A former Formula One engineer has left the world’s fastest racing cars to tackle a much bigger engineering challenge: teaching robots to work in factories. Now, his Munich-based startup microagi has raised $55 million in the largest seed round secured by a German startup. Hummingbird led the round, with participation from Northzone, LocalGlobe, Village Global
AI music generator Suno was hacked, according to a report from 404 Media. The hacker told the publication that they used a supply chain attack in November to access an employee’s credentials, allowing them to access source code showing how Suno allegedly scraped decades of audio from YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius, archive music libraries and
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who died on Monday in a Sydney hospital, died of pneumonia, his agent confirmed. Best known for his roles in Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders, the 78-year-old’s family described his death earlier this week as “sudden and unexpected.” Neill’s former agent, Philip Grenz, issued a statement Thursday about the cause
Paramount Skydance boss David Ellison and his father, tech billionaire Larry Ellison, were sued by a Paramount shareholder who alleged they reached an “illegal” deal with President Donald Trump to secure US government approval for the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The shareholders’ lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Delaware Court of Chancery, seeks to block Paramount’s
Halle Berry says she’s entering age 60 with the same drive she’s always had and has no plans to slow down just yet. On Wednesday’s episode of the “Making Space with Hoda Kotb” podcast, the Oscar-winning actress said one of the things she finds frustrating about aging is the expectation of retiring. Berry, who turns
Sportswear company Lululemon has invested in the $30 million Series A round raised by Syntetica, a French startup that developed a novel approach to recycling nylon, whose properties make it too good to throw away but difficult to reuse. Syntetica promises to recycle two types of nylon, Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6, that cannot be
