Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI's chatbot Grok.

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New Delhi's latest move comes as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft expand data center investments in India.

Elon Musk's reported merging of SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla harkens back to the heyday of General Electric — or maybe the robber barons of the Gilded Age.

From Belgium to Ukraine, five fresh European unicorns were minted this January.

Waymo is reportedly finalizing a new funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion.

SpaceX's filing claims these satellites will be "a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization — one that can harness the Sun's full power."

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was "nonsense."

The startup is partnering with utilities to help homeowners determine the best upgrades to cut their energy use.

Kofi Ampadu, the partner at a16z who led the firm's Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, has left the firm.

If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn't show it. He's working with people who've been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he needs to know.

This isn't the first time in recent memory that OnlyFans has been in talks to sell off its business.

The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it has now picked OpenClaw as its new name.

A document published by the Justice Department quotes an FBI informant in 2017 that alleged Jeffrey Epstein had a "personal hacker."

Since the feature's launch in 2018, users haven't been able to remove themselves from someone else's Close Friends list.

The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump's desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of his term.

To unpack what SpaceX's IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today's pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions for late-stage private companies.

Self-driving truck startup Waabi's billion-dollar fundraise isn't just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more […]

Anthropic has extended its plugin system to operate within Cowork, the newly launched agentic platform.

Bluesky's first transparency reports tackles moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns and more. The number of government legal requests went up by fivefold.

Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.

The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords.

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The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets.

Growth in regions like China and India are credited with pushing Apple's phone sales higher than ever.

One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you.

If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.

Medium gives its employees the option to take the day off to protest on Friday.

Microsoft says its own chip leapfrogs those made by other cloud providers like Amazon and Google. But it needs more.

The fintech giant said it plans to "seek recoupment of any expenses" from its firewall provider SonicWall after a 2025 data breach exposed customer firewall configurations.

With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.

This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.

Q.ai is an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech and enhance audio in noisy environments.

Waymo's SFO win comes as the company faces criticism and concerns about safety in some of the cities it operates.

Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google's latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini. 

Sora's mobile app downloads fell 45% in January, and consumer spending dropped.

Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works.

With the highest global usage of Gemini for learning, India is emerging as a key market shaping Google's approach to AI in education.

A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched yesterday, and a Sequoia partner has an interesting take on why they stand out.

Energy storage products like the Megapack, Megablock, and Powerwall drove

Spotify users can now share the podcasts, playlists, and audiobooks they're listening to with up 10 people.

The new security feature makes it more difficult for police and malicious hackers to obtain a person's precise location data from a cell phone company.

When you're walking around and navigating with Maps, you can now ask Gemini questions like "What neighborhood am I in?" or "What are top-rated restaurants nearby?"

The child, whose age is not public, sustained minor injuries according to Waymo. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating.

The $250 million Series B was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital.

Halide also released a public preview of its up coming app Halide Mark III.

Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and editorial recommendations. The company announced on Thursday that it's now making the tool available to other streaming platforms in an effort to help address the rise of AI and fraudulent streams, as well […]

The reported financial losses follow a series of layoffs at the VR unit.

Mark Zuckerberg says 2026 will be "a big year for delivering personal super intelligence."

The new rules apply to nuclear reactors built on Department of Energy property, which includes several currently being developed by startups.