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A Castro Valley resident was charged Thursday for allegedly slashing the tires of 17 Waymo robotaxis in San Francisco between June 24 and June 26, according to the city’s district…
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SoftBank acquires UK AI chipmaker Graphcore
While the figure of $500 million has been bandied around in various reports for months, in a press briefing early Thursday morning, Graphcore co-founder and CEO Nigel Toon remained coy on the details.
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is continuing to develop a downvoting feature that will be used to improve how replies are ranked. Although the company has not yet officially announced…
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Data breach exposes millions of mSpy spyware customers
A huge batch of mSpy customer service emails dating back to 2014 were stolen in a May data breach.
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Shark Tank-backed Kudos raises another $3M for healthier, cotton-based disposable diapers
Kudos founder says her company makes a disposable diaper lined with 100% cotton, unlike the major competitors.
Astra CEO Chris Kemp is already pulling out of a parking spot when he warns the person in the passenger seat that he doesn’t have a valid driver’s license. “And…
Although these companies’ claims are artfully couched, it’s clear that they want to express that the model sees in some sense of the word.
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Retro CEO Nathan Sharp isn’t worrying just yet about Google’s plan to copy his app’s experience, despite the numerous similarities.
Tesla had internally planned to build the dedicated robotaxi and the $25,000 car, often referred to as the Model 2, on the same platform.
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Here’s a look at what’s going to change with Siri, and what the introduction of Apple Intelligence will allow you to do with the digital assistant.
The new YouTube features include those that will automatically transform longer videos into Shorts, among others.
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It’s a big day in the Samsung universe. At Samsung’s Unpacked 2024 event, the company debuted new phones, headphones and even a wearable ring. As…
The capital will be used to expand in Europe, the U.S. and Asia.
Last month, the company also started applying an international authentication rate for activities like sending login codes for cross-border users.
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Defense AI startup Helsing raises $487M Series C, plans Baltic expansion to combat Russian threat
Helsing has created a new entity in Estonia and plans to spend €70 million on Baltic defense projects over the next three years.
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Alma co-founder had such a bad immigration experience she founded a legal AI startup to fix it
Alma aims to simplify the visa process for technologists, founders and researchers by providing personal legal advisors.
WhatsApp Business is changing its per-conversation rates for businesses — a conversation is a 24-hour thread between sellers and users. The company is reducing rates for utility messages and raising…
HerculesAI (formerly Zero Systems) has been working at automating professional services since 2017, originally concentrating on the legal industry. As part of that, it has actually been building large language…
DeepMind has implemented Google Gemini 1.5 Pro to teach a robot to respond to commands and navigate around an office.
