Imagine you are a Formula One driver hurtling down a race track at 200 miles per hour. Your engineer comes on the radio with a critical message, but you cannot make it out. There is no time to ask for…
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against Sendit, an anonymous question app popular with younger and Gen Z users. The complaint alleges the app unlawfully collected children’s personal data, deceived users about who sent them messages, and tricked…
South Korea is world-famous for its blazing-fast internet, near-universal broadband coverage, and its status as a leader in digital innovation. The country is home to global tech brands like Hyundai, LG, and Samsung. However, this very success has made it…
Toyota is seeking the next wave of innovation in mobility, climate technology, artificial intelligence, and industrial automation. To achieve this, the company is committing $1.5 billion in new capital. This investment will support startups throughout their entire life cycle, from…
Starbase is a city without a police department, but it is not without police protection. For months, Cameron County sheriff’s deputies have been patrolling the roads and beaches surrounding SpaceX’s sprawling rocket facility in South Texas. Now, less than a…
Zoox, a company owned by Amazon, will begin mapping the streets of Washington, DC. This work is in preparation for testing its self-driving vehicles in the nation’s capital later this year. The company announced that it will start by manually…
Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, has blocked an effort to pass legislation that would have extended data privacy protections for federal lawmakers and public officials to everyone in the United States. On Monday night, Senator Ron Wyden, a…
On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the release of Sora 2, an audio and video generator that succeeds last year’s Sora model. Along with the new model, the company also launched a linked social app called Sora. In this app, users can…
Periodic Labs emerged from stealth on Tuesday with a substantial three hundred million dollar seed round. The funding is backed by a prominent group from the tech industry, including Andreessen Horowitz, DST, Nvidia, Accel, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Eric Schmidt,…
At its annual hardware event, Amazon introduced a new lineup of Echo devices built specifically for its AI assistant, Alexa+, which has already rolled out to millions of customers through its early access program. To showcase the AI’s capabilities, Amazon…
