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SpaceX shares are down, but Elon Musk is still the richest man in the world

The New York Times

SpaceX shares are down, but Elon Musk is still the richest man in the world

What’s next?

The New York Times

Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry

Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry

Moove is scaling up the autonomous vehicle fleet management side of its business and plans to someday own, not just manage, Waymo robotaxis.

First home buyers’ scheme twist; explosive drone scare at German airport; butterflies on the move

The Guardian

First home buyers’ scheme twist; explosive drone scare at German airport; butterflies on the move

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here , and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Good morning. Nearly 1,500 properties bought using the government’s first home buyers’ 5% deposit…

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How Lightspeed found its newest hire … via Instagram DM

How Lightspeed found its newest hire … via Instagram DM

Lightspeed partners Josh Machiz and Claire Zau stopped by the Equity studio to talk about the strategies behind their growing social media presence and their podcast, Lightwork.

How Lightspeed found their newest hire… via Instagram DM

How Lightspeed found their newest hire… via Instagram DM

Lightspeed partners Josh Machiz and Claire Zau stopped by the Equity studio to talk about the strategies behind their growing social media presence and their podcast, Lightwork.

Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital

Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital

Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been building with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s…

Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project

Ars Technica

Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project

Routine cybersecurity testing of frontier AI models sparked a series of unexpected security incidents—the most serious case arising when Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model attempted to insert malicious code into an open source software application…

Ars Technica

Nearly 60,000 UNAM applicants must retake entrance exam following AI cheating fiasco

Mexico News Daily

Nearly 60,000 UNAM applicants must retake entrance exam following AI cheating fiasco

People seeking to gain admission to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) for the upcoming academic year will have to sit a second in-person entrance exam after the integrity of the first exams — the first ever held online…

Mexico News Daily

DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats

Wired

DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats

A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications.

Wired

Ukraine pleads for interceptors after Russian missile attack kills at least 17

SBS News

Ukraine pleads for interceptors after Russian missile attack kills at least 17

Ukraine's air force said it intercepted most of the drones but none of the missiles as Russia stepped up attacks on Kyiv.

SBS News

France 24

'Escalatory spiral of attrition: Drone technology allowing Ukraine to resist Russia asymmetrically'

Sharon Gaffney is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. He rejects narratives that portray Moscow as only now "taking the gloves off," against Ukraine, arguing instead that Russia has consistently…

France 24

Disney's latest TikTok deal shows it's betting on real creators instead of AI-generated videos

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