Anysphere, a startup building what it describes as an “AI-native” software development environment, called Cursor, today announced that it raised $8 million in seed funding led by OpenAI’s Startup Fund with participation from former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi and other angel investors. The new cash, which brings Anysphere’s total raised to … Read more
STORY: President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday said it will add sections to a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border… amid a record number of migrant crossings. It’s a reversal that embraces a signature policy of former President Donald Trump, who made building “the wall” a central tenet of his first campaign for president. Biden told … Read more
Comment on this storyComment The Biden administration said Thursday it will bypass environmental and conservation laws for the first time to fast-track barrier construction along the southern border, citing an “acute and immediate” need to stop soaring numbers of migrants crossing illegally in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas. The announcement, published in the … Read more
This story is co-published with Grist, and is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how—and where—we live. Totally Killer Exclusive Clip Cities are hot. When you cover the ground with asphalt and concrete, jam millions of cars together on congested streets, and erect thousands of buildings that … Read more
The generative AI boom has put a spring in the step of Correcto, a Madrid-based language writing tool startup focused on Spanish speakers that’s today announcing $7 million in seed funding. The round is led by London-based Octopus Ventures, with Carya Venture Partners and River Park Ventures also contributing. The founding team began work on … Read more
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and proprietor of X, arrives for the Inaugural AI Perception Discussion board in Russell Constructing on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Name, Inc. | Getty Photographs Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited Elon Musk to construct his subsequent Tesla manufacturing facility in Turkey, the … Read more
TOKYO — Japan’s Supreme Court docket on Monday dismissed Okinawa’s rejection of a central authorities plan to construct U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it regardless of protests by locals who oppose the American troops’ presence. Monday’s ruling upheld a excessive court docket ruling in March that the … Read more
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Flannery Associates, the corporate behind land grabs close to San Francisco that turned out to be a secret plot to construct a metropolis with lots of of tens of millions in funding from rich tech leaders, has revealed an internet site for the deliberate metropolis. California Without end is the identify of Flannery’s guardian firm, … Read more
For years, a little-known firm by the title of Flannery Associates has been shopping for up undeveloped land instantly northeast of San Francisco in Solano County. Tons of of landowners who’ve obtained affords for his or her properties, many occasions greater than what the land is definitely valued, have questioned precisely who’s behind these actual … Read more
Hey, people, welcome to Week in Overview (WiR), TechCrunch’s common roundup of the previous week in tech. Too busy to test the headlines this week? Don’t sweat it. That’s why WiR exists — we’ll get you caught in control. This version of WiR options items a few pretend AI-generated “South Park” episode; the surging downloads … Read more