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The collaboration will integrate Pony’s self-driving software into Stellantis’s electric medium-size van platform, which is built with advanced sensors to support autonomous vehicles.

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WhatsApp is testing a way to limit number of messages someone can sending in a month without getting a response to limit spam

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All practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix will be available to Apple TV subscribers.

Austin Russell was replaced in May following an ethics inquiry, but now he wants to use his new AI lab to buy Luminar.

50 fashion brands are launching their shoppable worlds for VLGE's World Fashion Week, founder Evelyn Mora says.

All staff employed by SK Telecom's new AI division are being offered a voluntary retirement program as part of a broader effort to bring together its various AI-related divisions, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.

Meta on Friday previewed its upcoming parental control features for teens’ conversations with AI characters on its platforms. The features, which will be rolled out next year, include the ability to block certain characters and monitor conversation topics. Starting in the coming months, parents will be able to turn off chats with AI characters entirely […]

Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. With this expansion, the feature is now available in countries like Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Italy. Users who have set one of these languages as their default, instead of English, can now […]

OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists' estate.

Archer prevailed in a competitive bidding process that included Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S. based Joby Aviation.

Ron Conway has been on the board of the Salesforce's philanthropic organization for 10 years.

Waymo has spent the past several years scaling up its robotaxi business. The partnership with DoorDash could mark a return to delivery.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.

Kayak is bringing AI directly to its main platform with a new “AI Mode” that lets travelers research, plan, and book trips through a built-in chatbot.

Where training sets were once scraped freely from the web or collected from low-paid annotators, companies are looking to proprietary training data as a competitive advantage.

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to log into the apps and will be automatically redirected to the Facebook website to access Messenger.

Google has invested in fusion startups as potential power suppliers. This latest move suggests Google sees them as potential customers, too.

"Loneliness is the biggest disease in the world right now," founder Francesco Vitali said. "So we built a platform where human time has value again, and a place where being human is important."

“The platforms that won were the ones that kept people scrolling the longest, not the ones that made them feel the most connected,”  Zehra Naqvi told TechCrunch. “Now there is an abundance of content but a scarcity of joy.”  

Deel says it's been profitable for three years and surpassed $1 billion in ARR, including having a month.

After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it’s now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through customizable loyalty, referrals, and account management tools.