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World Labs' Fei-Fei Li on Creating Large World Models — Fei-Fei Li, Co-Founder & CEO at World Labs discusses spatial intelligence, large world models and real-world AI applications with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang at Bloomberg Tech 2026 in San Francisco. (Source: Bloomberg)

WhatsApp usernames launch 'later this year' – here's how to get yours now — WhatsApp has just announced that usernames are officially coming, but you might not be able to get yours just yet....

DeepSWE blows up the AI coding leaderboard, crowns GPT-5.5, and finds Claude Opus exploiting a benchmark loophole — <p>For months, the leading AI coding benchmarks have told enterprise buyers a comforting but misleading story: the top models are all roughly the same. OpenAI&#x27;

Meridian Ventures launched $35M fund to back MBA-deferred founders | TechCrunch — Meridian Ventures, the venture firm founded by Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney, announced on Friday the raise of a $35 million second fund to back pre-seed and seed-stage companies founded by those

Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps | TechCrunch — These newer social apps offer alternatives to Big Tech’s feeds, focusing on interests, creativity, and community.

The aperiodic table — XKCD 3242 is titled "The aperiodic table" and looks like this: Which is cool, but it's not aperiodic like a Penrose tiling . So, with a li...

Daily Cartoon: Monday, May 11th — See today’s Daily Cartoon.

Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links | TechCrunch — The loophole allows spammers and scammers to send emails from a legitimate Microsoft email address typically used for sending genuine account alerts.

Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok | TechCrunch — The feature is designed to help people get real-time context about trends and breaking stories, as well as receive recommendations, all within conversations.

This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots — The dirtier the better, apparently.

Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering | TechCrunch — Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with participation from IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone.

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