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New: Khosla Ventures' Keith Rabois is in talks to lead a $100 million funding round into buzzy defense tech Mach Industries. Big vote of confidence for the LA-based startup, that could value it as high as $400M. forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/…
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🚨NEW🚨 Trump's China tariffs look set to make his immigration mission much more expensive. Massive ICE and CBP tech contractors like Axon and Cellebrite are both expecting increased costs, Axon warning of a potential price hike for customers. forbes.com/sites/thomasbrews…
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AI agents that can open up accounts and make purchases are worsening the internet's bot problem. $2 billion-valued startup Persona is helping 3000 companies like Reddit, LinkedIn and OpenAI verify millions of users and has raised $200 million to do it. forbes.com/sites/rashishriva…
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Scoop: Accel is leading a $275 million funding round into defense tech startup CHAOS Industries — just months after backing a previous round. The round values CHAOS, which makes radar and communications tecchnologies, at $2 billion. forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/…
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In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the spread of both measles and disinformation, the DOJ going after medical journals, policy changes on Covid vaccines and more. go.forbes.com/c/iSeP
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Plus: Robots (try to) run a half marathon. go.forbes.com/c/EJVi
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An essential database of cybersecurity vulnerabilities was nearly cut by the Department of Homeland Security, plus Palantir contracts with ICE. go.forbes.com/c/UL7j
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In this week's Current Climate newsletter, Trump's policy changes kill $8 billion of clean energy projects; California sours on Tesla; better EV batteries with silicon anodes go.forbes.com/c/Z8Yr
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MP Materials, operator of the Mountain Pass mine in California’s Mojave Desert, is ramping up supplies of the critical ingredients and magnets as China tightens exports. go.forbes.com/c/awLd
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The peer-reviewed medical journal CHEST publishes research in pulmonary care and sleep medicine. Why is the DOJ sending it a letter about its acceptance of “competing viewpoints”? go.forbes.com/c/Fu5c
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A new report has found 10 major vulnerabilities in Perplexity’s Android app as it reportedly tries to partner with some of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers. go.forbes.com/c/e8CV
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In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at potential first signs of life on another world, an FDA greenlight for BCIs, talking to dolphins with AI and more. go.forbes.com/c/RgRD
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Its share of the Golden State’s EV market fell below 50% for the first time as anti-Musk protests raged and it contends with an aging lineup and more competition. go.forbes.com/c/8KAD
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In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the impact of Medicaid cuts, a $400 million obesity bet, a study of bias in clinical AI, Amgen’s AI hire from Nike, and more. go.forbes.com/c/zaSq
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Nominate your company for the tenth annual Forbes Cloud 100 list now through April 30, 2025. go.forbes.com/c/SKTT
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This Tech Incubator Is Harder To Get Into Than Harvard go.forbes.com/c/4FTu
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As Pentagon leaders call for thousands of drones to face China, they are grappling with an uncomfortable reality: Silicon Valley is addicted to Chinese drone components. go.forbes.com/c/6Z1P
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Plus: Google’s new AI model aims to talk to dolphins. go.forbes.com/c/x6ZJ
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The Darknet Mail Exchange was secretly taken over by Dutch cops. go.forbes.com/c/zXzB
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Elon Musk has long claimed civilization will collapse unless we raise the birth rate. Meanwhile, his “DOGE” group is slashing billions in funding for pregnant and nursing mothers and their children. go.forbes.com/c/B2JW
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