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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…

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 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…

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…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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…

Apple has introduced a US leasing program that lets eligible customers make monthly payments on an iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple Watch before returning, upgrading or purchasing the device at…

Baidu has begun testing its Apollo Go autonomous vehicles in London through a partnership with Lyft and its European mobility platform, Freenow. The first tests started on July 28 with…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has rejected claims that his company supports a US ban on open-weight AI models, including systems developed in China. He said Anthropic has never advocated for…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has warned that companies could lose control of their institutional knowledge if they depend entirely on proprietary AI providers. He said businesses should retain their prompts,…

Thea Energy has received a $20 million award from the US Department of Energy to establish domestic production lines for modular high-temperature superconducting magnets. The components will support the company’s…

Microsoft has introduced its first AI model built specifically for cybersecurity alongside Project Perception, a platform that coordinates teams of agents to identify, assess and fix security weaknesses. The company…

Three Apple customers have sued the company after allegedly losing more than $1.8 million in Bitcoin through a fraudulent cryptocurrency wallet downloaded from the App Store. The complaint argues that…

Amazon has applied for US regulatory approval to operate a new constellation of up to 5,105 satellites that would connect compatible mobile phones directly from space. The company plans to…

Antares has raised $470 million to develop and deploy compact nuclear reactors for US military installations. The Series C consists of $370 million in equity and $100 million in debt,…