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AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality

Oh Rats!

AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality

The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code.

Lauren Goode

A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage

Chip Stack

A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage

Lauren Goode

The Job-Interview Tattoo Guy Everyone Got Mad at Finally Explains Himself

Personal Brand

The Job-Interview Tattoo Guy Everyone Got Mad at Finally Explains Himself

Kate Taylor

Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse

Police State

Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse

Caroline Haskins

How One Startup Built a (Mostly) China-Free Robot

Hot Commodity

How One Startup Built a (Mostly) China-Free Robot

Paresh Dave

Polymarket’s Corporate Structure Is a Mystery—Even to Some of Its Former Employees

Island Time?

Polymarket’s Corporate Structure Is a Mystery—Even to Some of Its Former Employees

Kate Knibbs

An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in Mississippi

Mississippi Misfire

An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in Mississippi

Paresh Dave

Just About Anyone Can Sell You GLP-1s Online Now

The Turnkey Economy

Just About Anyone Can Sell You GLP-1s Online Now

Kate Knibbs

Welcome to the Great American Satellite Age

Skyward Bound

Welcome to the Great American Satellite Age

Paresh Dave

With One Million Displaced, Lebanon Turns to Digital Wallets for Aid

Cash Out

With One Million Displaced, Lebanon Turns to Digital Wallets for Aid

Carla Sertin

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

Supply Chains

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

Maxwell Zeff, Zoë Schiffer, and Lily Hay Newman

California Suspends Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Report Diversity Data

Data Delay

California Suspends Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Report Diversity Data

Paresh Dave

‘A Rigged and Dangerous Product’: The Wildest Week for Prediction Markets Yet

Risky Business

‘A Rigged and Dangerous Product’: The Wildest Week for Prediction Markets Yet

Kate Knibbs

Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World

New Friend?

Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World

Maxwell Zeff

How Is Kalshi Not Gambling?

The Big Interview

How Is Kalshi Not Gambling?

Steven Levy

Missile Attacks Are Overwhelming the Gulf. Delivery Drivers Are Still on the Roads

Special Order

Missile Attacks Are Overwhelming the Gulf. Delivery Drivers Are Still on the Roads

Carla Sertin

Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death Sparks Revolt Among Kalshi Customers

Crisis Mode

Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death Sparks Revolt Among Kalshi Customers

Kate Knibbs

Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block

Bad Vibes

Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block

Reece Rogers

The Rise of RentAHuman, the Marketplace Where Bots Put People to Work

Touch Grass

The Rise of RentAHuman, the Marketplace Where Bots Put People to Work

Kyle MacNeill

So Long, GPT-5. Hello, Qwen

EXPIRED/TIRED/WIRED

So Long, GPT-5. Hello, Qwen

Will Knight

Why SpaceX Is Finally Gearing Up to Go Public

Ready to Launch

Why SpaceX Is Finally Gearing Up to Go Public

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

This Home Robot Clears Tables and Loads the Dishwasher All by Itself

Helping Out

This Home Robot Clears Tables and Loads the Dishwasher All by Itself

Will Knight

OpenAI’s Open-Weight Models Are Coming to the US Military

Open Season

OpenAI’s Open-Weight Models Are Coming to the US Military

Paresh Dave