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With the highest global usage of Gemini for learning, India is emerging as a key market shaping Google's approach to AI in education.

A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched yesterday, and a Sequoia partner has an interesting take on why they stand out.

Energy storage products like the Megapack, Megablock, and Powerwall drove

Spotify users can now share the podcasts, playlists, and audiobooks they're listening to with up 10 people.

The new security feature makes it more difficult for police and malicious hackers to obtain a person's precise location data from a cell phone company.

When you're walking around and navigating with Maps, you can now ask Gemini questions like "What neighborhood am I in?" or "What are top-rated restaurants nearby?"

The child, whose age is not known, sustained minor injuries according to Waymo. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating.

The $250 million Series B was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital.

Halide also released a public preview of its up coming app Halide Mark III.

Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and editorial recommendations. The company announced on Thursday that it’s now making the tool available to other streaming platforms in an effort to help address the rise of AI and fraudulent streams, as well […]

The reported financial losses follow a series of layoffs at the VR unit.

Mark Zuckerberg says 2026 will be "a big year for delivering personal super intelligence."

The new rules apply to nuclear reactors built on Department of Energy property, which includes several currently being developed by startups.

Microsoft, one of OpenAI's major investors, is benefiting greatly from the AI lab's growth.

The company will stop making the pioneering EVs in the second quarter of 2026, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday.

Take Zuckerberg's outlook with a grain of salt. After all, he thought we'd all be hanging out in the metaverse by now.

Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.

Elon Musk says X will begin identifying "manipulated media" but doesn't share details.

paceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a 2026 IPO that could provide the reset the market needs.  The company just completed a tender offer at an $800 billion valuation, and secondary market demand is through the roof. If SpaceX goes public anywhere near its rumored $1.5 trillion valuation, it could trigger an IPO cascade for other late-stage unicorns like OpenAI, Stripe, and Databricks.  Watch as Equity host Rebecca Bellan […]

Outtake makes an agentic cybersecurity platform to help enterprises detect identity fraud. Its angel investors are a who's who.

The company's sales fell for a second year in a row despite CEO Elon Musk spending years promising 50% annual growth.

ServiceNow partners with Anthropic just a week after announcing a partnership with OpenAI as the company takes a multi-model approach.

An unidentified bidder submitted a Hail Mary offer that was "substantially higher" than the winning bid at auction. Founder Austin Russell has been circling a bid, but it's not clear he was behind it.

WhatsApp plans to charge developers of AI chatbots per message.

The organic kids' snack food company may debut as soon as next week. It has issued a price range for shares, an SEC filing shows.

The deal is structured as an acquihire of nine key Cleanlab's researchers.

Google Chrome is adding Gemini in sidebar and is rolling out an agentic feature for AI Pro and Ultra users

Patreon isn’t happy about Apple’s new subscription billing mandate, arguing Apple’s shifting rules create uncertainty for creators.

30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a US company.

SpaceX eyes June for IPO to align with Musk's birthday and the planets.

Apple’s Creator Studio Pro leverages AI to help creators with tedious tasks—like finding clips or building slides—without trying to do the work for them

The investigation is looking into a January 17 crash where a Zoox robotaxi hit the driver's side door of a parked car, which Zoox said was "suddenly opened."

How do you build tooling for the AI software stack? A company called Modelence has an interesting answer.

Once symbolic of a mid-2010s San Francisco tech bro, Allbirds is cutting costs to "support the long-term health of the business."