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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.

According to Musk, Apple and OpenAI are colluding to stifle competition from other AI companies.

Exclusive: Hackers can take over the accounts of TheTruthSpy spyware customers, putting their victims’ private phone data at risk thanks to a new security flaw.

A Bay Area tech founder, Ethan Agarwal, says he’s running for California governor.

Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel episodes of AI psychosis. Many raised concerns about several tendencies that are unrelated to underlying capability, including models’ habit of praising and affirming the user’s question (often called sycophancy), issue constant follow-up questions, and use of “I,” “me” and “you” pronouns. 

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Robomart’s RM5 autonomous delivery robot can carry up to 50 pounds and deliver multiple customer orders at once.

The startup maps utility assets and collects data on electricity demand, which helps customers find locations ripe for upgrades or new equipment.

Apple is likely to debut a new curved glass design for the 20th anniversary iPhone in 2027

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The Indonesian startup, now backed by $16.7M in Series A funding, helps workers find full-time and side gigs while offering financial solutions

Meta’s former policy chief Nick Clegg seems to be walking a tightrope as he promotes his upcoming book, “How to Save the Internet.”

This is Netflix’s first time winning the domestic box office.

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Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 —  available on the open source platform Hugging Face.

OpenAI isn’t the only AI company looking to crack down on SPVs.

The former Adept CEO said he hopes to be “remembered more as “an AI research innovator” than a “a deal structure innovator.”

While Intel says the government is making an “$8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,”   the administration does not appear to be committing new funds.

Meta’s Chief AI Officer said that the company is partnering with Midjourney to license its AI image and video model technology.

In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn’t have the resources to make the substantial technical changes this type of law would require, and it raised concerns about the law’s broad scope and privacy implications.

Apple will let businesses configure ChatGPT enterprise access in the fall.

Such federal government ownership of a major corporation would mark a dramatic departure from long-standing U.S. policy.

TikTok isn’t making a comeback in India.

Apple promised a major revamp to Siri, but the company’s AI capabilities have lagged behind competitors.

The 10th Starship flight test will be a referendum on the company’s build-fly-fix approach.

Y Combinator is asking the court to deny Apple’s appeal. 

Beijing is reportedly urging Chinese companies to turn to domestic chips just weeks after Nvidia got the green light to sell in China again.

Joseph Sanberg is accused of falsely inflating revenue and fabricating a letter from Aspiration’s audit committee to obtain loans, which the startup ultimately defaulted on.

The thousands of trucks zipping along U.S. highways are often only about half full — something Oway wants to change with its ‘ride-share for freight’ software.