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DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model is more censored, test finds
3 mins; June 03, 2025
Tesla pleads for Senate to spare its booming energy business
3 mins; June 02, 2025
Volteras wants to connect to more EVs than anyone else
3 mins; June 02, 2025
LoveJack, the dating app designed for users to find love using just five words
5 mins; June 02, 2025
Atomic Canyon wants to be ChatGPT for the nuclear industry
3 mins; May 30, 2025
Why export restrictions aren’t the only thing to pay attention to in Nvidia’s earnings
3 mins; May 30, 2025
Gridcare thinks more than 100 MW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid
4 mins; May 29, 2025
Tesla loses more ground in Europe, while BYD makes gains
2 mins; May 29, 2025
YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing and WhatsApp launches long-awaited iPad app
3 mins; May 28, 2025
Why a new anti-revenge porn law has free speech experts alarmed
7 mins; May 28, 2025
Why Intempus thinks robots should have a human physiological state
4 mins; May 27, 2025
Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans
4 mins; May 27, 2025
Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say
13 mins; May 26, 2025
Jony Ive to lead OpenAI’s design work following $6.5B acquisition of his company
4 mins; May 26, 2025
Spotify says support for external payments on iOS has already boosted subscriptions
4 mins; May 23, 2025
Google’s Sergey Brin: ‘I made a lot of mistakes with Google Glass’
2 mins; May 23, 2025
Uber Freight bets big on AI tools to grow its business
7 mins; May 22, 2025
South Loop Ventures closes $21M fund in Houston to build up local tech ecosystem
4 mins; May 22, 2025
SparkCharge raises $30M to help fleets electrify without commitments
4 mins; May 21, 2025
MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefits
2 mins; May 21, 2025
VUZ gets $12M to scale immersive video experiences across emerging markets and the U.S.
6 mins; May 20, 2025
Cognichip emerges from stealth with the goal of using generative AI to develop new chips
4 mins; May 20, 2025
Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember ‘your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing
4 mins; May 19, 2025
Airbnb expands into services and experiences, plans more social and AI features
6 mins; May 19, 2025
Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African genocide ... and more
6 mins; May 16, 2025
White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive data ... and more news
6 mins; May 16, 2025
Sam Altman apparently does not respect olive oil
4 mins; May 15, 2025
GM’s new ‘manganese rich’ battery promises cheaper EVs in 2028
4 mins; May 15, 2025
VCs are known to move in herds, which is why Eric Slesinger stands out a bit. While most American investors chase AI startups or U.S.-based defense tech startups, the former CIA officer is hunting for defense tech deals in Europe. I
4 mins; May 14, 2025
InventWood is about to mass produce wood that’s stronger than steel
3 mins; May 14, 2025
Remember Moviefone? Well, it’s back.
3 mins; May 13, 2025
Microsoft employees are banned from using DeepSeek app
3 mins; May 13, 2025
The Greek revival you’re not watching (but probably should be)
6 mins; May 12, 2025
Rove, founded by a 22-year-old, is helping Gen Z earn airline miles without credit cards
5 mins; May 12, 2025
AI data startup WisdomAI nabs $23M with a smart way to avoid hallucinations
3 mins; May 09, 2025
Employer.com scoops up another fintech in purchase of MainStreet.com
3 mins; May 09, 2025
Energy Star program getting scrapped, Ford raising prices due to tariffs, and Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ad tool sounds like a social media nightmare
7 mins; May 08, 2025
Cnaught wants to make carbon credits easy for businesses small and large
3 mins; May 08, 2025
MoneyFellows raises $13M to take its group savings model outside Egypt
7 mins; May 07, 2025
Pinterest updates visual search with more AI-powered features
3 mins; May 07, 2025
Tinder and Visa to bring ID-verifying tech to more places and Airbnb rolled out an AI customer service bot in the US
4 mins; May 06, 2025
OpenAI pledges to make changes to prevent future ChatGPT sycophancy
3 mins; May 06, 2025
Meta forecasted it would make $1.4T in revenue from generative AI by 2035
3 mins; May 05, 2025
Amazon launches Nova Premier, its largest AI model yet
3 mins; May 05, 2025
Cast AI raises $108M to get the max out of AI, Kubernetes and other workloads
5 mins; May 02, 2025
JetBrains releases Mellum, an ‘open’ AI coding model
3 mins; May 02, 2025
Yelp debuts AI voice agents for restaurants and service providers
2 mins; May 01, 2025
Spotify adds 5M premium users and hits record operating income
2 mins; May 01, 2025
Lightrun grabs $70M using AI to debug code in production
5 mins; April 30, 2025
Amazon-backed Glacier gets $16M to expand its robot recycling fleet
4 mins; April 30, 2025
Anthropic CEO wants to open the black box of AI models by 2027
5 mins; April 29, 2025
Chess.com reaches 200 million members
3 mins; April 29, 2025
Adobe wants to create a robots.txt styled indicator for images used in AI training
5 mins; April 28, 2025
Uber, Volkswagen pair up to launch robotaxi service in US with self-driving, electric microbuses
3 mins; April 28, 2025
Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps … yet
5 mins; April 25, 2025
Linktree rolls out a suite of monetization features for creators
4 mins; April 25, 2025
The U.S. doesn’t refine cobalt. This startup wants to change that.
