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The Unitree GD01 Is a Giant Mecha Robot You Can Actually Buy
China’s Unitree, famous for making low-cost dancing robots, will now sell you a giant, wall-smashing mecha.
View the articleKevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450M
Early-stage venture firm A* Capital just took the wraps off its $450 million Fund III.
View the articleFormer Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
Sadi Thermal Machines is Drew Baglino's second startup since leaving Tesla in 2024.
View the articleMusk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies
Altman said that Musk's focus on controlling the initial for-profit gave him pause because OpenAI was dedicated to keeping advanced AI out of the hands of a single person, and Altman, with his experie...
View the articleAnthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares
The company named Open Doors Partners, Unicorns Exchange, Pachamama Capital, Lionheart Ventures, Hiive, Forge Global, Sydecar and Upmarket as companies that are not authorized to provide access to buy...
View the articlePotholes cost cities millions: This company is using AI and trucks to fix them
Fleet management company Samsara has developed an AI model to detect different kinds of potholes and gauge how fast they're deteriorating.
View the articleReport: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.
View the articleEverything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets
Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.
View the articleGoogle adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups
Google's transcription feature will initially launch with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones.
View the articleThe AI legal services industry is heating up. Anthropic is getting in on the action.
As the AI legal services industry heats up, Anthropic is launching its own suite of features designed to assist law firms.
View the articleAndroid adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling
Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits.
View the articleGoogle unveils Googlebooks, a new line of AI-native laptops
The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help.
View the articleGoogle’s ‘Create My Widget’ feature will let you vibe code your own widgets
The new feature will first launch on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer.
View the articleGoogle brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android
Gemini Intelligence will also include Gboard based dictation and form filling capabilities
View the articleGoogle launches new Android security feature to help uncover spyware attacks
Intrusion Logging is a new part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which aims to help protect human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents from government spyware attack and law enforceme...
View the articleIndigo brings the open social web to one app
Indigo's new social app lets you cross-post to the open social web, including Mastodon and Bluesky, and browse a unified timeline.
View the articleUS bank discloses security lapse after sharing customer data with AI app
Community Bank, which operates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, disclosed a cybersecurity incident that exposed customers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.
View the articleU.S. bank disclose security lapse after sharing customer data with AI app
The bank said the security lapse was due to the use of an “unauthorized” AI software app.
View the articleThreads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok
The feature is designed to help people get real-time context about trends and breaking stories, as well as receive recommendations, all within conversations.
View the articleExaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen
As bad actors weaponize AI to exploit software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, companies are increasingly recognizing the need to bolster their cybersecurity defenses. The round valued the thr...
View the articleQ&A: Expanding MIT’s global reach through Universal Learning
Dimitris Bertsimas and Megan Mitchell discuss the motivation behind Universal Learning, and what sets the new MIT Open Learning educational initiative apart.
View the articleUniversal AI is “a pathway to AI fluency that’s accessible and approachable to anyone, anywhere”
New AI education program from MIT Open Learning debuts with AI-powered personalization and a free introductory course for learners everywhere.
View the articleWaymo issues recall to deal with a flooding problem
Waymo has issued a software recall that makes its robotaxis more cautious around flooded areas. A "final remedy" is in the works.
View the articleInstructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice
The maker of the Canvas school software said it "reached an agreement" with the hackers, but provided no guarantees that the hackers would not release the data or keep their word.
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