Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell

At TechCrunch's sold-out StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, we covered a lot of ground in a short time, ...
CNBC

Microsoft looked at buying Cursor before SpaceX deal, sources say

Microsoft looked at buying artificial intelligence coding startup Cursor in recent weeks but didn't make an offer, CNBC has learned. On Tuesday, SpaceX said it's obtained the right to acquire Cursor ...
The New York Times

SpaceX Strikes Deal With Cursor for $60 Billion

The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public. By Erin Griffith Mike Isaac and Ryan Mac Erin ...
PBS

Why a U.S. blockade on Iran seems to be working

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. Navy's sea blockade against Iran appears to be working. Iran-linked or sanctioned vessels that have left the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz have stopped ...
City Journal

Why Are Americans Working Less? Thank Generous Government Benefits

City Journal is a publication of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (MI), a leading free-market think tank. Are you interested in supporting the magazine? As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, donations ...
Wired

Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex

Cursor announced Thursday the launch of Cursor 3, a new product interface that allows users to spin up AI coding agents to complete tasks on their behalf. The product, which was developed under the ...
Engadget

Claude Code leak suggests Anthropic is working on a 'Proactive' mode for its coding tool

What should have been a routine release has revealed some of the features Anthropic has been working on for Claude Code. As reported by Ars Technica, The Verge and others, after the company released ...
Ars Technica

Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file

The entire source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code command line interface application (not the models themselves) has been leaked and disseminated, apparently due ...
Wall Street Journal

Why Not Declare War?

“Never, never, never,” Winston Churchill wrote in “My Early Life,” “believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he ...
Design News

3 Reasons Code Coverage Isn't Telling You What You Think

Code coverage is one of the most widely used quality metrics in embedded software development. Nearly every team I start working with tells me they aim to reach 80%+ code coverage. In fact, many ...
New York Magazine

Why AI Companies Want to Take Control of Your Computer

In 2024, as Anthropic suggested at the time, the feature wasn’t really ready for productive use — it was genuinely crazy to watch work but also slow, error-prone, and prone to quickly losing track of ...
PBS

Why do ICE agents get paid during the partial government shutdown, but not TSA?

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. President Donald Trump sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to some U.S. airports starting March 23 in an attempt to alleviate hours-long ...