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Waymo Launches Premier Membership For Frequent Robotaxi Riders

Waymo has launched Waymo Premier, a $29.99 monthly membership program that gives frequent robotaxi riders priority pickups, ride credits, free cancellations, and early access to service in some cities. The…

Pool Launches AI App To Organize Screenshots Into Searchable Collections

Pool has launched a new iOS app that uses AI to organize screenshots into searchable collections, helping users find saved recipes, products, travel ideas, quotes, and other items stored in…

Microsoft Signs Carbon Removal Deal With Alt Carbon For India Project

Microsoft has signed a three-year agreement to buy 36,920 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from Alt Carbon, marking the company’s first enhanced rock weathering deal in Asia. The…

DoorDash Launches Ask DoorDash AI Chatbot For Food, Grocery, And Reservation Searches

DoorDash has launched Ask DoorDash, a new AI chatbot that lets users search for food, groceries, and restaurant reservations using text prompts, recipe links, and photos. The company announced the…

Endurance Energy Raises $54 Million To Develop Ocean Geothermal Power

Endurance Energy has raised a $54 million Series A to develop geothermal power plants deep in the ocean, where founder Andrew Redd says large amounts of renewable baseload energy may…

South Korea Fines Coupang Over Data Breach Affecting Millions Of Customers

South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission has imposed a record fine of about 624 billion won, or more than $400 million, on Coupang after a data breach exposed the personal…

Anthropic Partners With TCS To Expand Claude Adoption Among Enterprises

Anthropic has partnered with Tata Consultancy Services to bring its AI models to more enterprise customers, with TCS creating a dedicated business unit focused on deploying Anthropic’s technology across major…

Opendoor Shuts India Operations As AI Reshapes Debate Over Offshore Work

Opendoor is shutting down its India operations less than two years after expanding in the country, placing the online home-buying company at the center of a debate over how AI…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says He Has Only One Direct Report

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has only one direct report at the AI company, according to a new interview with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang cited by TechCrunch. The structure leaves most of…

Former xAI Engineer Sues Company Over Claims He Was Fired After Raising Grok Safety Concerns

A former xAI engineer has sued xAI and its parent company SpaceX, claiming he was fired after raising concerns about AI safety while working on Grok, the company’s chatbot. Devin…

ShinyHunters Claims Breach Of Oracle PeopleSoft Servers At More Than 100 Organizations

ShinyHunters has claimed it hacked Oracle PeopleSoft servers at more than 100 organizations, many of them universities, according to a group member who spoke to TechCrunch. The alleged breaches were…

GM Plans Sodium-Ion Batteries For Energy Storage Market

General Motors is preparing a larger push into energy storage with a new sodium-ion battery chemistry aimed at stationary power systems, as demand grows from data centers, electrification, and grid…

Amazon Secures $17.5 Billion Loan As AI Infrastructure Spending Rises

Amazon has signed a deal to borrow about $17.5 billion from several financial lenders, adding to the company’s recent financing activity as major technology companies continue to fund large AI…

CrowdStrike Report Says North Korean Hackers Drove Nearly Half Of U.S. Tech Intrusions

CrowdStrike said North Korean hackers posing as remote IT workers and online recruiters accounted for 47% of all state-backed interactive intrusions targeting the technology sector during the period covered by…

Wing And Walmart Expand Drone Delivery To Seven More U.S. Cities

Wing, the Alphabet-owned drone delivery company, is expanding its Walmart partnership to seven more U.S. cities as both companies work toward a drone delivery network across more than 270 Walmart…

Netflix Expands Mobile App And Kids’ Games Across Asia-Pacific

Netflix is expanding its refreshed mobile app across Asia-Pacific and adding new children’s games through Netflix Playground. The company outlined the updates during its APAC Product Innovation Showcase, where it…

Ramp AI Index Shows Most Firms Still Spend More On Employees Than AI

Ramp says the heaviest AI users among U.S. businesses are spending thousands of dollars per employee each month on AI tools, tokens, APIs, and infrastructure. Even so, new data from…

Starlink India Rollout Faces Reported Pause Over Government Control Concerns

SpaceX may face new delays in bringing Starlink to India after officials reportedly paused parts of the rollout over concerns about whether the satellite internet service would follow local rules.…

Writer Research Finds AI Memory Tools Can Reduce Model Accuracy

Writer researchers have published new work showing that AI memory systems can make models more likely to agree with user mistakes and less likely to give accurate answers. The research…

Zest Launches AI Restaurant App Based On Real Dining Spend

Zest has launched a restaurant discovery app that uses credit card transaction data and AI to recommend places based on where users actually eat, drink, and get coffee. The startup…