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AI coding startup Cursor is nearing new funding in which the four-year-old company would raise at least $2 billion in fresh capital, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Returning investors Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz are expected to lead the financing at a $50 billion valuation, prior to the new capital injection, the people said. Battery Ventures, a new investor, may also participate in the financing, according to two sources. Strategic investor Nvidia is also expected to write a check, one person said. Although the round is already oversubscribed, the deal terms are not final and may still change.…
The Shimano XT/SLX drivetrain and brakes are popular across the eMTB market. You’re not getting the very lightest tech, but they are reliable workhorses. Suspension comes from a FOX 38 Rhythm fork and Float X shock, which, like the drivetrain and brakes, are classy performers. There’s 160 millimeters of travel up front and 155 mm at the rear, which gives good support for rough, technical descents, while remaining efficient on longer rides and over mixed terrain.Also included here is Canyon’s in-house iridium dropper post, a 30.9-mm internally routed unit with 125- to 170-mm travel, depending on your frame size. It’s…
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir was America’s most-watched newscast in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo for the week of April 6.However, WNT, NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas, and CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil did not register any week-to-week gains in either measured category for the just-concluded week. In addition, NBC News and CBS News suffered double-digit declines in the A25-54 demo.The recorded week also saw WNT extend its demo lead over Nightly News to more than 150,000 viewers. This comes as the gap between the two evening newscasts shrank to 25,000 demo viewers the…
There’s an old saw in management: What you measure matters. And, typically, you get more of whatever you’re measuring. Software engineers have debated productivity metrics for decades, starting with lines of code. But as the new generation of AI coding agents delivers more code than ever, what their managers ought to be measuring is less clear. Enormous token budgets—essentially, the amount of AI processing power a developer is authorized to consume—have become a badge of honor among Silicon Valley developers, but that’s a very weird way to think about productivity. Measuring an input to the process makes little sense when…
Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, humanity-verifying World project announced at an event in San Francisco on Friday that Tinder users around the globe can now put a digital badge on their profiles signaling to potential suitors that they’re a real human, provided they’ve already stared into one of World’s glossy white Orbs and allowed their eyes to be scanned. The announcement follows a pilot project for Tinder verification that World previously conducted in Japan.The global Tinder expansion is one of the biggest tests yet for World, and the company’s bet that everyday consumers will be willing to sign up for biometric verification…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of April 6, 2026.The Friday return of Artemis II’s 10-day excursion around the moon and the latest news in the War with Iran helped deliver week-to-week gains for all three cable news networks in primetime across total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. CNN benefited greatly from its Artemis II coverage on Friday evening as it was the most-watched cable network in the prized demo between 7 and 11:30 p.m. ET (477,000 A25-54 viewers). However, between 7:30 p.m. and 8:29 p.m. ET, Fox News was the second-most-watched…
Hackers have broken into at least one organization using Windows vulnerabilities published online by a disgruntled security researcher over the last two weeks, according to a cybersecurity firm. On Friday, cybersecurity company Huntress said in a series of posts on X that its researchers have seen hackers taking advantage of three Windows security flaws, dubbed BlueHammer, UnDefend, and RedSun. It’s unclear who the target of this attack is, and who the hackers are. BlueHammer is the only bug among the three vulnerabilities being exploited that Microsoft has patched so far. A fix for BlueHammer was rolled out earlier this week. …
Honorable MentionsHere are some other good speakers we’ve tested that didn’t quite make the cut for our top picks:Bose Soundlink Max for $329: The Bose SoundLink Max has quickly become my favorite speaker to drag along to outdoor events. It’s not as big as the boombox that John Cusack held over his head in the ’80s, but this robust, rubberized speaker has bold sound and gets loud enough to woo your sweethearts with a love song. I also like that you can plug in your phone while it plays music, which is nice for those of us who are forgetful…
