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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk now spends nearly half of his earnings-call remarks discussing artificial intelligence, Full Self-Driving, robotaxis and robotics, according to an analysis by TechCrunch and financial research…

Apple is seeking a preliminary injunction that would prevent OpenAI and two former Apple employees from using or disclosing trade secrets allegedly taken from the iPhone maker. Apple argues that…

Spotify has passed 300 million paying subscribers for the first time as the streaming company continues expanding beyond music and investing in AI-powered features. Monthly active users reached 777 million…

India has introduced legislation that could allow merchants to be charged for some transactions made through the Unified Payments Interface, ending part of the zero-fee policy in place since 2020.…

Runware has introduced the Sonic Inference Pod, a transportable data centre designed to add AI computing capacity faster than conventional facilities. Each 20-foot unit provides one megawatt of power, contains…

Endeavor Optical Networks has emerged from stealth with $10.75 million in seed funding to develop a satellite network that would transfer data between continents using lasers. The startup plans to…

Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire spreadsheet and database software company Airtable for $1.285 billion in cash, marking its first purchase since listing on Nasdaq in July. The transaction is…

Snap chief executive Evan Spiegel did not disclose preorder demand for the company’s $2,195 Specs augmented reality glasses when investors questioned him during its second-quarter earnings call. Instead, he said…

Palantir chief executive Alex Karp has warned companies that major AI model developers could eventually use customer data, prompts and business knowledge to compete with them. He argued that enterprises…

Superblocks has signed a multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services to let companies build AI-generated internal applications inside their own AWS environments. The arrangement is designed to prevent company data,…

Autonomous AI agents cannot currently be prosecuted as people under US hacking laws, but the companies that develop and test them could face civil claims if their systems gain unauthorised…

Intelligence, the company behind Design Arena, has raised $7.9 million in seed funding to expand its platform for evaluating AI-generated visual content through human feedback. Index Ventures led the round,…

OpenAI has faced online criticism after hosting its first reported influencer retreat at a luxury property in upstate New York. The event, called Summer Club, combined lessons about OpenAI products…

Apple has filed another legal challenge against a UK government order seeking access to encrypted iCloud backups belonging to British users. The company submitted its complaint to the Investigatory Powers…

Outernet has launched an app that helps users save events, restaurants and other places they discover online, then organise them into activities they can complete offline. Co-founders Danielle Egan and…

Base Power has raised $1 billion in Series D funding at a $13 billion post-money valuation as it expands its network of residential batteries. The Austin-based company also introduced Base…

Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 has raised $250 million in Series E funding at a valuation exceeding $2 billion, more than tripling its $650 million valuation from roughly a year earlier. Returning…

Enterprise AI startup June has emerged from stealth with $20 million in pre-seed funding to help large companies deploy AI agents across complex software systems. The round was led by…

Apple is reportedly struggling to maintain supplies of the MacBook Air as the global memory chip shortage spreads to its most popular computer. Delivery estimates for some models have slipped…

A Mozilla Foundation investigation found major differences in how six popular period tracking apps handle reproductive health and identifying data. Stardust was the only app found sending detailed health information…