Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that she has resigned from her role leading OpenAI’s robotics team. Her decision came in response to OpenAI’s controversial agreement with the Department of Defense. Kalinowski stated that this was not an easy decision.…
OpenAI has delayed the launch of its “adult mode” feature for ChatGPT. This feature is intended to give verified adult users access to erotica and other adult content. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, first announced the feature in October. He…
David Barnett has learned a great deal since first launching PopSockets over a decade ago. As the story goes, the former philosophy professor was simply looking for an easier way to manage his headphone cord. That search led him to…
Retail investors have long been excluded from the startup investment world. Robinhood is trying to change that by offering the public a chance to invest in a selection of promising private companies. The company has created the Robinhood Ventures Fund…
Nintendo filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on Friday over its collection of tariffs from global businesses. The gaming giant is seeking a refund for any duties it paid due to President Donald Trump’s executive orders that invoked the…
X is testing a new advertisement format that places a recommendation directly below a post mentioning a company or its products. An initial test, observed by a user in Europe, showed a suggestion to “Get Starlink” beneath a post praising…
Life Electric Vehicles Holdings, now officially known as Life EV, has acquired the intellectual property, inventory, and certain operating assets of Rad Power Bikes. The purchase price was set at $13.2 million. This move follows the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into the death of a worker at a Rivian warehouse in Illinois. The federal agency confirmed the probe on Friday, stating it could take up to six months. Local authorities…
In a recent security partnership with Mozilla, Anthropic discovered 22 separate vulnerabilities in Firefox. Fourteen of these were classified as high-severity. Most of the bugs have been fixed in Firefox 148, the version released this February, although a few fixes…
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted TerraPower permission to construct a new nuclear reactor in Wyoming, near an aging coal power plant. This permit marks the first issued by the NRC in nearly a decade. TerraPower, founded by Bill Gates…