This week has been another revolving door of hires and promotions at brands, filled with chief marketing officer (CMO) hires and promotions.We’ve rounded up the U.S. and global marketing leadership moves you need to know about for the week ending April 10.– Big changes at E.l.f. Beauty, where longtime CMO Kory Marchisotto has been promoted to the newly created role of president of E.l.f. Brands. Oshiya Savur joins from global beauty incubator Maesa as CMO. And chief digital officer Ekta Chopra has also been appointed to the newly created role of chief technology and AI officer.Brands,CMO Changes,CMO Moves,General,PremiumPremium,Brands,CMO Changes,CMO Moves,General#Hires #Promotions #E.l.f #SharkNinja…
Chef Robotics CEO Rajat Bhageria likes to tell people — correctly — that his industry is a veritable startup graveyard. Whether you’re talking about Chowbotics, a salad-making startup that was acquired and later shut down by DoorDash, or Zume, a $400 million attempt to “disrupt” pizza delivery that collapsed in 2023, the effort to automate a process that has heretofore required opposable thumbs and a sentient brain has not always gone so smoothly. Bhageria thinks he’s figured out the workaround. The premise is simple, even if the execution isn’t: use AI-powered robot arms to take the labor out of large-scale…
Sportswriting legend Red Smith once said that writing a column is easy: “All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” In 2026, though, no blood is required. All you do is sit down at a laptop and have Claude or ChatGPT write the story for you.That seems to be the takeaway from a cluster of reports from the journalistic front of late. Last month, my colleague Maxwell Zeff wrote about writers who unapologetically generate at least some of their prose via unbylined AI collaborators. The star of his piece was Alex Heath, a tech reporter who said…
A canvas tote slung over one shoulder, answering emails between bites on a crowded sidewalk: New Yorkers have a way of folding lunch into the rhythm of their day.Goop Kitchen arrives in New York City next week (April 20), bringing Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness and lifestyle brand to the East Coast. The delivery-first concept focuses on clean takeout. Its launch campaign turns its attention to the everyday choreography of New Yorkers balancing work, movement, and meals across Brooklyn and Manhattan.Through neighbourhood portraits and short spots, “Made for New York” is fronted by real people from the worlds of dance, fashion, sports, and…
Uber launched a new feature on Friday that lets customers return purchased items without leaving their home. The new returns feature, which is accessed through the Uber Eats app, is the latest effort by Uber to add “stickiness” to its app by offering services that extend beyond its core ride-hailing and delivery businesses. There are limitations to the new service, and there is, of course, a courier fee. The return fee is calculated based on the courier’s time and distance, according to Uber. Customers can only send back eligible retail items purchased on Uber Eats, and they must comply with…
House Speaker Mike Johnson convened a vote in the dead of night on Friday, calling lawmakers back to the floor after midnight in a push to preserve a surveillance program that allows federal agents to read the communications of Americans without a warrant. Twenty Republicans broke ranks and sank it, a sharp rebuke of both Johnson and President Donald Trump, who had spent the week personally working holdouts to back the bill.The failed vote caps weeks of bipartisan resistance to a clean reauthorization of the surveillance program, authorized under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The 702 program…
Google is rolling out new features that are designed to help with planning summer travel. The tech giant announced on Friday that its agentic AI within AI Mode can now help check whether what you need is in stock at a nearby store, and that you can now also track prices for individual hotels directly in Search. With its latest AI Mode update, Google can now contact local stores on your behalf to find out what shop carries the specific item you’re looking for. This feature launched directly on Search last November, and is now rolling out on AI Mode…
In recent weeks, as criticism of President Donald Trump from his own supporters has reached a fever pitch, a new conspiracy theory has taken hold: Some of the president’s biggest supporters are now claiming, without evidence, that Trump staged the assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania in 2024 and is covering it up.During an open-air campaign rally on July 13, 2024, Trump survived an attempted assassination when a bullet fired by a 20-year-old on a roof nearby clipped the top of his ear. Corey Comperatore, a Trump supporter sitting near the president, was shot and killed. The shooter…