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• Sylndr, with fresh $15.7M, allows users to buy, sell, finance, and service used cars in Egypt [5h]
• Waymo gets OK to expand robotaxi service into more of Silicon Valley [8h]
• Klarna’s revenue per employee soars to nearly $1M thanks to AI efficiency push [8h]
• Waymo and Uber are giving some riders early access to Atlanta robotaxi service [10h]
• Billionaire founder of Luminar replaced as CEO following ethics inquiry [11h]
• Judge pressures Apple to approve Fortnite or return to court [11h]
• Apple approves Spotify update so US users can buy audiobooks within the app [12h]
• Headline Asia closes $145M fund to fuel investments in Asia-Pacific [12h]
• Trump signs bill criminalizing revenge porn and explicit deepfakes [13h]
• Google inks another massive solar power deal to electrify its data centers [13h]
• AMD strikes a deal to sell ZT Systems’ server-manufacturing business for $3B [15h]
• Google launches standalone NotebookLM app for Android [15h]
• Trump to sign bill criminalizing revenge porn and explicit deepfakes [16h]
• Cocospy stalkerware apps go offline after data breach [17h]
• AI dev tools for Windows get a fresh coat of paint [17h]
• Microsoft wants to tap AI to accelerate scientific discovery [17h]
• It’ll soon be free to publish apps to the Microsoft Store [17h]
• NLWeb is Microsoft’s project to bring more chatbots to webpages [17h]
• Devs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web apps [17h]
• GitHub, Microsoft embrace Anthropic’s spec for connecting AI models to data sources [17h]
• Microsoft open-sources a command-line text editor and more at Build [17h]
• xAI’s Grok 3 comes to Microsoft Azure [17h]
• Bluesky takes on ‘Sports Twitter’ with NBA playoff feature [18h]
• Pharma giant Regeneron to buy 23andMe and its customers’ data for $256M [18h]
• Nikola’s hydrogen trucks hit the auction block [18h]
• Ex-Siri head reportedly wanted Apple to choose Google’s Gemini over ChatGPT [19h]
• Clock’s ticking: Save up to $900 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets before prices rise [19h]
• Deel wants Rippling to hand over any agreements involving paying the alleged spy [23h]