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FriendliAI, which aims to help companies run AI model inference faster and cheaper, raised a $20M extension to its $6M seed fund from late 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/inference-platform-friendliai-raises-seed…

Exclusive: FriendliAI Raises $20M Seed Extension To Grow AI Inference Platform
FriendliAI, an AI inference platform startup that provides “last mile” artificial intelligence engagement, has raised $20 million in a seed extension round, the company told Crunchbase News in this exclusive.

India's Russian oil imports will increase in September, despite US tariffs, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/28/indias-russian-oil-imports-will.html

Live Improvisation For Dual Vintage Moog Modular Synthesizers & Drums
https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2025/07/20/live-improvisation-for-dual-vin…

Live Improvisation For Dual Vintage Moog Modular Synthesizers & Drums
The jam features an amazing set of instruments, including dual Moog modular systems, an Oberheim Eight Voice SEM and a Roland Jupiter-8. 

Researchers have given people a taste of superhuman vision
after creating contact lenses that allow them to see infrared light.
Unlike night vision goggles,
the contact lenses need no power source,
and because they are transparent,
wearers can see infrared and all the normal visible colours of light at the same time

Amerikaans bizonvlees krijgt lager invoertarief in EU, maar wie eet het op? | Economie | NU.nl
https://www.nu.nl/economie/6366887/amerikaans-bizonvlees-krijgt-lager-invoertarief-in-eu-maar-wie-eet-het-op.html
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🎶 Tariffs are an import tax, import tax, import tax, Americans pay for import tax, so er-lie in the morning. 🎶
And in the evening.
And at night.
What I am saying is the tariffs are the largest tax hike in U.S. history.
In addition to all the damage to our economy and alliances.
#USpol

Filing: credit reporting giant TransUnion discloses a data breach affecting 4.4M customers' personal info but claims "no credit information was accessed" (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/tran

TransUnion says hackers stole 4.4 million customers' personal information | TechCrunch
The credit reporting giant confirmed unauthorized access to a third-party application storing the personal information of its customers.

Credit reporting giant TransUnion has disclosed a data breach
affecting more than 4.4 million customers’ personal information.
In a filing with Maine’s attorney general’s office on Thursday, TransUnion attributed the July 28 breach to unauthorized access of a third-party application storing customers’ personal data for its U.S. consumer support operations.
TransUnion claimed “no credit information was accessed,” but provided no immediate evidence for its claim.
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TransUnion says hackers stole 4.4 million customers' personal information | TechCrunch
The credit reporting giant confirmed unauthorized access to a third-party application storing the personal information of its customers, including Social Security numbers.

Experts detail how the Trump administration has seriously weakened the public-private partnerships that protect US critical infrastructure from cyberattacks (Eric Geller/Cybersecurity Dive)
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/n…

‘Suspended animation’: US government upheaval has frayed partnerships with critical infrastructure
Recent federal cuts, reorganizations and other disruptions have alarmed industry leaders, who say the government is a less reliable partner even as cyber threats increase.

Meta says it'll update AI chatbot rules to prevent inappropriate chats with teens and let teens access only AI characters that promote education and creativity (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/meta-upd…

Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users | TechCrunch
After a bombshell report on Meta allowing its AI chatbots to have sensual chats with minors, the company is updating its policies.