More top reads SBF: Our resident crypto expert Jacquelyn Melinek is on the ground in New York to cover the Sam Bankman-Fried trial and put together the latest updates on the FTX collapse's courtroom drama. See the On the Pods section below as well. And go inside Matt Huang's testimony. He is an executive at crypto investment firm Paradigm claiming SBF defrauded investors. Puzzling: For the old-school gamer in you, Ohm's Quest is an electronic puzzle console inspired by escape rooms. See what it looks like. The many levels of X: X, formerly Twitter, will test three tiers of its Premium service, and one of them may be ad-free. Get the scoop. Ch-ch-ch-changes: Y Combinator tells us about its string of new lieutenants. Meet them. Human nature, or is it?: Apparently, humans can't resist breaking AI with boobs and 9/11 memes. Read more. Hacked: Lyca Mobile says its customer data was stolen during a cyberattack. Here's what happened. 3 . . . 2 . . . 1: United Launch Alliance sends up two Project Kuiper test satellites for Amazon. Watch the launch. Risky business: Snap's AI chatbot draws scrutiny in the U.K. over kids' privacy concerns. Learn more. Yum yum batteries: Breathe Battery Technologies bets that software will eat batteries too. Find out why. (TC+) Pitch Deck Teardown: Check out what Haje had to say about Lupiya's $8.3 million Series A deck. (TC+) Another AI app goes viral: EPIK hits No. 1 on the App Store for its yearbook photo feature. Say "cheese!" Five more to take you into the weekend: Wisk Aero starts flight testing electric autonomous aircraft in Los Angeles Some gen AI vendors say they'll defend customers from IP lawsuits. Others, not so much Abu Dhabi sovereign-wealth fund invests nearly $600M in Reliance Retail at $100B valuation Bolt CEO discusses company moving on after SEC probe Stoke Space raises $100M Series B as it looks to reach orbit by 2025 |