August 01, 2025

Google rolls out Gemini Deep Think AI, a reasoning model that tests multiple ideas in parallel: Google released its first publicly available "multi-agent" AI system, which uses more computational resources, but produces better answers. Read More

VC industry has become a better career for women over the past 7 years: All Raise released a report that said 18.6% of the top roles at leading VC firms are held by women, which is double what it was in 2018. Read More

Reddit plans to unify its search interface as it looks to become a search engine: Reddit is working on a new unified interface that will merge its legacy search and AI-powered Q&A features, as well as make its search box more prominently visible in the app. Read More

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Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines: Search engines are indexing links to ChatGPT conversations that have been made sharable with a link. Read More

The best dating apps aren't even dating apps: With dating app fatigue rising, some people are finding love in unexpected places — the forums and sites they use to pass idle time online, as opposed to those dedicated to online dating. Read More

Figma's stock soared in its highly anticipated IPO, market cap instantly hit $45B: There has been so much demand for this stock that people on X are posting funny pictures of their orders being fulfilled. Read More

OpenAI reportedly raises $8.3B at $300B valuation: The oversubscribed round came months ahead of schedule, and is part of OpenAI's strategy to raise $40 billion. Read More

Apple plans to 'significantly' grow AI investments, Cook says: Apple is open to M&A to accelerate its AI strategy, and says it's made seven acquisitions this year so far. Read More

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Authorities seize BlackSuit ransomware gang's servers: German authorities said they have seized the servers used by the long-running ransomware gang, BlackSuit, which is blamed for cyberattacks across Europe and the U.S., including the City of Dallas. Read More

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