Avalanche thinks the fusion power industry should think smaller

Nuclear fusion often brings to mind images of massive reactors or banks of large lasers. Avalanche co-founder and CEO Robin Langtry believes smaller is better. For several years, Langtry and his team have been developing what is essentially a desktop…

Waymo raises $16B to scale robotaxi fleet internationally

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company owned by Alphabet, has raised 16 billion dollars. This funding will support its plan to grow its fleet of driverless taxis to more than a dozen new international cities this year, including London and Tokyo.…

Adobe Animate is shutting down as company focuses on AI

Adobe is significantly increasing its investments in artificial intelligence. As part of this strategic shift, the company has decided to discontinue its 2D animation software, Adobe Animate. On Monday, Adobe issued an update on its support site and sent emails…

China is leading the fight against hidden car door handles

A signature design feature popularized by Tesla has now been banned in China. Under new safety rules published by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, all cars sold in the country must be equipped with mechanical releases on their…

OpenAI launches new macOS app for agentic coding

Artificial intelligence is already having a seismic impact on how software is written, with much of the grunt work of programming now performed by swarms of agents and subagents. As developers experiment with new interfaces and form factors for human-AI…