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Robotaxis are quickly gaining ground, largely thanks to Alphabet-backed Waymo, which announced in October that it was completing more than 100,000 paid rides for passengers per week. Waymo plans to enter new regions next year. And everything in the market is sure to intensify further as Tesla tries to begin mass-producing its own robotaxis in 2026.
Existing ride-hailing services are in for a period of disruption. Uber is one of those companies, and to give the company credit, it has been preparing for a fu
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Nothing released the Android 15-based Nothing OS 3.0's Open Beta 1 update for the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus three weeks ago, and it appears the testing has gone smoothly since the brand has released the stable update of Nothing OS 3.0 for the smartphone. The update brings a new lock screen customization page to the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus, along with new Clock face styles. It also adds an AI-powered... Read more ›
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It's weighs less than 15 pounds. It's 17 inches wide. And in June Elon Musk said it was "easily carried in a backpack. This product will change the world." And now, CNET reports: Calling all digital nomads and van-lifers: SpaceX's Starlink Mini is now available everywhere in the US. The small antenna costs $599 and requires a monthly subscription of either $50 or $165, depending on which plan you choose.... Read more ›
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If we dissolve acid-neutralizing rocks in the ocean, will it absorb more carbon dioxide? Climate ventures and philanthropic funders have been spending millions of dollars to find out, reports the Washington Post. "Researchers have been exploring this technology for the last five years, but over the last two months, at least a couple of start-ups have begun operation along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts." Planetary, a start-up based in Nova... Read more ›
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Robotaxis are quickly gaining ground, largely thanks to Alphabet-backed Waymo, which announced in October that it was completing more than 100,000 paid rides for passengers per week. Waymo plans to enter new regions next year. And everything in the market is sure to intensify further as Tesla tries to begin mass-producing its own robotaxis in 2026. Existing ride-hailing services are in for a period of disruption. Uber is one of... Read more ›
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When we looked into the future a year ago, we saw a period ahead full of exciting new AI gadgets, dealmaking at Netflix and trouble in a burgeoning corner of the retail world. But even the best clairvoyants don’t always get it right, and our crystal ball clearly was picking up some static interference when we gazed through it last year. Still, we were pretty correct about that retail guess,... Read more ›
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A Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday morning, killing the driver and injuring several bystanders, contained gasoline and other fuel canisters and large firework mortars, Las Vegas police said. The findings, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk ... Read more ›
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Benefits startup Level has told its clients that it is shutting down after an effort to sell the company fell through, marking another abrupt closure of a fintech that has left users in the lurch. Level, which was founded in 2018 and raised a $27 million Series A round in 2021 led by Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, told the companies offering its benefits plans that they would need... Read more ›
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Here’s a deal scoop to wrap up the year: RetailNext, a 17-year-old startup that sells smart cameras to bricks-and-mortar retailers for measuring foot traffic, sold earlier this month to multistage investment firm Battery Ventures, people familiar with the matter said. The transaction might sound small, but it could have bigger implications for what’s to come in venture-backed mergers and acquisitions.Battery’s private equity arm paid between $100 million and $200 million... Read more ›
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Databricks and Snowflake, already embroiled in a fierce rivalry over software that manages companies’ data, are now jockeying for position in generative artificial intelligence—particularly AI that helps businesses search their own data. Those goals have led both companies to consider buying the same startups. In recent weeks, representatives from Databricks and Snowflake have talked to the leaders of Voyage AI, a year-old startup both companies backed, about a potential acquisition,... Read more ›
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The Information’s readers spent a lot of time this year on Elon Musk. And on the artificial intelligence wars. They were early to what’s happening at Apple, too—a foldable phone!—and displayed a deep interest in how tech and politics are increasingly colliding. Read more ›
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At the moment, TikTok is fighting for survival. The Chinese-owned app has been locked in a monthslong legal battle over a law that will ban it in the U.S. on Jan. 19 if it hasn’t cut ties with its parent company, ByteDance. The entire drama is headed for a final showdown next week, with the company planning to argue for its existence in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. But... Read more ›
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While the rest of us were recovering from heavy Christmas dinners and too much time with relatives, Chinese quant trading firm High-Flyer Capital Management dropped the latest update on Thursday to DeepSeek, its open-weight large language model. Senior researchers at American firms including OpenAI and Meta Platforms almost immediately started investigating the Chinese rival’s technology and its claims about what little hardware it took to produce the model.High-Flyer says it... Read more ›
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In many ways, artificial intelligence defined 2024. Nvidia’s perch as the dominant seller of the graphics processing units that power much of AI propelled it past $3 trillion in market capitalization, making it the world’s second most valuable company as of Dec. 27, trailing only Apple. Despite a growing legion of rivals and would-be rivals (see our AI Chip Database), Nvidia’s sales actually grew faster than those of Advanced Micro... Read more ›
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