The rapid succession of robotaxi deployments from companies like Waymo and Zoox has people in the industry dreaming once again about how autonomous vehicles might change our daily lives. That includes driverless taxi rides, but also more ambitious ideas like…
India has reversed its plan to mandate the pre-installation of a government app on all smartphones. This decision follows significant backlash and widespread concerns that the requirement would expand state access to personal devices and undermine privacy protections. On Wednesday,…
Hardware maker Nothing is opening a new community investment round, allowing its users to buy shares in the company. This round, which opens on December 10, aims to raise $5 million. Consumers will be able to purchase shares at the…
Spotify Wrapped has returned. Following last year’s widely criticized release, which was seen as a flop and included an AI podcast as its highlight, the streaming service’s annual review feature is back to its roots. This year, Spotify is focusing…
Uber customers in Dallas may now find themselves riding in an Avride-branded robotaxi when they hail a ride. A year after announcing their partnership, Uber and Avride have launched a commercial robotaxi service in the city. This initial service comes…
Health tracking companies are now leveraging new AI models to provide insights using both structured and unstructured data. Their goal is to create interfaces that make it easier for users to build habits around logging meals or workouts, supported by…
The first official day of programming at Amazon Web Services’ annual tech conference, AWS re:Invent, has concluded. It delivered a steady stream of product news with an unsurprising theme: AI for the enterprise. This year, however, the focus is on…
Amazon announced a new product on Tuesday called “AI Factories.” This service allows large corporations and governments to run Amazon’s AI systems within their own data centers. As described by AWS, customers provide the power and the data center facility,…
Bending Spoons, a company known for acquiring and revitalizing stagnating tech companies, has agreed to purchase Eventbrite for about $500 million. This price is a far cry from the $1.76 billion the company was worth when it went public in…
Amazon Web Services announced three new AI agents it calls “frontier agents” on Tuesday. Preview versions of these agents are available now. Each agent handles a different set of tasks, such as writing code, managing security processes like code reviews,…
