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Advertising on inDrive is being rolled out across its top 20 markets following mid-2025 tests.
Motional says it will launch a driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas before the end of 2026.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google.
Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached.
This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.
Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they underestimating the challenge?
Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAIs chatbot Grok.
Google said that merchants can now offer discounts to users directly in AI mode results
The partnership will grow Wing's drone delivery service to more than 270 Walmart stores by 2027.
The Federal Communications Commission has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation Starlink satellites.
An intellectual property lawyer says OpenAI is putting itself at great risk with this approach.
Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAIs chatbot Grok.
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.
A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination lawsuit filled with shocking allegations. The company is fighting back, hard.
Ozlo Sleepbuds are going to have a big year, with new products, AI features, and more.
Two smaller companies, Oklo and TerraPower, along with Vistra, a large energy company, just signed agreements with Meta.
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.
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.
Anthropic announces its first enterprise deal of 2026 which includes building agents and for, and giving Claude code, to Allianz.
Cyera raised another $400 million just six months after its last huge round.
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.
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 []
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.
Get that silky-smooth nitro coffee at home without the wasteful cartridges with EverNitro.
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).
Internet monitoring firms and experts say Irans internet has almost completely shut down, as protests spread through major cities.
OpenAI is acquiring the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo in an all-stock deal, adding to the firm's M&A spree.
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.
The move comes as Disney launched a personalized vertical video feed in the ESPN app last year.
The security lapse exposed personal information belonging to residents who received state benefits.
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.
Snowflake is bolstering its data stack to make the platform better suited to the sheer volume of data produced by AI agents.
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.
Spangle has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-generated shopping experiences.
Apple expects the transition to take 24 months

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