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SpaceX filing signals shift from terrestrial solar to orbital power in Musk’s plans

Elon Musk’s recent SpaceX IPO filing places heavy emphasis on space-based solar power and orbital data centers, suggesting a strategic pivot away from relying primarily on terrestrial solar and other…

NTSB briefly restricts docket access after AI-recreated cockpit audio surfaces

The National Transportation Safety Board temporarily removed public access to parts of its docket system after AI-generated reconstructions of cockpit audio from a UPS crash circulated online, the agency said.…

IBM partners with Scuderia Ferrari to use AI for personalised fan storytelling

IBM has partnered with Scuderia Ferrari HP to overhaul Ferrari’s fan app and use artificial intelligence to deliver personalised storytelling that keeps fans engaged year-round, company and team executives told…

Tech firms offer opt-in defenses as spyware targeting journalists and activists rises

Spyware attacks that target journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents have become common, and major tech companies now offer opt-in defense modes that change device behavior to reduce exposure…

SolarSquare nears $55–60M Series C at $450–500M valuation

SolarSquare is in advanced talks to raise $55–60 million in a Series C round that would value the rooftop solar startup between $450 million and $500 million, people familiar with…

Premium Bedside Clock Aims To Eliminate Bedtime Smartphone Distraction Via On Device Content Pipelines

The consumer electronics sector is expanding its lineup of standalone bedside hardware designed to break user smartphone dependency before sleep. The $250 Dreamie smart sleep assistant, manufactured by technology startup…

Stellantis Partners With Wayve To Add Hands-Free Driving Technology By 2028

Stellantis has signed a commercial agreement with self-driving startup Wayve to introduce hands-free driving technology into its vehicles beginning in 2028, expanding the British company’s push into the global automotive…

Jensen Huang Says Nvidia’s New Vera CPU Opens $200 Billion AI Market

Jensen Huang said Nvidia’s new Vera CPU product could open a new $200 billion market opportunity for the company as it expands beyond its dominant position in GPUs and pushes…

Truecaller Launches Travel eSIM Service As Company Looks Beyond Advertising Revenue

Truecaller has launched a travel eSIM service for international travelers as the caller identification company expands beyond advertising revenue and searches for new subscription and service businesses following weaker financial…

Scammers Exploit Microsoft Alert Email Address To Send Spam And Fraud Messages

Scammers have spent months abusing a Microsoft notification system to send spam and fraudulent emails from an internal company address normally used for legitimate account alerts, according to reports from…

Maka Kids Raises $3 Million To Build Child-Focused Streaming Platform Without Algorithms Or Auto-Play

Maka Kids has raised $3 million in seed funding to expand a children’s streaming platform designed around developmental research rather than engagement metrics, as the startup positions itself as an…

Google Overhauls Flagship Search Engine With Autonomous Agents and Generative UI

Google unveiled a sweeping, artificial-intelligence-driven transformation of its core search engine during the annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The structural shift reengineers the traditional search input field into an…

Google Overhauls Gemini App With Daily Brief, Neural Expressive UI, And Autonomous Background Agents

Google transformed its standalone Gemini application into a centralized artificial intelligence hub during its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The comprehensive system update introduces a morning productivity summary module,…

Google Introduces Universal Cart And Autonomous Agent Payments At Annual Conference

Google introduced an artificial intelligence hub named Universal Cart alongside updates to its Agent Payments Protocol during its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The centralized commerce framework transitions digital…

Alphabet Introduces Continuous Background AI Agent Gemini Spark At Annual Developer Conference

Alphabet unveiled a cloud-based personal artificial intelligence agent named Gemini Spark during the annual Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The autonomous assistant utilizes Gemini 3.5 foundation models integrated with…

Google Workspace Integrates Native Voice Based Prompting Architecture Across Core Productivity Applications

Google introduced advanced conversational speech capabilities across its cloud-based Workspace productivity suite during its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The system update deploys native, voice-based prompting infrastructure directly into…

Google Introduces Antigravity Two Point Zero Agentic Coding Platform

Google distributed an updated iteration of its developer ecosystem named Google Antigravity 2.0 during its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The sovereign desktop software framework acts as an alternative…

Google Introduces Gemini Omni Multimodal World Model At Annual Developer Conference

Google unveiled a new family of natively multimodal artificial intelligence systems named Gemini Omni during its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The specialized architecture processes text, image, audio, and…

OpenAI Collaborates With Google To Implement Multi Layer AI Image Transparency Protections

OpenAI implemented a dual-layer media verification framework that integrates cryptographic metadata alongside an invisible digital watermark to identify artificial-intelligence-generated images. The organization announced the safety initiative on Tuesday, timing the…

Artificial Intelligence Researcher Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic Pre Training Division

Artificial intelligence researcher Andrej Karpathy, who co-founded OpenAI and previously directed automated driving vision systems at Tesla, has joined Anthropic. Karpathy announced his appointment via the social media platform X…