3 mins; April 24, 2025
Crowdsourced AI benchmarks have serious flaws, some experts say
5 mins; April 24, 2025
Tariff turmoil may have killed the tech M&A market’s comeback
6 mins; April 23, 2025
Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed ‘dangerous and dumb’
3 mins; April 23, 2025
ChatGPT is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it ‘creepy’
3 mins; April 22, 2025
Robots run a half marathon, slowly
2 mins; April 22, 2025
Bluesky feed builder Graze raises $1M, rolls out ads
5 mins; April 21, 2025
Archer Aviation wants to help New Yorkers skip airport traffic with electric air taxis
4 mins; April 21, 2025
TikTok takes on Google Maps by surfacing reviews in the comments tab
2 mins; April 18, 2025
Stop doomscrolling and watch the ‘Great Moose Migration’ livestream
3 mins; April 18, 2025
Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani spills business tea with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
5 mins; April 17, 2025
Phantom Neuro grabs $19M to help amputees put their phantom limbs to use
6 mins; April 17, 2025
Nvidia says it plans to manufacture some AI chips in the U.S.
3 mins; April 16, 2025
Bill Gates-backed Arnergy to expand solar access in Nigeria with $18M as demand surges
6 mins; April 16, 2025
How Chef Robotics found success by turning away its original customers
6 mins; April 15, 2025
AI insurtech Ominimo bags its first investment at a $220M valuation
7 mins; April 15, 2025
Microsoft inks massive carbon removal deal powered by a paper mill
3 mins; April 14, 2025
Revent rocks the boat with a fresh $100M to invest in people and the planet
3 mins; April 14, 2025
Google’s enterprise cloud gets a music-generating AI model
3 mins; April 11, 2025
Governments identify dozens of Android apps bundled with spyware
3 mins; April 11, 2025
Amazon says its AI video model can now generate minutes-long clips
2 mins; April 10, 2025
Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants
5 mins; April 10, 2025
IBM releases a new mainframe built for the age of AI
3 mins; April 09, 2025
Want to stay young? Peter Diamandis says survive the next 10 years
8 mins; April 09, 2025
Meta releases Llama 4, a new crop of flagship AI models
6 mins; April 08, 2025
X may soon start selling inactive usernames to Verified Organizations starting at $10K, code reveals
3 mins; April 08, 2025
You might be following Second Lady Usha Vance on Instagram now
3 mins; April 07, 2025
Automakers jump on Tesla’s brand woes with discount EV offers
5 mins; April 07, 2025
Researchers suggest OpenAI trained AI models on paywalled O’Reilly books
5 mins; April 04, 2025
Who are climate conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate
5 mins; April 04, 2025
Tesla records worst deliveries in two years amid Elon Musk backlash; Rivian starts a challenging year with a big slip in deliveries
7 mins; April 03, 2025
Oracle under fire for its handling of separate security incidents
5 mins; April 03, 2025
Substack is rolling out a TikTok-like video feed in its app
2 mins; April 02, 2025
IPO-bound Chime hopes to boost growth by paying higher interest rates
4 mins; April 02, 2025
Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser
4 mins; April 01, 2025
Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance
6 mins; April 01, 2025
Trump’s auto tariffs are a gift to Tesla
3 mins; March 31, 2025
TikTok ban is losing support among Americans, study says
2 mins; March 31, 2025
SpaceX reportedly has a secret backdoor for Chinese investment
3 mins; March 28, 2025
AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in school
7 mins; March 28, 2025
Earth AI’s algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignored
3 mins; March 27, 2025
a16z and Benchmark-backed 11x has been claiming customers it doesn’t have
12 mins; March 27, 2025
Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone
4 mins; March 26, 2025
How BYD plans to make EV charging as fast as filling a gas tank
5 mins; March 26, 2025