Instacart appoints chief business officer Chris Rogers as new CEO
Instacart announced on Wednesday that its chief business officer, Chris Rogers, has been appointed as the company’s new CEO. The appointment is effective August 15. Rogers will also join Instacart’s Board of Directors. The announcement comes a few weeks after Instacart CEO Fidji Simo shared that she’s stepping down to join OpenAI
Read moreElon Musk’s Neuralink raises $600M at $9B valuation
Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, Neuralink, has raised $600 million in a funding round that values the company at $9 billion pre-money, Semafor reported, citing anonymous sources. Semafor did not mention the investors involved in the round. Neuralink last raised $43 million in venture capital, in November 2023, and was
Read moreLitehaus raises €1.46M pre-seed to build home-building platform
All Thibault Launay and his wife Simi wanted nearly five years ago was to build a dream home in Portugal, where they both now live. But what they encountered instead was a broken system. “Fourteen months of delays, 20% budget overruns, and endless stress managing over 10 subcontractors,” Thibault recalled.
Read moreThe bad version of a good test
Ever since 1952, the largest known primes have all had the form 2n − 1, with one exception in 1989. The reason the largest known primes have this form is that it is easier to test whether these numbers are prime than other numbers. A number of the form 2n
Read moreOpera’s new browser can code websites and games for you
Opera's new browser, called Opera Neon, will focus on AI workflows and performing tasks for you, like shopping, coding and generating reports.
Read moreHumain planning $10B VC fund to invest in US, European and Asian startups
Humain, the state-owned AI company from Saudi Arabia, is reportedly on track to launch a $10 billion venture fund, Humain Ventures.
Read moreSpaceX’s ninth test flight of Starship launches into space, ends in a spin
SpaceX’s Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy rocket booster and reached orbit Tuesday evening, but later began spinning and made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Indian Ocean. SpaceX had cleared the surrounding airspace where Starship was coming down, according to the company. The ninth test flight provided a mix
Read moreAnthropic launches a voice mode for Claude
Anthropic has begun to roll out a “voice mode” for its Claude chatbot apps. The voice mode (in beta for now) allows Claude mobile app users to have “complete spoken conversations with Claude,” and will arrive in English over the next few weeks, according to Anthropic’s official account on X
Read moreOpenAI may soon let you ‘sign in with ChatGPT’ for other apps
OpenAI is exploring ways for users to sign in to third-party apps using their ChatGPT account, the company noted on a web page published Tuesday. OpenAI is currently gauging interest from developers who might want to integrate this service into their apps. ChatGPT is quickly becoming one of the largest
Read moreRead-it-later app Pocket is shutting down — here are the best alternatives
Pocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights.
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