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Florida Plans to Use EV Charging Funds for Air Taxi Network

Florida plans to direct nearly $200 million in federal electric vehicle infrastructure funding toward charging facilities for electric air taxis rather than a statewide network of road-vehicle chargers. The proposal…

LinkedIn Adds Button for Flagging Suspected AI Slop

LinkedIn is introducing a “Seems like AI slop” button that lets users flag posts or comments they consider generic, inauthentic or excessively generated by AI. The feedback will help the…

Simile Raises $200 Million at $2 Billion Valuation

Simile has raised more than $200 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion post-money valuation, five months after announcing a $100 million Series A. The startup develops AI…

Spotify Lets Users Add Personal Notes to Playlist Tracks

Spotify has introduced User Notes, a feature that lets listeners attach personal captions to individual songs in their playlists. The notes can record why a track was added, where it…

Okta Acquires Permiso Security to Protect AI Agents and Machine Identities

Okta has agreed to acquire identity security startup Permiso Security as businesses deploy more AI agents, applications and other non-human identities across their operations. The companies did not disclose the…

Tesla Produces Its 10 Millionth Electric Vehicle

Tesla has produced its 10 millionth electric vehicle, reaching the manufacturing milestone about six years after completing its first million cars. The milestone vehicle was a black Model Y built…

CFS Funding and CFO Hire Raise Questions About a Future IPO

Commonwealth Fusion Systems has raised another $1 billion and appointed former Moderna finance chief Lorence Kim as its new chief financial officer. The developments have renewed speculation that the fusion…

Meta Uses AI to Speed Up Development of New Standalone Apps

Meta plans to launch more standalone consumer apps as large language models help its teams design, test and release software more quickly. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said new products were…

Netflix Secures Global Rights to the Entire Walking Dead Franchise

AMC Global Media has signed a multi-year licensing agreement that will bring all 371 episodes of The Walking Dead franchise to Netflix in additional markets. The five-year deal is reportedly…

Nscale Acquires Anyscale in Reported $1.65 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal

British AI cloud company Nscale has agreed to acquire Anyscale, adding software for managing large AI workloads to its data centre and GPU infrastructure business. The financial terms were not…

Waymo Restores Freeway Routes After Construction-Zone Recall

Waymo is gradually restoring freeway routes across its robotaxi network after software problems caused vehicles to enter highway areas closed for construction. The company began with Phoenix and said Los…

US Blocks New Foreign-Made Robots and Power Inverters Over Security Risks

The US Federal Communications Commission has restricted the approval of new foreign-produced humanoid robots, quadruped robots and connected power inverters, citing cybersecurity and supply-chain risks. The policy will mainly affect…

Google Expands Play Age Signals API Worldwide

Google is expanding its Play Age Signals API globally, giving Android developers a privacy-focused way to identify broad user age ranges and provide more appropriate app experiences. The technology is…

X Settles Advertiser Boycott Lawsuit With Global Trade Group

X and the World Federation of Advertisers have settled their legal dispute over allegations that major brands coordinated an illegal advertising boycott of Elon Musk’s social media platform. The settlement…

Martha Stewart Co-Founds AI App for Managing Homes

Martha Stewart has joined the founding team of Hint, an AI-powered app designed to help homeowners manage maintenance, household documents, energy use and insurance decisions. The free iPhone app launches…

Polar Raises $5.7 Million for AI Browser Built Around Knowledge Work

Polar has raised $5.7 million in seed funding for an AI browser designed to automate recurring work across sales, recruitment, marketing, research and business operations. Madrona led the round as…

Encore AI Raises $30 Million to Train Agents on Customer Conversations

Encore AI has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand a platform that studies customer conversations and turns successful employee behaviour into playbooks for AI agents. The startup’s…

DoorDash Launches Its Own Drone Delivery Business

DoorDash has launched an in-house drone delivery programme after receiving Part 135 air carrier certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Called DoorDash Air, the programme includes aircraft designed and…

Fast Metals Raises $4.3 Million to Extract Critical Minerals From Red Mud

Fast Metals has raised $4.3 million to scale a chemical process that extracts iron, aluminium, titanium and rare-earth elements from red mud, a caustic waste produced during alumina refining. The…

Pangram Raises $9 Million and Launches New AI Content Detectors

Pangram has raised $9 million to expand its tools for identifying AI-generated text and images. The New York-based startup also launched Pangram 4, its latest text detection model, alongside an…