Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be reducing their presence in California, the state where they co-founded Google. According to The New York Times, in December, 15 limited liability companies overseeing Brin’s investments and interests were terminated or converted…
Following an investigation that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to certain health-related queries, the company appears to have removed the AI Overviews for some of those specific searches. The investigation initially reported that when users asked…
The nuclear industry is in the midst of a renaissance. Old plants are being refurbished, and investors are showering startups with cash. In the last several weeks of 2025 alone, nuclear startups raised $1.1 billion, largely on investor optimism that…
Officials from Indonesia and Malaysia have announced they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok. These are the most aggressive moves so far from government officials responding to a flood of sexualized, AI-generated imagery. The problematic content often depicts…
Google has announced a new open standard called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping. The announcement was made at the National Retail Federation conference. Developed in collaboration with companies like Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target, and Walmart, the…
Wing, the company owned by Alphabet that delivers groceries, over-the-counter medicine, and hot lattes, is expanding its partnership with Walmart for the second time in less than a year. The two companies announced plans on Sunday to bring the on-demand…
The Federal Communications Commission announced Friday that it has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second-generation Starlink satellites. This brings the total number of approved satellites worldwide to 15,000. Beyond simply allowing SpaceX to launch more satellites…
OpenAI, along with the training data company Handshake AI, is reportedly asking third-party contractors to upload real work from their past and current jobs. This information comes from a report by Wired. The request appears to be part of a…
Indonesian officials announced on Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot, Grok. This move represents one of the most aggressive government responses yet to a flood of AI-generated sexualized imagery. These images, often depicting real women and…
CES has always been a robot extravaganza, and this year’s event saw the announcement of several important robotics developments. This included the new production-ready debut of Atlas, the humanoid from Boston Dynamics. The showroom floor was also filled with robots,…
