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Elon Musk unveiled a fleet of prototype Robotaxis — officially called the Cybercab — on Thursday. Read more ›
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X has claimed that a group of advertisers were illegally colluding against it by choosing not to advertise on the platform. Read more ›
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In a memo to employees, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company was in a difficult position and taking steps toward restoration. Read more ›
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Prime Video remains committed to its expensive Tolkien adaptation—though there's still no official announcement about season three. Read more ›
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Microsoft is reportedly set to significantly expand Xbox Cloud Gaming's capabilities next month, introducing the ability for Xbox players to stream any of their purchased games. Read more Read more ›
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A retired homebuilder said the sliding door of his "hurricane-proof" home began to slip open during Hurricane Milton, but other effects were minimal. Read more ›
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The robots were interacting with guests at Tesla's big Cybercab event Thursday in L.A. Read more ›
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Illustration: The Verge Microsoft is planning to support the streaming of Xbox game libraries next month. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the company is getting ready to test the ability to stream games that you own that aren’t part of the existing Xbox Game Pass library. As part of a long-running project known as Project Lapland inside Microsoft, the software giant has been readying its Xbox... Read more ›
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Tesla has lots of hurdles to jump before launching driverless rides, but an overlooked barrier is car insurance. Read more ›
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Wall Street analysts were disappointed that Elon Musk didn't show off a cheaper car, and remain skeptical about the promised timeframes. Read more ›
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Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections No. 489 for Oct. 12. Read more ›
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In iOS 18.1, there is a new option to set a "Primary" email address in the Settings app, which means it is easier to change the main email address associated with your Apple Account. The Primary email address is the one that is visible to other people when collaborating on and sharing documents, sending calendar invites, and more. Apple did not previously make it easy to change an Apple Account... Read more ›
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An American tech fair in Moscow during the Cold War featured a robot vacuum secretly operated by remote control. Read more ›
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Just over six months after Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple abandoned its plans to release an electric vehicle, California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) canceled Apple's autonomous vehicle testing permit, according to macReports. The report states that the DMV received confirmation from Apple to cancel the permit on September 25, and the permit became canceled as of September 27. While this decision is not surprising given Gurman's reporting earlier... Read more ›
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Tesla looked to the past for design inspiration for its futuristic Robovan, whose exterior resembles Art Deco trains of the 1930s. Read more ›
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Apple sells two external displays, including the Pro Display XDR and the Studio Display, but neither has received hardware upgrades in years. In fact, the Pro Display XDR is nearly five years old, having been released all the way back in December 2019. Below, we recap rumors about potential next-generation Pro Display XDR and Studio Display monitors, but nothing seems to be imminent. Pro Display XDR Released alongside the 2019... Read more ›
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The second-gen Samsung Freestyle is still at its lowest-ever price of $598 in this remaining Prime Day deal. Read more ›
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Hurricanes flatten some homes while others just next door survive the storm. Experts say garage doors, windows, and roofs can make or break a house. Read more ›
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Truly great offers are rarer and rarer these days, especially direct from carriers, but today we have one exception for you. You can now get the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from Verizon for effectively $0. If you get an eligible plan (Unlimited Welcome, Unlimited Plus, or Unlimited Ultimate), regardless of whether you're an existing customer or a new one, you can benefit from this offer. The way it works is... Read more ›
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Earlier this year, Aravind Srinivas’ phone rang. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, wanted to dish with Srinivas—CEO of Perplexity, an artificial intelligence–powered search engine startup—on the biggest competitor they had in common: Google. Days earlier, Google had announced several upgrades to Gemini, its generative AI model, and Nadella wanted to know: Was Srinivas impressed with how much text Gemini could handle in a single prompt? How did the capabilities of OpenAI,... Read more ›
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Cerebras Systems, a $4 billion-valuation semiconductor designer taking on Nvidia, stands out as one of the few tech startups aiming to list its shares publicly this year, trying to capitalize on investor interest in hardware that powers artificial intelligence. What may dampen some of the fervor is another unusual detail: Its co-founder and CEO, Andrew Feldman, was convicted for an accounting fraud felony nearly two decades ago. Read more ›
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An overriding question for artificial intelligence developers is whether they can generate enough revenue to offset the high costs of compute and talent. But their own AI helpers can also cut costs. Daniela Amodei, co-founder and president of model developer Anthropic, said the startup’s developers have been using its Claude chatbot to help them code. It can’t fully replace engineers and needs “some coaching,” but many Anthropic developers have dramatically... Read more ›
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Marketing software vendor HubSpot has struck a deal to buy Cacheflow, which sells a billing product for businesses, for roughly $100 million, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation. The acquisition, which could be announced as soon as Friday, will help HubSpot expand its ... Read more ›
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In September, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made waves when he announced a plan to sharply reduce the number of managers at the internet giant, partly to combat the bureaucracy creeping into its culture. It turns out Jassy’s plan will affect far fewer managers than some outside the company had expected. Amazon’s efforts to cut back the number of managers at the company will apply only to its corporate employees, not... Read more ›
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OpenAI closed out its big week of fundraising news with a rather understated product announcement: the release of Canvas, a new ChatGPT interface that makes it easier for users to draft documents and code.That might not sound like a big deal. But it has bigger implications for the company’s position in the AI race and its relationship with its customers than you might think.With Canvas, users can open up a... Read more ›
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company would release Robotaxis costing less than $30,000 in 2026, though he stopped short of promising the vehicles would be fully autonomous, describing them as “highly optimized for autonomous transport.” Musk also said the company would sell $20,000 humanoid ... Read more ›
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The Amazon executive who oversaw its Just Walk Out cashierless checkout technology has left the company, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed. He is now the chief technology officer of the electric scooter and bike sharing company Lime, according to his LinkedIn profile. The executive, Jon Jenkins, ... Read more ›
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Attorneys general from 13 states and the District of Columbia sued TikTok on Tuesday, alleging that the company deliberately designed the app to be addictive to children. The lawsuits, which were filed separately in New York, the District of Columbia and 12 other states, are the latest in a ... Read more ›
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Sierra, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, is raising hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding led by growth-stage investor Greenoaks Capital, according to two people who have examined the deal. The new financing will at least triple the company’s valuation, which was $1 billion in a funding round in January, one of the people said, adding they expected the valuation to surpass $4... Read more ›
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