Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix
In the three years since, Waymo has grown its fleet to around 4,000 vehicles,…
Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off
"This is the same principle that you have in Bitcoin, where Bitcoin, as a…
Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force
And now things get interesting: The two companies are prepared to perform new exercises…
The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human
Last week, researchers at cloud security firm Sysdig said they'd documented the first known…
OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations
OpenAI is moving in the same direction, aiming to let users talk to its…
An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise
There's something almost too meta about this one, via Bloomberg. Lyzr, a three-year-old, Jersey…
LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy
404 Media also reported that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration used a local police…
Meta now alerts parents if their teen discussed suicide or self-harm with its AI chatbot
Additionally, Meta says it will contact emergency services if someone's conversation with Meta AI,…
A 600-mile road trip (and data) proves EV charging doesn’t suck anymore
What's more, they're more reliable. My nearly flawless trip last week appears to be…
Light made a flip phone. It’s colorful and it’s cheap.
Kaiwei Tang helped create the iconic Motorola Razr over 20 years ago. Now, 10…
Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy explains why Anthropic is winning (and it’s not the model)
Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9…
Patreon lays off 20% of its workforce
Patreon is laying off 20% of its workforce, or 93 people, CEO Jack Conte…
Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others
IBM — rolling through 2026. Between Q4 2025 cuts and April 2026 Red Hat…
Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid
The largest electrical grid in the U.S. has struggled to cope with an onslaught…
Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bag
When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June…
SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year
The new power plant that SpaceX is building will consist of 41 gas turbines…
