Primary Ventures, a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage companies, has successfully raised a new fund totaling $625 million. This substantial amount will be directed towards seed investments across the country, helping to support and grow new businesses at their very beginning stages. This achievement marks a significant milestone for the firm, showcasing its...

Anthropic's Powerful Claude Opus AI Model Is Getting an UpgradeAnthropic's most powerful Claude model is leveling up, with the company saying in a blog post Thursday that Claude Opus 4.6 will be even better at coding and creating projects on the first go.Claude Opus 4.5 is already a powerful coding model, with its release in November setting up Claude Code's viral vibe-coding moment over...

Son of Norway's crown princess chokes back tears giving evidence at rape trialPaul KirbyEurope digital editor in OsloNTB/Ane Hem/via REUTERSMarius Borg Høiby is giving evidence after the first woman he is alleged to have raped told the court she believed she had been druggedThe son of Norway's crown princess has begun giving evidence at his trial for rape and more than 30 other alleged...

How AI changes the math for startups, according to a Microsoft VP For 24 years, Microsoft’s Amanda Silver has been working to help developers — and in the last few years, that’s meant building tools for AI. After a long stretch on GitHub Copilot, Silver is now a corporate vice president at Microsoft’s CoreAI division, where she works on tools for deploying apps and agentic systems within...

Starbucks bets on robots to brew a turnaround and win customersNatalie ShermanBusiness reporterStarbucks chief executive Brian Niccol does not rule out price increases as the coffee chain tries to reverse sluggish profitsAmericans pulling into a Starbucks drive‑thru may be greeted by a friendly staff member. But at some locations, it is actually an AI robot entering the orders.Behind the...