Waymo Robotaxi Honking Problem Lingers for San Francisco Building Residents
Waymo’s robotaxi depot in San Francisco continues to disturb nearby residents with overnight honking, despite the company’s efforts to address the issue. The honking originally stemmed from a safety feature…
Gogoro Postpones India Plans, Begins Bike-Taxi Trial with Rapido
Gogoro has delayed its expansion plans in India due to ongoing policy uncertainty, particularly regarding the Indian government’s anticipated battery-swapping incentive scheme. Despite this, the Taiwanese electric two-wheeler manufacturer has…
Google AI Scraping Puts Online Publishers in a Difficult Position
Online publishers are grappling with a critical decision: permit Google to scrape their content for AI-generated search answers or risk losing visibility in search engine results. This dilemma comes on…
Runway ML Launches Gen-3 Alpha Turbo for Faster AI Videos
Runway ML has officially launched Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, the latest iteration of its AI video generation model, which boasts a remarkable sevenfold increase in speed and a 50% reduction in…
China’s AI Detects Secret Radar Links Between South China Sea, Alaska, and Guam
China’s military has publicly revealed that its artificial intelligence (AI) system for electronic warfare has detected coordinated radar signals across the South China Sea, Guam, the Marshall Islands, and the…
UK Approves Amazon for Prime Air Drone Delivery Trial
Amazon is set to participate in a new trial in the United Kingdom to expand the use of drones for commercial deliveries. The country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that…
Alibaba Earnings Fall Short as Cloud Business Shows Growth
Alibaba reported lower-than-expected earnings for the June 2024 quarter, missing both top- and bottom-line expectations as it continues to struggle with challenges in its core e-commerce business. Despite ongoing efforts…
Pixel 9 Launch in India Comes with Major Hurdles for Google
Google has announced the launch of its Pixel 9 series in India, marking a significant move in one of the world’s largest smartphone markets. The new series includes Google’s first…
X’s New AI Image Generator Sparks Controversy with Taylor Swift and Kamala Harris Depictions
xAI’s new Grok chatbot, integrated with Elon Musk’s X social network, now allows users to create images from text prompts and publish them directly on the platform. However, the rollout…
Eric Schmidt Sees Nvidia as the Big Winner in AI Market
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, recently identified Nvidia as a key player in the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape, highlighting the company’s dominant position in the market for AI data…
Huawei Set to Release AI Chip to Rival Nvidia Amid U.S. Sanctions
Huawei is reportedly set to launch a new artificial intelligence chip, the Ascend 910C, in a move that challenges Nvidia’s dominance in the AI chip market, despite ongoing U.S. sanctions.…
Tencent-Backed Airwallex Reaches $500 Million in Sales, Eyes IPO Readiness
Airwallex, a payments startup backed by Tencent, has reached a significant milestone with an annual revenue run rate of $500 million. CEO and co-founder Jack Zhang revealed the company’s aim…
Black Forest Labs Powers Elon Musk’s Controversial AI Image Generator
Elon Musk’s AI image-generation feature, Grok, has sparked controversy with its lack of safeguards, allowing users to create and share potentially misleading or explicit images directly on the X platform.…
Foxconn Surpasses Profit Expectations Amid AI Server Boom
Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer and a key supplier for Apple, reported a stronger-than-expected 6% increase in quarterly net profit, fueled by the surging demand for AI servers.…
Tencent’s Profit Soars 82% as Gaming Division Drives Growth
Tencent, the Chinese tech giant, reported an 82% surge in its quarterly profit, driven by accelerated growth in its key gaming division. The company surpassed both revenue and profit expectations…
Singapore’s Syfe Secures $27M to Accelerate Growth in Key Markets
Singapore-based investment platform Syfe has secured $27 million in a Series C funding round to accelerate its growth across the Asia Pacific region, focusing on expanding its services in Singapore,…
Safari, Chrome, Firefox Vulnerable to New Security Threat
A critical security flaw has been identified in three of the most widely used web browsers—Apple’s Safari, Google’s Chrome, and Mozilla’s Firefox—posing a significant risk of data breaches. The vulnerability,…
Google Introduces AI-Powered Features at Made by Google 2024 Event
Google’s recent Made by Google 2024 event introduced several AI-driven features for its Pixel 9 devices, though some of these innovations might have flown under the radar amidst the numerous…
Apple Wins Confidentiality Battle in India’s Antitrust Case
India’s antitrust authority, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), has taken the rare step of recalling two investigative reports concerning Apple’s alleged breaches of competition law. This move follows a…
Reliance, Disney Seek Faster Merger Approval with Channel Sales in India
Reliance Industries and Walt Disney have reportedly offered to sell a portion of their television channels to expedite antitrust approval for their proposed $8.5 billion merger of media assets in…