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Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.

India’s smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.

In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law.

The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices.

Designed for year-round comfort, the Dyson Hot+Cool HF1 combines quiet operation and simple controls with Dyson’s signature bladeless design.

Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. OpenAI’s response so far has been carefully hedged, and the timing couldn’t be worse with the company reportedly eyeing an IPO … Read more

Prosecutors accused 21-year-old student Zyaire Wilkins of publishing on Steam several fake video games that contained malware, infecting thousands of victims, and stealing crypto from some of them.

As parents look for alternatives to unrestricted smartphones, a growing number of companies are building phones designed specifically for kids, from feature-limited mobile devices to minimalist home phones.

Some Amazon customers logged on Friday to a surprise bill estimate claiming that they owed the tech and cloud giant billions in fees.

Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to actively block unauthorized AI training.

Remarkable’s Paper Pure replaces Remarkable 2, and it is quite good.

It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event, we want to help pre-seed founders now being held to seed-stage … Read more

The recall comes as the top automotive safety regulator in the U.S. has warned AV companies about their vehicles interfering with first responders.

A $400 million chip-backed loan points to the next wave of AI infrastructure deals.

In the wake of a massive hours-long gridlock event, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie has told state regulators it’s time to put more requirements on robotaxi operators like Waymo.

The company didn’t immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX’s stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses.

Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will “remain suspended” in the United States following a hack.

Ryan Beiermeister, who demonstrated cool analysis in the Founders Fund YouTube series “Mafia,” has joined the firm as a partner.

Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.

Roblox’s new “Build” feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt.

BP Ventures is shutting down, ending a nearly 20-year run that was marked by reportedly lackluster returns.

Uber has agreed to acquire Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion all-stock deal that would nearly double the company’s global footprint and create one of the world’s largest food-delivery platforms outside China.

Beehiiv is launching an AI Copilot to help publishers with user growth and analytics.

X will use Grok AI to better detect stolen content, redirect payouts to original creators, and crack down on engagement bait.

Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion. 

With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps they use regularly.

Google said users can soon access their notebooks through AI Mode in Search.

DoorDash is opening a limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool that lets developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, and place orders from the terminal, marking another step toward software designed for AI agents instead of just humans.

While everyone in AI is chasing “superintelligence,” Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, dismisses the word.