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29 April 2026 Vol 19

Category: Tech

Qualcomm backs SpotDraft to scale on-device contract AI with valuation doubling toward $400M

Qualcomm backs SpotDraft to scale on-device contract AI with valuation doubling toward $400M

As demand grows for privacy-first enterprise AI that can run without sending sensitive data to the cloud, SpotDraft has raised…
X faces EU investigation over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes

X faces EU investigation over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes

X is facing an investigation from the European Commission over the sexualized deepfakes generated by its Grok AI chatbot. In…
Google pays $68 million to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users

Google pays $68 million to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users

Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle claims its voice assistant illegally spied on users to, among other things,…
AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation two months after launch

AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation two months after launch

Ricursive Intelligence, a startup building an AI system to design and automatically improve AI chips, has raised $300 million at…
Inside OpenAI’s big play for science 

Inside OpenAI’s big play for science 

“That’s actually a desirable place to be,” says Weil. “If you say enough wrong things and then somebody stumbles on…
Meta to test premium subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp

Meta to test premium subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp

Meta plans to test new subscriptions that give people access to exclusive features on it apps, the company told TechCrunch…
Judge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Was Being Illegally Punished

Judge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Was Being Illegally Punished

A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately curb the federal operation that has put armed agents on the streets…
Vinod Khosla publicly disavows Keith Rabois’ comments on ICE shooting

Vinod Khosla publicly disavows Keith Rabois’ comments on ICE shooting

To understand the stance of an unwavering Trump loyalist after United States Custom and Enforcement shocked the nation this weekend…
Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE

Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE

On Saturday morning, a Reddit user who has posted about living in Minneapolis for years shared a video on the…
Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

President Donald Trump said he would make countering immigration one of his flagship policies during his second term in The…