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Waymo Uses DoorDash Drivers To Close Doors On Stranded Self-Driving Cars

A Small Problem That Stops The Cars Waymo’s autonomous vehicles now carry passengers in six cities, but the cars can be stopped by a simple issue if a rider leaves…

Pinterest Compares Search Volume To ChatGPT After Missing Fourth Quarter Estimates

Earnings Miss And Executive Comparison Pinterest reported weaker than expected results for the fourth quarter, and during the earnings call chief executive Bill Ready compared the platform’s search activity to…

IBM Plans To Triple Entry-Level Hiring In The U.S. In 2026 Despite AI Automation Claims

Hiring Plan Announced At Industry Event IBM plans to triple entry-level hiring in the United States in 2026, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The company’s chief human resources officer, Nickle…

Musk Urges Engineers To Join xAI With Vision Of Moon-Based Mass Drivers And Space Computers

Recruitment Message After Restructuring Elon Musk said on Wednesday that people should join xAI “if the idea of mass drivers on the Moon appeals to you,” following a restructuring that…

YouTube Launches Native VisionOS App For Apple Vision Pro After Two Years

App Arrival And Background YouTube has released a dedicated app for the Apple Vision Pro, ending a two year period in which the company relied on a web based experience…

Security Conferences Remove Vincenzo Iozzo From Review Boards After Epstein Records Resurface

Removal From Conference Sites Vincenzo Iozzo is no longer listed on the websites of Black Hat and Code Blue, two major cybersecurity conferences, after records connected to the late financier…

WP Engine Expands Lawsuit With New Claims Against Mullenweg And Automattic

Amended Complaint And New AllegationsWeb hosting company WP Engine has filed an amended complaint in its lawsuit against WordPress co founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com,…

Trump Administration Moves To Repeal EPA Finding That Classified Greenhouse Gases As A Public Health Risk

Repeal Of The 2009 Endangerment Finding The Trump administration on Thursday moved to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding, which had determined that greenhouse gases such as carbon…

Spotify Says Top Developers Now Rely On AI And Ship Features Without Writing Code

Earnings Call Comments On AI Use Spotify said this week that some of its best developers “have not written a single line of code since December,” according to comments from…

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark And Ties It To Cerebras Hardware For Faster Inference

New Lightweight Codex Model OpenAI on Thursday announced a lightweight version of its agentic coding tool Codex, releasing GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark as a smaller model designed for faster inference. The company said…

Coupang Data Breach Dispute Draws U.S. Investors Into Arbitration With South Korea

From Security Probe To Investor Dispute Coupang’s data breach in South Korea has expanded from a regulatory investigation into a dispute involving U.S. investors and the South Korean government. The…

Apple Buys Rights To Severance And Moves Production In House

Acquisition And Deal Terms Apple has acquired the intellectual property and all rights to its series “Severance” from its original studio, Fifth Season, according to a report by Deadline. The…

FTC Questions Apple Over Alleged Bias In Apple News Content Curation

Letter From The FTC Chair The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has raised concerns about claims that Apple is censoring conservative content on the Apple News app. In a letter to…

Ring Ends Flock Safety Partnership After Privacy Scrutiny And Super Bowl Ad Backlash

Decision To Cancel The Deal Amazon’s Ring said it will not proceed with a partnership with Flock Safety, ending an agreement announced in October that would have linked Ring devices…

Robot Makers Race To Build Hands That Match Human Dexterity

Early Prototypes And Current Designs Robot hands built from wood, springs, and rubber bands marked the first experiments at Shadow Robot in the late 1990s, according to company director Rich…

U.S. Inflation Slows In January As Energy And Used Car Prices Decline

January Inflation Data Inflation in the United States eased last month as lower prices for energy and used cars pulled the headline rate down. The Department of Labor said the…

Microsoft Issues Fixes For Actively Exploited Windows And Office Zero-Day Flaws

Fixes For Actively Exploited FlawsMicrosoft has released security updates for Windows and Office to address vulnerabilities that the company said are being actively abused by hackers to break into computers.…

Uber Eats Launches Cart Assistant To Speed Up Grocery Shopping With AI

Feature Launch And AvailabilityUber Eats on Wednesday announced a new AI feature called Cart Assistant that is designed to help customers fill grocery carts more quickly, and the company said…

Apple Delays Rollout Of AI-Powered Siri Features Again, Bloomberg Reports

Revised Timeline For Siri Updates Apple’s plans for a redesigned, AI-powered version of Siri have been pushed back again, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The new version…

OpenAI Disbands Mission Alignment Team And Names Former Leader Chief Futurist

Team Disbanded And ReassignmentsOpenAI has disbanded a team that was created to communicate the company’s mission to the public and to its own employees, and the company confirmed to TechCrunch…