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The competitive landscape of AI is changing in ways that undermine the advantages of the biggest AI labs.

Tesla’s board chair is defending a proposed 10-year, $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk.

The state’s landmark safety bill sets new transparency requirements for large AI companies.

Elon Musk’s AI startup says it’s shifting focus from generalist AI tutors to specialists.

From phone spyware and facial recognition to forensic phone hacking technology to databases and more, this tech powers Trump’s deportation machine.

Hike, which started as a WhatsApp rival before pivoting to real-money gaming, is now sunsetting after India’s sweeping ban.

Stellantis, the parent company of Ram, said Friday that it will no longer develop a battery-electric full-size pickup. The company cited low demand for full-size battery-electric trucks as the primary reason.

Transit tech software startup Via had its IPO debut on Friday, starting at below offering price before rising to close at nearly $50.

Rainmaker wants to use flares to seed clouds – the airline pilots’ union says it won’t be safe.

The $300B deal is a reminder that despite Oracle’s legacy status, it shouldn’t be overlooked when it comes to AI infrastructure. But key questions around power and how OpenAI will pay for this remain.

People CEO Neil Vogel says Google’s AI crawler can’t be blocked because it would block the web crawler too. This lets the search giant steal its content for AI.

A three-year-old startup providing data for AI labs is trying to fill the gap in the market left by Scale AI.

It’s a major change that paves the way for electric air taxi startups to perform more robust demonstrations of their technology before they begin any commercial flights.

Decentralized X alternative Mastodon adds support for quote posts, but with additional controls.

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Quilt’s software update unlocked an additional 20% heating and cooling capacity for all of its heat pumps, including those installed in customers’ homes.

The eSIM-only iPhone Air’s release is being delayed in China, likely due to regulatory issues around the approval of the embedded SIM.

Microsoft will escape largely unscathed from a major antitrust investigation by the European Commission that could have resulted in billion-dollar fines for the tech giant.

The robotics startup market has matured over the last decade and the cost to produce robots has gone down significantly.

OpenAI and Microsoft say they reached a non-binding agreement on a revised partnership.

Apple launched a new security feature for iPhone 17 and iPhone Air designed to reduce the effect of memory corruption bugs, and in turn make spyware and zero-days more difficult to hack into iPhones.

OpenWav is building a direct-to-fan platform for music artists which lets them keep more of the profits.

Tesla can now test its autonomous vehicle technology on public streets in Nevada, but it still has steps to take if it wants to offer paid rides like in Austin, Texas.

A worker had to be rescued by the local fire department, but is reportedly stable. Dozens of Boring Company workers have been injured over the years in Vegas.

It’s the latest in a long line of criticism — and action — against the company’s treatment of people with physical disabilities.

The federal consumer regulator seeks to learn about how AI companies evaluate the safety of their chatbots.

Google also announced on that it’s updating the Promotion category in Gmail to allow users to sort by “most relevant” promotion emails.

The French government says Apple sent out threat notifications to customers alerting them to spyware attacks earlier in September.

Google Tables, a work-tracking tool and competitor to the popular spreadsheet-database hybrid Airtable, is shutting down. The app will not be supported after December 16, 2025.