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Uncaged Innovations is working with Hyundai to develop alternatives to leather with a fraction of the environmental impact.

SpaceX notched some new wins with the tenth Starship test flight.

The startup, now valued at $750 million, is one of three that recently raised funding to use AI agents for helping healthcare practices answer patient calls.

Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program as AI and data infrastructure take center stage.

The incident is the latest escalation by current and former employees who are demanding the company end its cloud contracts with Israel.

Anthropic is the latest AI lab to offer an AI agent with the ability to view and take action in a user’s Chrome browser.

“Let Down” broke into the Billboard Hot 100 nearly 30 years after its release, marking just the fourth Radiohead song to enter the charts.

Called Bartz v. Anthropic, the case deals with Anthropic’s use of books as training material for its large language models.

Intel doesn’t need cash. Instead, the struggling semiconductor giant needs to figure out how to drum up interest for its foundry business.

Libby launches “Inspire Me,” a genAI feature that helps its users find books to borrow from local libraries.

Meta’s new PAC signals an intent to influence statewide elections, including the next governor’s race in 2026.

Apple’s carbon neutral claims are undermined by the short-term nature of carbon credits used to support them, the court said.

Apple said today that it is holding its event for the iPhone 17 on Tuesday, September 9 — just like last year. The company has started sending invites for the event, which will be held at the Steve Jobs theatre in Cupertino and will start at 10 a.m. PT/ 1 p.m. ET. While the company is … Read more

As IBM and AMD look to regain ground after falling behind on the generative AI boom, the move could position them as key infrastructure players in a future where quantum and AI converge.

Translate is also getting new live capabilities to make it easier to communicate in real-time with a person speaking a different language.

Viewers have the opportunity to hype up to three videos per week for a favorite creator. This gives the video points, which helps it gain traction on a new, ranked leaderboard.

Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions.

Before sixteen-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide, he had spent months telling ChatGPT about his plans to end his life.

A security researcher mapped TeslaMate servers that are publicly exposed to the internet, including sensitive Tesla vehicle data, such as their locations.

Skylight’s TikTok alternative adds community curators, custom feeds, and live content.

The launch comes a week after TikTok rolled out a nearly-identical feature.

Google says that it’s behind the anonymous AI image editor “nano-banana” that’s been making waves on social media.

This vision care startup secures $20M Series A for 90-second prescription kiosk.

The deal will require Planetary to remove 115,000 metric tons of carbon by increasing the alkalinity of water flowing into the sea.

Spotify said that messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and that Spotify proactively looks at messages to check if they break its rules.

Instead, a jury awarded plaintiffs $242.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz is burning cash to shape policy on the Hill.

The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 485 applications from across 27 countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, UAE, UK, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam has culminated in the largest startup pitch competition … Read more

Bounce publicly debuts a tool that will let you move your account between open social networks like Bluesky and Mastodon.

NotebookLM’s Video Overviews now supports 80 languages, including French and Spanish.