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inDrive turns to ads and groceries to diversify revenue

Advertising on inDrive is being rolled out across its top 20 markets following mid-2025 tests.

12 Jan 2026 11:00 am
Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service

Motional says it will launch a driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas before the end of 2026.

12 Jan 2026 5:40 am
Google co-founders may be leaving California

Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google.

12 Jan 2026 4:26 am
Instagram says theres been no breach despite password reset requests

Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached.

12 Jan 2026 3:56 am
Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries

This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.

11 Jan 2026 11:26 pm
Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges

Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they underestimating the challenge?

11 Jan 2026 9:45 pm
Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAIs chatbot Grok.

11 Jan 2026 8:37 pm
Google announces a new protocol to facilitate commerce using AI agents

Google said that merchants can now offer discounts to users directly in AI mode results

11 Jan 2026 8:30 pm
Wing to expand drone delivery to another 150 Walmart stores

The partnership will grow Wing's drone delivery service to more than 270 Walmart stores by 2027.

11 Jan 2026 8:30 pm
SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites

The Federal Communications Commission has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation Starlink satellites.

11 Jan 2026 3:41 am
OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs

An intellectual property lawyer says OpenAI is putting itself at great risk with this approach.

11 Jan 2026 2:48 am
Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAIs chatbot Grok.

11 Jan 2026 1:07 am
I met a lot of weird robots at CES here are the most memorable

If the robots don't always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment, they do give visitors a peek at where their parent companies might be headed.

10 Jan 2026 6:39 am
Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting extortion

A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination lawsuit filled with shocking allegations. The company is fighting back, hard.

10 Jan 2026 6:07 am
How the Sleepbuds maker, Ozlo, is building a platform for sleep data

Ozlo Sleepbuds are going to have a big year, with new products, AI features, and more.

10 Jan 2026 1:06 am
Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power

Two smaller companies, Oklo and TerraPower, along with Vistra, a large energy company, just signed agreements with Meta.

9 Jan 2026 11:21 pm
X restricts Groks image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the worlds ire

Elon Musk's AI company has restricted Grok's controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool invited heated criticism from across the world for letting users generate sexualized images of women and children.

9 Jan 2026 7:29 pm
The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion

In a blog post published Friday morning, Ben Horowitz writes that as the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders. It's the kind of statement certain to cause agita at rival firms.

9 Jan 2026 6:30 pm
Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins

Anthropic announces its first enterprise deal of 2026 which includes building agents and for, and giving Claude code, to Allianz.

9 Jan 2026 2:30 pm
Data security startup Cyera hits $9B valuation six months after being valued at $6B

Cyera raised another $400 million just six months after its last huge round.

9 Jan 2026 5:29 am
Governments grapple with the flood of non-consensual nudity on X

For the past two weeks, X has been flooded with AI-manipulated nude images, created by the Grok AI chatbot and governments around the world are promising to take action.

9 Jan 2026 3:38 am
GTMfundhas rewritten the distributionplaybook for the AI era

Building software products has never been easier, so why are so many well-funded startupsfailing to takeoff no matter how good their product is? In this season finale episode of Build Mode, our guest has an answer: Startups have focused too much on product development and not enough on distribution excellence. Paul Irving is partner and []

9 Jan 2026 12:57 am
Critics pan spyware maker NSOs transparency claims amid its push to enter US market

The infamous spyware maker released a new transparency report claiming to be a responsible spyware maker, without providing insight into how the company dealt with problematic customers in the past.

9 Jan 2026 12:45 am
EverNitro is simplifying the process of crafting silky nitro coffee at CES 2026

Get that silky-smooth nitro coffee at home without the wasteful cartridges with EverNitro.

9 Jan 2026 12:36 am
I watched LGs new home robot CLOid do laundry but I have questions

CES is always chock-full of robots, and this year electronics giant LG announced a new bot, dubbed CLOid, that it claims will revolutionize household chores (as in, you won't have to do them anymore).

9 Jan 2026 12:34 am
Internet collapses in Iran amid protests over economic crisis

Internet monitoring firms and experts say Irans internet has almost completely shut down, as protests spread through major cities.

9 Jan 2026 12:05 am
OpenAI to acquire the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo

OpenAI is acquiring the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo in an all-stock deal, adding to the firm's M&A spree.

8 Jan 2026 11:41 pm
Andurils Palmer Luckey thinks the future of tech is in the past

Luckey, who initially made his fortune in VR and now runs the defense contractor Anduril, and Ohanian both seemed to agree: Stuff was better in the old days.

8 Jan 2026 11:35 pm
Disney+ is launching short-form videos this year

The move comes as Disney launched a personalized vertical video feed in the ESPN app last year.

8 Jan 2026 11:29 pm
Illinois health department exposed over 700,000 residents personal data for years

The security lapse exposed personal information belonging to residents who received state benefits.

8 Jan 2026 11:00 pm
Nvidias reportedly asking Chinese customers to pay upfront its for H200 AI chips

Nvidia is now requiring its customers in China to pay upfront in full for its H200 AI chips even as approval Stateside and from Beijing remains uncertain.

8 Jan 2026 10:59 pm
Snowflakeannounces its intent tobuy observability platform Observe

Snowflake is bolstering its data stack to make the platform better suited to the sheer volume of data produced by AI agents.

8 Jan 2026 10:30 pm
Elon Musks lawsuit against OpenAI will face a jury in March

District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said there was evidence suggesting OpenAIs leaders made assurances that its original nonprofit structure would be maintained. The case will go to trial in March.

8 Jan 2026 9:47 pm
Former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvillas startup triples to $100M valuation

Spangle has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-generated shopping experiences.

8 Jan 2026 6:30 pm
JPMorgan Chase becomes the new issuer of the Apple Card

Apple expects the transition to take 24 months

8 Jan 2026 12:01 pm