Six months ago, Waymo announced it was providing 250,000 robotaxi rides each week across its service areas. This growing list of areas includes Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Since that announcement, the Alphabet-owned self-driving…
Tiger Global, the investor that spurred the venture capital bull market of 2020 and 2021, is reportedly raising a fresh $2.2 billion fund. The firm sent a letter to potential limited partners seeking to raise the cash for a vehicle…
Last week, the pet products and services giant Petco confirmed it experienced a data breach involving customers’ personal information. At the time, the company did not specify what type of data was affected. On Friday, in a legally required filing…
Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s existing Slack integration by adding full workflow automation. This rollout signals…
As energy demand for data centers soars, environmental groups are calling for a moratorium on the approval and construction of new facilities. More than 230 organizations, including Food and Water Watch, Friends of the Earth, and Greenpeace, signed a public…
TikTok is launching a new feature called Shared Collections. This provides users with a way to share and organize TikTok content in one place with friends or family. The company also teased the upcoming launch of Shared Feeds, which will…
OpenAI and Instacart are launching a new grocery shopping experience directly inside ChatGPT. This feature allows customers to brainstorm meal ideas, create a grocery list, and complete their checkout, all without ever leaving the chat interface. This move builds upon…
An increasing number of browsers are experimenting with agentic features that will take actions on your behalf, such as booking tickets or shopping for different items. However, these agentic capabilities also come with security risks that could lead to loss…
President Donald Trump announced on Monday his intention to sign an executive order this week aimed at limiting states from enacting their own regulations on AI technology. In a social media post, Trump stated he would be doing a “ONE…
Quilt, a Redwood City startup from California, has raised twenty million dollars in a recently closed Series B funding round. The company designs sleek and customizable heat pumps. This follows a thirty-three million dollar Series A round that was announced…
