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Sequoia partner spreads debunked Brown shooting theory, testing new leadership

The newest episode raises questions about whether Sequoia’s new leadership — managing partners Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, who took over last month — can or will rein in Maguire’s social media activity.

Hardware’s brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt

The hardware world had a brutal week, with iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filing for bankruptcy.  Each company faces its own mix of tariff pressures, supply chain issues, and shifting markets, but together they tell a larger story about the challenges of building physical products in an era of global trade tensions and… Continua a leggere Hardware’s brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt

Hardware’s brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt

The hardware world had a brutal week, with iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filing for bankruptcy.  Each company faces its own mix of tariff pressures, supply chain issues, and shifting markets, but together they tell a larger story about the challenges of building physical products in an era of global trade tensions and… Continua a leggere Hardware’s brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt

Meta is developing a new image and video model for a 2026 release, report says

Meta aims to make the text-based model better at coding while also exploring new world models that understand visual information and can reason, plan, and act without needing to be trained on every possibility.

Krafton hikes India bet with new $670M fund

Called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver and investor Mirae Asset. It aims to deploy around $669.3 million over four years.

Hacks, thefts, and disruption: The worst data breaches of 2025

TechCrunch looks back at the biggest data breaches, disruptive cyberattacks, and damaging hacks of 2025, from the raiding of U.S. government databases to a hack every month in South Korea.

OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an $830B valuation

The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round.

Peripheral Labs taps into self-driving car sensors to bring sports fans right into the game

The startup has raised a $3.6 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures.

No keynotes, no BS — why this year’s best tech talks happened over cocktails at StrictlyVC

Impactful talks and connections happen at StrictlyVC. Read the full 2025 recap and join the 2026 waitlist to get access to the lowest ticket prices.

Tech provider for NHS England confirms data breach

U.K.-based healthcare tech provider DXS International said it discovered and contained a data breach on Sunday. A ransomware gang took credit for the breach.