China just told its tech giants to stop fighting on price and start investing in AI
A top-level Communist Party publication has signaled a shift in how Beijing intends to govern its largest internet platforms. A draft commentary set to appear
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LG Electronics stock jumped 24% in a day after unveiling Google-based car tech that cuts automaker costs
LG Electronics shares surged as much as 23.95% after the company announced a range of automotive solutions built on Google’s Android Automotive operating system. The
After years of stability, F1 reliability can no longer be taken for granted
First off, apologies for the lack of a Canadian Grand Prix report at the beginning of this week; Ferrari chose last weekend to show us
Severed sea cucumber appendages don’t seem to die
Organs, arms, appendages, and other complex tissues usually decay rapidly when they’re separated from their host. Over the years, biologists have seen some success with
Apple destroyed the mid-tier watch market. Now it’s coming for the $200 billion eyewear industry.
When Apple launched the Apple Watch in 2015, the mid-tier wristwatch market had a handful of dominant companies. Swatch Group sold watches under Tissot, Hamilton
Tesla has 42 robotaxis in Texas. Waymo has 577. The gap is now public record.
Tesla has 42 autonomous vehicles authorised for driverless ridehailing in Texas. Waymo has 577. The figures were published in an online database on 28 May
On its 40th anniversary, we reassess 1986’s SpaceCamp
Forty years ago, the future seemed just around the corner—and the vehicle that was going to take us there was NASA’s Space Shuttle. Originally envisioned
They call it stupid hot for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains
On a blazing hot day in South Africa, female southern pied babblers can’t think straight. The medium-sized black-and-white birds are trying to get at tasty
The people who trained Tesla’s self-driving AI won’t ride in it
Reuters interviewed nine former Tesla data labelers and a former self-driving engineer about their views on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving mode. Seven of the nine data
DuckDuckGo installs jumped 18% after Google killed the blue links. On Apple devices, the spike hit 70%.
DuckDuckGo US app installs jumped by an average of 18% week over week between 20 and 25 May. The growth sustained for six consecutive days
20 Snap alumni launched an angel fund for the next generation of social media. They think “social” and “media” have split.
Twenty Snap alumni have launched Ghost Angels, an angel fund backing the next generation of social media and consumer AI startups. The fund has invested
A 9-gigawatt data centre outraged a Utah community. The governor just issued new rules.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed an executive order on Friday establishing a “higher bar for data center development” in the state. The order is effective
Joby Demonstrated its Air Taxi in Manhattan, but You Can’t Fly in It Yet
Aviation start-ups and the Trump administration want to replace helicopters with electric aircraft, but the new vehicles still have to pass arduous tests before the
DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates
The Trump administration continues to claim in lawsuits that ICE monitoring sites are doxing agents, without showing evidence that’s happening. Most recently, the Department of