication to Arizona. Etched, now valued at $5 billion...

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IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain

IQM debuted on Nasdaq via a SPAC merger at a roughly $1.9 billion valuation, but its shares traded below the listing price for much of the day. The company has grown from eight cus...

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Apple is reportedly planning new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro releases early next year

Apple is reportedly preparing four new iPad Pro models with faster chips and a new entry-level MacBook Pro for release in the first half of next year. Bloomberg says the company is...

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Bending Spoons defies SaaS slump, surges 40% on first day of trading

Bending Spoons rose 40% on its first day of trading, standing out amid a broader slowdown in SaaS sentiment. The company has expanded quickly by acquiring and modernizing older tec...

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After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck

Bending Spoons’ co-founders say their current success was shaped by lessons from an earlier startup failure. The Italian company has grown into an $18B business by acquiring and re...

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WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags

Meta says WhatsApp usernames will let people connect without sharing phone numbers, improving privacy on the messaging app. Critics warn the feature could also make it easier for s...

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Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims

A researcher claims Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a vulnerability that can expose users’ real email addresses, and 404 Media says it verified the issue in testing. Researcher T...

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Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6

Applications for Startup Battlefield Australia are closing soon, with startups encouraged to submit before July The article frames the competition as a chance for an unknown compan...

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OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS

OpenClaw, the free open-source AI agent that gained attention earlier this year, is now available as an app on iOS and Android. Users can connect the mobile apps to OpenClaw Gatewa...

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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds

EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three former DeepMind researchers, has reached a valuation of more than $500 million. The team is best known for work on po...

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Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first

Realta Fusion says it has demonstrated the ability to draw power directly from a fusion plasma, which CEO Kieran Furlong called a milestone showing what is possible. The company pr...

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Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google is updating its image generation tools with Nano Banana 2 Lite, designed to produce images faster and at lower cost. The move makes the company’s AI creative tools more prac...

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Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role

8090 Labs, an AI coding startup founded by Chamath Palihapitiya, raised a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures with backing from WndrCo, Craft Ventures, and other promi...

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