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Production was already paused as Ford prioritizes gas and hybrid versions of the truck. The Lightning has been on the market for three years.

Sora’s Android launch is off to an auspicious start, new data shows.

The internet provider has bought more ‘direct to cell’ spectrum licenses from EchoStar and struck a deal with the owner of British Airways.

Meta says that since the launch of Vibes, media generation in the Meta AI app has jumped more than tenfold.

Subtle Computing has raised $6M in seed funding to build voice isolation models. The startup plans to announce a hardware device next year.

WhatsApp notified the consultant, who works for left-wing politicians, that his phone was targeted with spyware made by Paragon.

Mastodon’s latest software version brings quote posts with added controls to all servers.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning Peloton users to stop using the affected bikes immediately.

The founders of Fomo, a consumer crypto trading app that launched in May, took an unusual route to raising capital.

Spotify is adding new feature called “Listening stats” that will show users weekly numbers about their listening habits.

Diffusion models already power AI image generators, but Inception thinks they can be even more powerful applied in software development.

India becomes the second market after the U.S. to get Gemini-powered navigation on Google Maps.

Snap said today that it has signed a deal with AI-powered search engine Perplexity to power a new chatbot. As part of the deal, Perplexity will pay Snap $400 million in cash and equity.

Evotrex joins startups like Lightship, Pebble, and Grounded in trying to disrupt the RV market, which is skewing younger.

The Lagos-based firm and one of Africa’s most active early-stage investors is targeting a final close of $75 million for its second fund.

Discord has rolled out updates to its Family Center, giving guardians more insights into their teens’ usage patterns, including purchases, top interactions, and time spent. The goal is to help parents monitor whether their teen is spending excessive time or money on Discord. The communication platform first launched Family Center in 2023 with an activity … Read more

Blue Origin’s first New Glenn launch in January mostly went well, and now the long-delayed second mission is finally ready for takeoff.

Lee declined to share Cluely’s financial metrics just four months after boasting how quickly the startup is growing.

Eric Bach, who was once the director of engineering at Tesla, is out amid a larger executive shakeup at the company.

Apple is turning to Google’s technology to help revamp Siri and power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant.

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready says open source AI is offering cost savings to the company, particularly in visual search.

Khan’s appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.

Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.

Tinder is testing an AI feature that learns about you from your Camera Roll photos.

Wabi, a startup from the founder of Replika, has just raised a $20 million pre-seed round. Wabi is like “YouTube for apps” — a social platform where anyone can use prompts to instantly create mini apps and share them with friends.

Users will now be able to access AI Mode via a new dedicated shortcut button under the search bar when opening a “New Tab” page in Chrome.

Researchers at Microsoft have developed a new simulation environment for testing AI agents, revealing surprising weaknesses in the current state-of-the-art.

The MPA sent Meta a cease-and-desist over its use of the term ‘PG-13’ in Instagram teen ratings system.

Penn experienced a data breach on Friday as hackers sent messages boasting of the hack to the university community.

Alloy Enterprises has developed a new additive manufacturing technique that can improve liquid cooling performance while bringing it to new parts of the server rack.