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Uber said it is readying the launch of a separate autonomous vehicle partnership in the city, but did not name the partner.

As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival.

The world's two largest memory chip companies vow to build more memory lab fabs as South Korea positions itself as an AI tech powerhouse country.

The startup, which runs a popular free AI leaderboard, launched its commercial service just last September.

Cursor has launched a new mobile app for remote oversight over coding agents.

The Trump administration's moves threaten $121 billion in new solar and wind power, two energy sources that are the biggest contributors to new capacity in the U.S.

In addition, TIDAL will use automated tools to remove AI-generated music that attempts to impersonate an artist or a group, the company said.

The Supreme Court's decision to limit geofence warrants is a win for privacy advocates, who called their use unconstitutional but sought an outright ban.

WhatsApp username can be between 3 to 35 characters.

The all-stock deal values Iridium at $8 billion and gives Rocket Lab even more firepower to compete against Amazon and SpaceX.

The startup, Proception, is taking a unique approach to collecting training data to tackle one of the hardest problems in robotics: hands.

Pocket sells a $129 credit card-shaped puck, which sticks to the back of your phone, and promises unlimited recordings, transcriptions, and to-do items.

The company's productivity-focused gadget helps you set timers, block apps, and display custom messages and widgets on an LED display.

Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to monitor chip coolant and stop bacterial outbreaks in data centers.

Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter.

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