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The troubled EV startup, its founder, and the founder’s nephew are all in the financial regulator’s crosshairs.

The transit software company, is finally taking the step into public markets with an IPO after abandoning the idea in 2021.

Spurred by the performance of its first fund, Cambrian Ventures’ $20 million second fund will continue the firm’s thesis of focusing on fintech startups.

London-based Seabound has developed a carbon capture system that transforms CO2 from a ship’s engine into limestone, which Heidelberg Materials will use to make cement.

The hackers stole the company’s member list, which included customer names, addresses, and contact information.

OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will reportedly join Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab. Another team member, Hyung Won Chung, might also join Meta, as the company works to catch up to rivals in the AGI race.

Researchers warned that Chinese residents, and visitors to China, should be aware of the tool’s existence and the risks it poses.

xAI’s first AI companions on the Grok app are a lustful anime girl and a homicidal panda.

The fund brings Mantis’ assets under management to $225 million.

Amazon is looking to its main competitor to get its next batch of Kuiper satellites to orbit.

Cameron Wagenius had already pleaded guilty to other charges earlier this year.

A senior engineer describes the thrill, chaos, and exhaustion of working at OpenAI this past year while launching its coding agent Codex.

The tech giant fixed the security flaw, netting a security researcher $10,000 for privately disclosing the bug.

Pronto.ai CEO Anthony Levandowski said the move is meant to help bolster his company’s ranks with like-minded talent and complimentary technology.

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says that her new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, was valued at $12 billion in its seed round.

As publishers fret about decreased traffic from Google, the search giant has begun rolling out AI summaries in Discover, the main news feed inside Google’s search app on iOS and Android. Now, instead of seeing a headline from a major publication, users will see multiple news publishers’ logos in the top-left corner, followed by an … Read more

Billy McFarland, the convicted criminal behind Fyre Festival, sold the rights to the infamous brand on eBay.

Lucid Motors joins the likes of Ford, General Motors, and Tesla in offering an advanced driver assistance system that allows for hands-free driving.

A coalition of Ukrainian hackers breached and wiped systems belonging to Gaskar Group, a Moscow-based drone maker.

For years, code-editing tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub’s Copilot have been the standard for AI-powered software development. But as agentic AI grows more powerful and vibe-coding takes off, a subtle shift has changed how AI systems are interacting with software. Instead of working on code, they’re increasingly interacting directly with the shell of whatever … Read more

Research leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind are urging tech companies and research groups to monitor AI’s “thoughts.”

The firm will look to invest $500,000 to $4 million in 15-20 seed and Series A companies in the healthcare, climate, consumer, and community sectors.

French startup Mistral has jumped into the audio race with Voxtral, its first open model, aiming to challenge the dominance of walled-off corporate systems with open-weight alternatives. 

Baidu is the latest addition to Uber’s growing list of autonomous vehicle partners, which includes Waymo, Volkswagen, May Mobility, and Pony AI.

Reddit users in the UK will have to upload their ID or a selfie to access potentially harmful content.

Rivian vehicles will soon replace its Mapbox-based maps with Google Maps. The integration will still see a lot of Rivian DNA in the new mapping system, though.

Rwazi has raised a $12 million Series A led by Bonfire Ventures to help companies with market intelligence and consumer insights

The factory will develop a series of neodymium magnet manufacturing lines specifically designed for Apple products.

The researcher who found the exposed key said it “raises questions” about how DOGE handles sensitive data.

China’s Geely Auto is officially taking its luxury EV subsidiary Zeekr private, just over a year after the company debuted on the New York Stock Exchange.