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Waymo is allowing teenagers ages 13 to 17 to use its fully autonomous robotaxi service in Nashville, making the city its second market with teen accounts after Phoenix. The Alphabet-owned…

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 5.5, its latest model for coding and knowledge work, with higher performance, lower prices and faster output than Opus 5. The company says the model…

New research from cybersecurity firm SpyCloud found that password-stealing malware exposed credentials linked to 1,787 organizations across the U.S. water sector, creating potential access points for hackers. At least 250…

Noble Carbon has developed smart circuit breakers that can make it possible to install EV chargers, heat pumps and induction stoves without replacing a home’s electrical panel. The breakers adjust…

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge plans to put its in-house AI system in control of a spacecraft in 2027, reducing its dependence on commands from flight controllers on Earth. The company…

TikTok USDS Joint Venture has joined Lantern, a cross-platform child safety program that allows participating technology companies to securely share signals linked to harmful behavior and content. The U.S. TikTok…

Breakthrough Energy has selected its sixth group of early-stage climate technology companies as it prepares for a sharp increase in global electricity demand. The new Fellows work on technologies ranging…

A new Data & Society report examines why opposition to AI data centers is growing in Pennsylvania, pointing to concerns about electricity costs, property values, environmental effects, local decision-making and…

Meta has signed an agreement with plastics recycling startup MacroCycle that will help finance its first commercial plant in the U.S. The deal gives Meta rights to environmental attribute credits…

Ron Johnson, the former Apple executive who helped build the company’s retail business, believes AI will change how people research products but will not eliminate the need for physical stores.…

OpenAI has helped establish an independent advisory group of mathematicians to review how AI-generated mathematical discoveries are evaluated, communicated and released. The group arrives after criticism from prominent mathematicians over…

Meta’s new Muse app is growing faster than ChatGPT did during its first days on mobile, according to estimates from market intelligence firm Apptopia. When comparing only iOS downloads in…

Kairos Power has selected Samsung C&T to help build its 50-megawatt Hermes 2 demonstration reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the nuclear startup works toward supplying its first power under…

Amazon has blocked Meta’s Muse AI assistant from making purchases on its marketplace, telling users that access by an unauthorized AI agent violates its Conditions of Use. The restriction surfaced…

X is expanding its transparency tools to tell users when their posts or accounts have been shown to fewer people because the platform is complying with local laws. The update…

Smart ring maker Oura is seeking to raise as much as $2.2 billion in its initial public offering, but most of the money from the deal will go to existing…

Tabby is building an AI-powered bookkeeping platform designed to replace much of the software and manual work small businesses typically use to manage their finances. Fourteen months after launch, the…

Google has opened preorders for its new Googlebook, an $899 laptop designed around Gemini AI and a desktop version of Android rather than traditional ChromeOS. First introduced in May, the…

Corridor has raised $25 million in seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures to build an AI-powered health benefits brokerage for small businesses. The startup pairs human advisors with AI…

AI companies developing world models are attracting substantial funding while revealing relatively little about how they plan to turn the technology into businesses. Two prominent players, Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs…