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The Gulf’s AI Boom Has an Undersea Cable Problem
Hyperscalers are pushing the Gulf to rethink internet infrastructure as AI raises the stakes of cable disruptions.
View the articleFinnish phone-maker HMD bundles Indian AI chatbot onto new smartphone in push to reach local market
HMD is pre-loading Sarvam's Indus chatbot app, which supports 22 Indic languages
View the articleWaymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods
Waymo's robotaxi service is now suspended in both Atlanta and San Antonio, as the company works to stop its vehicles from driving into flooded roads.
View the articleSpaceX scrubs first Starship V3 launch just before liftoff
SpaceX fueled the third-generation rocket booster and ship and was just moments away from liftoff, before calling a scrub. It's expected to try again Friday.
View the articleCan OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
Global affairs chief Chris Lehane wants to tone down the debate over AI’s societal impacts—and get states to pass laws that won’t derail OpenAI’s meteoric rise.
View the articleWho will benefit most from SpaceX IPO? Mostly Elon — and a few from his inner circle
Elon Musk has the largest stake in SpaceX by billions of shares. The other biggest shareholders also have longstanding and deep ties to Musk.
View the articleWaymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones
The service suspension comes as Waymo has also paused operations in Atlanta and San Antonio after its robotaxis drove into flooded streets.
View the articleMeta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we unpack the mass layoffs at Meta, big announcements at Google I/O, and the latest backlash against AI.
View the articleSpotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes
Spotify is partnering with Universal Music Group to let Premium subscribers create AI-generated song covers and remixes, with participating artists receiving a share of the revenue.
View the articleForget ‘TechnoKing’: Elon Musk will really be king at SpaceX
Musk, who will have more than 50% of the voting power, will have a monarchical grip over the publicly-traded version of SpaceX — control that goes far beyond what other tech founders enjoy.
View the articleHow Elon Musk will increase his power through the SpaceX IPO
Musk, who will have more than 50% of the voting power, will have a monarchical grip over the publicly-traded version of SpaceX — control that goes far beyond what other tech founders enjoy.
View the articleLaw enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs
First VPN promised hackers complete anonymity for their cyberattacks. But Europol said it was able to notify the service’s users that they have now been identified.
View the articleSix search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore
Google is about to look really different, and if you're not a fan of the AI overview feature, then you're not going to like what's coming.
View the articleConvective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience
After launching to invest in fire tech, Convective is broadening its mandate to disaster resilience.
View the articleTrump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’
President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order's language.
View the articleThis young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century
Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.
View the articleI Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me
I used the Gemini app to generate lifelike videos featuring a digital clone of myself. Google sees this as the future of creation. I’m still creeped out.
View the articleSpotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app
Spotify is releasing the new desktop app as a research preview in more than 20 markets.
View the articleSpotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts
Spotify will let you generate daily or weekly briefs based on your prompts
View the articleSpotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool
Spotify is releasing new audiobook plans later this year
View the articleSpotify will reserve tickets for top fans of an artists in a bid to drum up engagement
Spotify said that it will monitor activity like streams and shares to determine who is a top fan
View the articleNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes to Twitch to chat with New Yorkers
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch series today at 4 p.m. ET.
View the articleWaymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods
Waymo's robotaxi service is now suspended in both Atlanta and San Antonio, as the company works to stop its vehicles from driving into flooded roads.
View the articleHark raises $700M Series A for its secretive ‘universal’ AI interface
Hark expects to release its first multimodal models this summer, which it says will power a personal AI platform that works with existing products and services. The company expects to follow that with...
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