July 20, 2025

Astronomer CEO resigns following Coldplay concert scandal: Andy Byron, the startup executive at the center of an extraordinary social media furor, has resigned as CEO of data operations startup Astronomer.  Byron, who is married, was captured on a Coldplay concert "kiss cam" with his arms around the company's chief people officer Kristin Cabot. After Byron and Cabot quickly tried to hide from […] Read More

Tesla loses its charm for India's loyalists — even as Musk finally delivers: Tesla's debut in India has not convinced its early backers, who waited for the company to enter the market for nearly a decade. Read More

Windsurf CEO opens up about 'very bleak' mood before Cognition deal: Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it's being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf startup Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal. Windsurf was previously reported to be in acquisition talks with OpenAI, but that deal fell apart, with Google DeepMind instead hiring the startup's […] Read More

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SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals: SpaceX has been moving at breakneck pace, rapid progress comes at a cost. Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost six times higher than the average, data reveals. Read More

Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work: Following a Pro Publica report that Microsoft was using engineers in China to help maintain Department of Defense cloud computing systems, the company said it's made changes to ensure this will no longer happen. The existing system reportedly relied on "digital escorts" to supervise the China-based engineers. But according to Pro Publica, those escorts — […] Read More

DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results: DuckDuckGo's new search feature comes as the internet is being flooded with AI-generated slop. Read More

A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people's phone locations: The new SS7 bypass-attack tricks phone operators into disclosing a cell subscriber's location, in some cases down to a few hundred meters. Read More

Why a Y Combinator startup tackling AI agents for Windows gave up and pivoted: Pig.dev was working on a problem that could have been revolutionary: agent tech for controlling Windows desktops. Read More

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Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot: Cursor-maker Anysphere is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in an effort to compete with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot. Read More

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