Jennifer Mossalgue

2 days ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. San Francisco-based AI startup Anysphere just snagged $900M, taking its valuation to nearly $10B in record time. Its AI coding tool, Cursor, is leading the “vibe coding” revolution—squaring off against Windsurf, Replit, and Emergent as investors flood the space, betting big on what could be tech’s next breakout.

6 days ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. German scientists just scored a longevity breakthrough: by combining the cancer drugs rapamycin and trametinib, they extended mouse lifespans by an impressive 30%. Biohacker Bryan Johnson — who previously dropped rapamycin due to harsh side effects — might want to revisit it. This drug combo isn’t just tweaking genes; it could be reshaping the boundaries of aging science.

1 week ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. Just days after SpaceX’s Starship notched its third straight test-flight flop, Elon Musk doubled down on his bold claim: the giant rocket is heading to Mars next year. Why the rush for 2026? That’s when a rare planetary alignment opens up the shortest route to the Red Planet. But with Starship racking up fiery headlines, the question remains: is this cosmic hype or actually plausible?

2 weeks ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. Digital music OG Napster, the world’s first online music streamer, is coming back — in a way!Infinite Reality, a “metaverse” startup that snapped up Napster for $207M, has renamed itself as Napster Corp. and aims to relaunch the iconic brand as something else entirely. But can this next-gen Napster make its mark as radically as it did in the early 2000s?

2 weeks ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. OpenAI just spent $6.5B to acquire io, a secretive device startup founded by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive. Rumors hint that Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are building a screenless, always-on “AI companion” — a futuristic device that could one day replace smartphones. Could this be the new era in human-AI interaction? OpenAI is certainly betting on it.