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Fashion startup Atorie raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup | TechCrunch
Shoppers can visit the Atorie website and buy handbags or clothes made from the same material — and coming from the same factory — that manufacturers use in high-end goods.

Google’s new Fitbit Air brings Pokémon Sleep to your wrist | TechCrunch
Google teamed up with the Pokémon Company to introduce a special-edition Fitbit Air that works with the Pokémon Sleep app.

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI | TechCrunch
Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.

ATF declares 'major incident' as ransomware gang claims hack | TechCrunch
The ATF is the latest federal government agency in recent years to notify Congress of a "major incident" involving its cybersecurity.

Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google | TechCrunch
Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.