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GM’s Cruise abandons Origin robotaxi, takes $583 million charge

GM’s self-driving car subsidiary Cruise is scrapping plans to build the Origin — a purpose-built robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals — and will...

'Model collapse': Scientists warn against letting AI eat its own tail

It may be the case for AI as well, which according to a new study, may be at risk of "model collapse" after a few rounds of being trained on data it...

OpenAI comes for Google with SearchGPT

OpenAI is testing SearchGPT, a new AI search experience to compete directly with Google. The feature aims to elevate search queries with “timely answers...

CrowdStrike's rivals stand to benefit from its debacle

The CrowdStrike debacle — a bug in the company's Windows software that had the disastrous effect of rendering PCs unusable — has disrupted flights, canceled ...

Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say

For two days in mid-January, some Ukrainians in the city of Lviv had to live without central heating and suffer freezing temperatures because of a...

CrowdStrike chaos leads to grounded aircraft — and maybe an unusual weather effect

Air traffic for many airlines ground to a halt after a buggy update from CrowdStrike took down Windows computers around the world. While the IT outage is...

Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity

Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years, and one of the main reasons...

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback

The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week granted Nuro approval to test its third-generation R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in four Bay Area...

Google solves its Pixel 9 Pro leaks by just showing the phone early

Google has given a first look at the Pixel 9 Pro, which it plans on launching during a hardware event on August 13th.

iOS 18 might help you rescue photos you thought were gone forever

iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia will add a new “Recovered” album in the Photos app to help you find photos on your device that may have been lost.

The FTC’s ban against noncompete agreements is under threat

A federal judge has partially blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s impending ban on noncompete agreements from going into effect.

Google’s Gemini AI is getting faster with its Flash upgrade

Google’s Gemini AI chatbot is getting upgraded to the company’s Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model.

From Yandex's ashes comes Nebius, a 'startup' with plans to be a European AI compute leader

When is a startup not a startup? "It's like a startup because we are 'starting up,' but it's an unusually big one," Arkady Volozh, Yandex co-founder and...

Monarch Tractor CEO says $133M raise will help it escape 'quite a challenging time'

Monarch Tractor was in a tricky spot late last year as the autonomous electric tractor startup juggled growth and an uncertain fundraising environment. Now,...

Are you being exploited by AI-powered surveillance pricing?

The FTC ordered Mastercard, Chase, and other companies to turn over information on their dynamic pricing products.

Apple’s Sunny is a grief-stricken crime dramedy with a smile on its face

Apple and A24’s Sunny — out July 10th — is a pulpy and puppet-filled murder mystery that feels almost like too much of a good thing.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets are grounded after an in-flight failure

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket experienced an upper-stage engine failure on Thursday evening, and it will need approval from the FAA before it can fly again.

Here’s how to stop X from using your posts to train its AI

X uses your data to train its Grok AI assistant by default, but you can opt out of that by unchecking a box in your settings or setting your account to private.

Meta moves on from its celebrity lookalike AI chatbots

Meta has shut down its AI chatbots that let you have conversations with alter-ego versions of celebrities.

Amazon’s paid Alexa is coming to fill a $25 billion hole dug by Echo devices

Amazon is launching a paid version of Alexa to offset the more than $25 billion in losses its hardware division has incurred, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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