Technology

Waymo raises $16B to scale robotaxi fleet internationally

Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company, has raised $16 billion as it plans to grow its fleet of driverless taxicabs this year to more than a dozen new cities...

OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network

The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new name — again. After a legal...

Anduril has invented a wild new drone flying contest where jobs are the prize 

Palmer Luckey’s eyes light up, and he talks a mile a minute, when discussing his company’s new recruiting...

Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification

If your Gmail account doesn’t seem to be working properly today, you’re not alone. The official status dashboard for...

Sources: project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes

Some of the team responsible for maintaining SGLang, a popular open-source tool used by companies like xAI and...

November & December at the National Museum of Industrial History: Spotlight on Hard-to-Find Manual Machinists and Experienced Equipment Mechanics

As the year winds down, cultural institutions across the United States prepare special programming to engage communities and honor overlooked legacies. Among them, the...

How Luminar’s doomed Volvo deal helped drag the company into bankruptcy

In early 2023, Luminar was riding high. After going public during the pandemic and scoring a key deal with Volvo, the company had added...

Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip-smuggling rumors swirl

Nvidia is allegedly testing software that can track the location of its AI chips as reports of its chips being smuggled into China are...

Where Industry Meets Autumn Beauty: Exploring Shenandoah Valley’s Colonial Dams and Fall Foliage Trails

Every fall, the Shenandoah Valley, located just a few hours near the DC area, transforms into a breathtaking mosaic of red, gold, and amber....

Netflix co-CEO reportedly discussed Warner Bros. deal with Trump

Will Netflix’s $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. get approval from federal regulators? While Paramount was assumed to be the frontrunner to acquire the...

Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has asked Waymo for more information about its self-driving system and operations following reports from the Austin School...