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FAA Clears SpaceX for Next Starship Test After May Booster Failure

The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceX to resume Starship test flights after closing its review of a Super Heavy booster failure during a May launch. SpaceX is targeting Thursday,…

LAPD Lets Flock Safety Contract Expire Over Privacy Concerns

The Los Angeles Police Department has allowed its three-year contract with license plate camera company Flock Safety to expire, citing concerns over privacy, civil liberties and data handling. The decision…

Uber and Waymo Clash Over Washington Robotaxi Rules

A proposed autonomous vehicle bill in Washington, D.C., has become a test of Uber’s wider robotaxi strategy, putting the ride-hailing company at odds with its partner Waymo. The bill would…

General Intuition Bets Video Game Data Can Train Physical AI

General Intuition chief executive Pim de Witte says embodied AI could follow the same shift that reshaped natural language processing after GPT-3. Instead of training narrow robotics models from large…

Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion Fund to Invest Beyond Crypto

Paradigm has raised a $1.2 billion fund to back companies building at what it calls the technical frontier. The new vehicle is the firm’s third venture fund and fourth fund…

Prime Intellect Raises $130 Million to Help Companies Build AI Agents

Prime Intellect has raised $130 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation, as demand grows for infrastructure that helps companies train and deploy their own AI agents.…

AssuranceAmerica Breach Exposes Driver’s License Data of 6.9 Million People

AssuranceAmerica has confirmed a data breach affecting the personal information and driver’s license numbers of 6.9 million people. The incident is the largest known exposure of Americans’ driver’s license data…

AI Startups Report Faster Revenue Milestones as Enterprise Demand Builds

AI startups are reporting unusually fast revenue growth as companies race to adopt generative AI, automation and AI infrastructure. Several startups say they are not only growing quickly, but also…

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures Raises $25 Million to Back Technical Founders

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures has closed a $25 million second fund to back technical founders building in AI infrastructure, security and developer tools. The early-stage firm was founded in 2023 by…

Apple Signs $30 Billion Broadcom Deal for U.S.-Made Wireless Chips

Apple has signed a multiyear agreement with Broadcom worth more than $30 billion to design and produce custom wireless connectivity chips in the United States. The deal will cover more…

Netflix Adds Publisher Videos as It Tests Shorter Viewing Formats

Netflix will add videos from major digital publishers to its streaming service starting August 3, as the company experiments with shorter content beyond its traditional TV and film catalogue. The…

Norm Raises $120 Million to Build AI-Native Legal Services

Norm Ai has raised $120 million in Series C funding, valuing the legal AI startup at $1.2 billion. The round was led by Khosla Ventures and brings the company’s total…

Bidbus Raises $15 Million to Expand Used-Car Dealer Marketplace

Bidbus has raised $15 million in Series A funding to expand its used-car marketplace beyond California and Texas. The Los Angeles-based startup lets car owners receive competing bids from dealerships…

U.S. Army Websites Defaced With Pro-Kurdish Messages

Two U.S. Army websites were taken down after their error pages were defaced with pro-Kurdish messages and insults aimed at President Donald Trump. The affected sites were linked to the…

Savi Security Raises $7 Million to Fight AI-Driven Scams

Savi Security has raised $7 million in seed funding and launched a consumer app designed to protect families from AI-powered scams across texts, emails, voicemails and phone calls. The round…

Forterra Deploys More Than 100 Autonomous Ground Vehicles in Ukraine

Forterra has deployed more than 100 autonomous ground vehicles in Ukraine over the past nine months, marking what the company believes is the largest combat deployment of autonomous ground vehicles…

Netflix’s Binge Model Faces Pressure as Viewers Shift to Shorter Video

Netflix helped reshape television by releasing full seasons at once, but new viewing data suggests that model may be losing some of its power. A recent Bloomberg report cited Netflix…

AI Ransomware Attack Still Needed Human Setup, Sysdig Says

Cloud security firm Sysdig says it has documented what it calls the first known case of “agentic ransomware,” but the attack was not fully human-free. The operation, tracked as JadePuffer,…

SK Hynix Plans $28 Billion U.S. Listing as AI Memory Demand Surges

SK Hynix is planning a U.S. share sale that could raise about $28 billion, giving American investors easier access to one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI infrastructure boom.…

Bookshop.org Says Kobo E-Reader Support Is Still Planned for This Year

Bookshop.org says support for Kobo e-readers is still expected to arrive later this year, after uncertainty over whether the long-promised integration had been delayed indefinitely. The update matters for Kobo…