Zoox, which is owned by Amazon, will soon begin mapping the streets of Washington D.C. The company is preparing to start testing its self-driving vehicles in the nation’s capital later this year. Initially, Zoox will use Toyota Highlanders equipped with…
On Tuesday, DoorDash unveiled Dot, a small robot it built in-house. Dot can autonomously drive on roads, bike lanes, and sidewalks to deliver food and small packages at speeds up to 20 miles per hour. The robot is designed to…
Cerebras Systems, a rival to Nvidia, has raised a new round of private financing despite its previous plan to trade on the public market by 2025. The Silicon Valley-based company announced it raised a 1.1 billion dollar Series G round…
DoorDash announced on Tuesday the launch of a new creator program that will compensate users for posting short-form videos on its app. The company also introduced a feature called Going Out, which rewards users for dining at local restaurants, along…
Whoop, the fitness band company, has officially launched Whoop Advanced Labs. The service became available on Tuesday after a preview in May. The company reported that approximately 350,000 people had joined the waiting list for it. Whoop Advanced Labs provides…
Hinge is changing how it handles rule-breaking content on user profiles. Instead of immediately banning an entire account for a single violation, the app will now flag and remove only the specific offending content. Your profile will remain active but…
Opera launched its new AI-centric browser called Neon on Tuesday. This browser includes the ability to create apps through AI prompts and to create repeatable prompts using a feature named cards. With this launch, Opera joins other companies like Perplexity…
The lack of growth capital in Europe is a persistent issue that has led some early-stage firms to take matters into their own hands. London-headquartered firm Notion Capital is one such firm. In 2017, Notion Capital was one of the…
Charlie Javice, the founder of the financial aid startup Frank and a Forbes 30 Under 30 alumnus, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud. The fintech startup was acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for 175 million…
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 53, a first-in-the-nation bill that sets new transparency requirements for large AI companies. The bill, which passed the state legislature two weeks ago, requires major AI labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and…
