Monthly Archives: March 2025

Update VMware Tools for Windows Now: High-Severity Flaw Lets Hackers Bypass Authentication

CVE-2025-22230 is described as an “authentication bypass vulnerability” by Broadcom, allowing hackers to perform high-privilege operations without the necessary credentials.

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19 founders and VCs working with Elon Musk’s DOGE

Silicon Valley used to take a backseat to Washington, D.C. But now, the people disrupting technology have taken the wheel at the highest echelons of government. And that’s thanks, in large part, to the Department of Government Efficiency, better known as … Continue reading

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OpenAI adopts rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to data

OpenAI is embracing rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data resides. In a post on X on Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI will add support for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol, or MCP, … Continue reading

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Bradley Tusk says he makes more money with ‘equity-for-services’ than he did as a traditional VC

Bradley Tusk, co-founder and managing partner at Tusk Venture Partners, told TechCrunch in today’s episode of Equity that VC as we know it is dead. And it has been for the last four years.  “Maybe there’s some VC that I’ve … Continue reading

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Fintech Mercury lands $300M in Sequoia-led Series C, doubles valuation to $3.5B

Digital banking startup Mercury has raised $300 million in primary and secondary funding at a $3.5 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. The valuation is more than double the startup’s valuation when it last raised capital … Continue reading

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How Extropic Plans to Unseat Nvidia

Challenging the world’s most successful chipmaker with an entirely new type of computer chip may seem absurd—but it is no more ridiculous than the AI race itself.

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23andMe users struggle to delete their highly sensitive data

Multiple users said they had problems after the DNA-testing firm filed for bankruptcy protection.

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Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro is Better at Coding, Math & Science Than Your Favourite AI Model

Gemini 2.5 Pro is a multimodal, reasoning model that outperforms competitors from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek on key benchmarks.

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Nuclear startup Terrestrial Energy goes public via SPAC, netting $280 million in merger

The Canadian company is developing small modular reactors. It previously raised nearly $100 million.

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Has GetReal cracked the code on AI deepfakes? $18M and an impressive client list says yes

The proliferation of scarily realistic deepfakes is one of the more pernicious byproducts of the rise of AI, and falling victim to scams based on these deepfakes is already costing companies millions of dollars — not to mention the implications … Continue reading

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