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Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access: Several users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta's own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts. Read More

Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout: "The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s available supply," Alphabet said in its statement. Read More

Pacific Fusion's latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst: Pacific Fusion's sub-scale prototype delivered enormous amounts of power in a flash, setting the company up for its demonstration power plant. Read More

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Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year: In a wild ride for 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries has raised another $300 million. It already has five autonomous vehicles in development and completed a major acquisition. Read More

How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless: Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Here’s how to get there and why the opportunity starts well before the main stage. Read More

Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP: If Nvidia has cracked a way to bring AI agents easily, safely, and usefully to the masses, it could — and should — be big. Read More

Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI: Engineering physical systems still depends on human talent, according to Impulse Space president Eric Romo. Read More

Apple's MacBook Neo is winning over a new generation of buyers: The MacBook Neo shipped 1.1 million units in its first weeks on sale, IDC estimates, as Apple pushes deeper into the mainstream laptop market. Read More

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