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ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media

MARINA TEMKIN

ComfyUI, whose tools give creators more control over AI image, video, and audio generation, just raised $30M.

In rare chickenpox case, itchy blisters mushroom into large, rubbery nodules

BETH MOLE

Treatment options are tricky. The teen opted to live with the masses.

Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.

DAN GOODIN

Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.

FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features

JON BRODKIN

FCC defines consumer routers expansively, updates FAQ to include Wi-Fi hotspots.

X-energy stock pops 27% on first day of trading following upsized IPO

TIM DE CHANT

Investors flocked to nuclear power startup X-energy in its first day of public trading on the Nasdaq.

Meta’s loss is Thinking Machines gain

CONNIE LOIZOS

Meta has been poaching talent from Thinking Machines Lab. But it's a two-way street.

Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

Series, a social networking app that's grown popular on college campuses, announced a $5.1 million pre-seed round from some big names in tech.

Cohere acquires, merges with German-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regulated industries, announced Friday it would merge with Aleph Alpha, a German company that also builds AI systems for businesses and governments.

Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine

BETH MOLE

Amid RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda, Moderna withdrew its FDA application last year.

Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes

LUCAS ROPEK

The IRS has used Palantir's software since at least 2018, The Intercept reports.

Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’

JULIE BORT

Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph Sanberg documenting all the harm that's befalling him as an investor.

Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic

SAMUEL AXON

This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago.

Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say

JAGMEET SINGH

This round, should it occur, would double the house-help startup's valuation in a matter of weeks.

This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built

STEPHEN CLARK

"If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it."

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