Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uber
Waymo has sharply increased its lobbying spending as it seeks to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services, intensifying its
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As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes, it’s harder to avoid creepy recordings
Can you tell when someone nearby is wearing Meta AI glasses? As millions of people buy into the smart glasses fad each year, the odds
In China’s Biggest Car Recall, Tesla and 8 Others Will Address Door Safety
China’s regulator ordered changes after vehicle occupants sometimes had difficulty exiting electric cars, an issue that has led to lawsuits against Tesla in the United
Google wants publishers to install a button that makes readers pick them
Google is giving publishers a button to put on their own websites. Clicking it adds that publisher to a reader’s preferred sources on Google. It
Apple paid 40% of its global tax bill to one country
Apple paid Ireland $17.1bn in tax last financial year. That is around 40% of everything it paid in corporate income tax anywhere in the world.
ChatGPT wants Full Disk Access to your Mac and Messages
Apple wasn’t joking when it warned us that competitors want access to our most private data. Now, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has introduced a new plugin that can control
New ‘Slack Code’ turns AI coding into a team activity
With the launch of “Slack Code” channels, Slack this week introduced a new way for developers and non-tech staff to work collaboratively with coding agents.
Broadcom seeks more than $60bn in debt to fund AI chips for Anthropic
Broadcom is in talks with lenders to raise more than $60bn in debt, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The money would finance AI chips for Anthropic
Nvidia pays Poolside $6bn to license its model factory and hire 109 staff
Nvidia has agreed to pay Poolside $6bn to license the software the startup used to build AI models, and to offer jobs to 109 of
OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
“It is the first time that we know of that a major lab has voluntarily slowed down.”
Adobe Firefly can now generate music, speech and sound effects
Adobe Firefly’s audio tools became generally available on Thursday. Generate Music, Generate Speech and Generate Sound Effects now sit beside the image, video and design
Trump signs a memo to clear the regulatory path to three launches a day
The United States conducted 178 orbital launches and re-entries last year, but the White House now wants at least a thousand a year by 2030.
They survived 9/11; 25 years later, their bonds remain unbroken
September 11, 2001, will be remembered as one of the darkest days in American history. As the 25th anniversary approaches, National Geographic, in collaboration with
Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids
Despite making changes last fall to help block adults from messaging unknown children, Roblox is still failing to stop adults from creeping on kids in