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TL;DR HaloBraid raised $7M from Seven Seven Six to build a robotic braiding assistant for salons, launching later this year. HaloBraid, a robotics startup that builds an automated braiding assistant for hair salons, has raised seven million dollars in a seed round led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s
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Crypto firms have spent years trying to convince banks that they’re safe to do business with. Even now, with far more regulation in place than a few years ago, plenty of those firms still get turned away at the door. Jelizaveta Paskovskaja, Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) at CryptoProcessing
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TL;DR LastPass customer names, emails, phone numbers, and support case data were stolen after hackers breached vendor Klue and used OAuth tokens to access Salesforce. LastPass is notifying customers that their personal information and customer support case data were stolen after hackers breached Klue, a competitive intelligence vendor that
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TL;DR Honda R&D signed a multiyear deal with QuantumScape to develop solid-state batteries, its second major OEM partner after Volkswagen. Honda R&D, the independent research arm of Honda Motor Company, has signed a multiyear joint research agreement with California-based QuantumScape to develop and manufacture solid-state
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TL;DR Samsung and SK Hynix workers stand to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars each in profit-linked bonuses as the AI memory boom drives record earnings. The Bank of Korea warns the payouts could trigger a wage domino across industries, inflate house prices in the semiconductor belt, and push
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Unhinged, which is from Oxenfree developer Night School, stars Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink and Troy Baker. Netflix has revealed a new game from the team behind the Oxenfree series that features some well-known actors and some nifty phone-based ideas that aim to make the experience as immersive as possible. Unhinged
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The patient was not recommended for bariatric surgery, given their age and other conditions. It was unclear whether the person would have been eligible for a trial. It’s also unclear if retatrutide would work in patients who have failed to see success with tirzepatide. “Something very wrong” The public
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Extreme Compute, Inc has announced the appointment of Ajay Jugran to its leadership team, reinforcing the company’s commitment to accelerating business growth, strengthening partner engagement, and expanding its market presence across India. With over two decades of experience in sales, business development, channel management, and enterprise technology solutions, Ajay
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Claude Tag puts an always-on AI coworker inside Slack. * Each Slack channel can get its own isolated Claude identity. * Claude can watch, remember, follow up, and complete tasks. Today, Anthropic announced Claude Tag, an always-on
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Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers chronicling the misadventures of their favorite tech overlords and Washington swamp creatures. (“Favorite” is, of course, subjective.) Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here, especially if you want the hot scoop on quality Amazon Prime Day deals recommended by the
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If you need to buy now and you want to buy new, here’s what you can save. by Antonio G. Di Benedetto Jun 23, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Antonio G. Di Benedetto is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget.
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A healthy Prime Day discount is all it took. by Allison Johnson Jun 23, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC Allison Johnson is a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview.
