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TL;DR Thomas Reardon, who created Internet Explorer and sold neural interface startup CTRL-labs to Meta for up to $1 billion, is raising approximately $500 million for Flourish at a $2.5 billion valuation. The startup uses connectomics and neuroscience to design AI architectures that are radically more energy-efficient, targeting the architectural layer above silicon rather than

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The company says its mission is to make building AI models less like alchemy and more like a science. Sure, LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini can do amazing things. But nobody knows exactly how or why they work, and that can make it hard to fix their flaws or block unwanted behaviors.  “We saw this

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Emergency first-responder leaders told federal regulators in a private meeting last month that they were frustrated with the performance of autonomous vehicles on their streets—that city firefighters, police officers, EMTs, and paramedics are forced to spend time during emergencies resolving issues with frozen or stuck cars. One fire official called them “a safety issue for

The technology secretary speaks about the importance of forging alliances to make UK tech more resilient to geopolitical pressure By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 28 Apr 2026 16:00 In a speech at the Royal United Services Institute, UK technology secretary Liz Kendall discussed technological disruption and Britain’s role in the tech economy. “Technology is

Released in 2014 to protect FIFA 15 from piracy and circumvention, Denuvo built a reputation as the toughest protection layer in PC gaming. Over the years, various groups and independent developers managed to break the technology on a case-by-case basis, producing cracked versions of individual games...

Both companies announced the revised agreement in a joint statement on Monday. Microsoft retains a non-exclusive licence to OpenAI’s intellectual property through 2032, remains the primary cloud partner, and keeps its 27% equity stake. OpenAI will continue paying Microsoft a revenue share through 2030, capped at a total amount. Microsoft shares fell ~3% on the