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Astra and Opus just passed Turing's other test: Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work. Read More

The Aeropod automates soil aeration without robotics — see it at TechCrunch Disrupt: Muju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields. Read More

Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people's data to the web: The findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secured properly. Read More

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The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR's comment section?: When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) figure out the mystery. Read More

Kiteworks urges customers to shut down their servers amid 'imminent' threat of cyberattack: The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" from law enforcement about an imminent attack. Read More

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal: Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anthropic spends more. Read More

Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays: Tesla's Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to make 50,000 units a year. Read More

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features: Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing: The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout. Read More