Waymo Robotaxis Leave Uber’s Phoenix App as Three-Year Partnership Ends
Waymo robotaxis are no longer available through Uber in Phoenix, ending the companies’ nearly three-year deployment in the city. The vehicles assigned to the program have returned to Waymo’s Phoenix…
California Secures 50% Claude Discount for State and Local Government Agencies
California has entered into an agreement with Anthropic that gives state agencies, cities and counties access to Claude at a 50% discount. The arrangement also includes free workforce training, technical…
Samsung and SK Hynix Plan $518 Billion Memory Chip Expansion in South Korea
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to invest about 800 trillion won, or $518 billion, to build four memory chip fabrication plants in southwestern South Korea. The projects form part…
Arena Reaches $100 Million Annualized Revenue Eight Months After Commercial Launch
Arena has reached $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue eight months after launching its commercial AI evaluation service. The company grew from a UC Berkeley research project into a business…
Cursor Launches iOS App for Managing Coding Agents From a Phone
Cursor has released a mobile app that lets developers launch, monitor and direct AI coding agents from an iPhone. The public beta arrives shortly after SpaceX agreed to acquire Cursor’s…
U.S. Permitting Delays Put 92 GW of Clean Energy Projects at Risk
Federal permitting delays and funding withdrawals could disrupt 92 gigawatts of planned U.S. clean energy capacity as electricity demand rises, according to Wood Mackenzie. The affected wind, solar and storage…
Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Protections to Geofence Location Data
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement access to a person’s Google location history qualifies as a search under the Fourth Amendment. The 6-3 decision establishes that cellphone…
WhatsApp Opens Username Reservations Ahead of Wider Launch
WhatsApp has opened reservations for usernames, allowing users to prepare for a feature that will let them connect without sharing their phone numbers. The Meta-owned messaging service will introduce usernames…
Rocket Lab Agrees to Acquire Iridium in $8 Billion Satellite Deal
Rocket Lab has agreed to acquire satellite communications operator Iridium for approximately $8 billion, expanding the launch provider into satellite network operations and communications services. The proposed cash-and-stock transaction values…
Proception Raises $11 Million After Settling Tesla Trade Secrets Lawsuit
Proception has raised $11 million in seed funding and started shipping its first ProHand robotic hands to researchers and robotics companies. The funding follows the startup’s settlement of a trade…
Pocket Raises $11 Million as Demand Grows for Dedicated AI Recorders
Pocket has raised $11 million to expand its credit card-sized AI recorder, which captures in-person conversations and converts them into transcripts, summaries and action items. Accel led the funding, with…
Flipper Devices Launches Busy Bar to Block Distractions and Display Work Status
Flipper Devices, the company behind the Flipper Zero electronic multitool, is moving into workplace productivity with a new device designed to block distracting apps, run focus timers and show when…
Omen AI Raises $31 Million to Monitor Data Centre Cooling Fluids
Omen AI has raised $31 million to expand a real-time fluid-monitoring system designed to prevent contamination and equipment failures inside liquid-cooled AI data centres. Nava Ventures led the Series A…
California Law Bans Louder Ads on Streaming Services Starting July 1
Streaming advertisements in California can no longer be louder than the programmes they accompany under a new law taking effect on July 1. The measure extends commercial-volume protections that already…
Asian Markets Slide as Investors Reassess AI and Technology Valuations
Asian stock markets fell sharply on Friday as investors sold technology and semiconductor shares following months of strong gains driven by enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. South Korea experienced some of…
South Korea Announces $576 Billion Chip and AI Investment Drive
South Korea has announced more than $576 billion in planned semiconductor and artificial intelligence investments as it seeks to increase production capacity and spread advanced industries beyond the Seoul metropolitan…
