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In a shift, the world will spend $40 billion more on new data centers this year than it will on finding new sources of oil.

A group of Democratic lawmakers asked governors in California, Colorado, and other states to block ICE from accessing their residents’ driver’s license data without their knowledge.

Apple Watch and iPhone owners in the United States will now be able to carry a copy of their U.S. passport on their device, which they can then use at TSA checkpoints across more than 250 U.S. airports when traveling domestically.

Waymo robotaxis will use freeways in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco - an expansion that could reduce ride times by 50%.

WisdomAI is offering AI-driven data analytics that can answer business questions from structured, unstructured, and even “dirty” data, meaning data not cleaned of typos or errors.

Anthropic has launched an ambitious new data center partnership with the U.K.-based Fluidstack, committing $50 billion to building facilities across the US.

The same solar activity that's been lighting up the night sky in North America is causing this particular delay.

The U.S. is far ahead of Europe in the race for large AI models, at least in funding. But the picture is different for the application layer, global VC firm Accel highlighted in its 2025 Globalscape report.

Lauren Mekies spent much of his career in the engineering trenches. His approach to winning reflects that technical background, too.

Wall Street can’t help but wonder: does Son see something right now that others do not?

Google says the new power saving mode for Google Maps can save you up to four hours of battery life

Threads is targeting podcasters with new features, including dedicated links in the bio and more visible links in the feed.

Uare.ai raised $10.3 million in seed funding led by Mayfield and Boldstart Ventures.

Two experienced investors share their tips for founders and operators hoping to nail product-market fit at their AI startups.

Google Photos is getting an image edit feature powered by the Nano Banana model.

Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners, IVP, Bessemer, and Vine Ventures. The large round, in a market already crowded with AI agent startups, suggests Wonderful has convinced top tier investors it’s not just another GPT wrapper, but a company building the infrastructure and orchestration that could scale if […]

Startups should start forging connections with late-stage investors while they are still at the early stages.

The EC had in 2020 recommended that member nations stop using tech from "high-risk" vendors like Huawei and ZTE, and now its vice president, Henna Virkkunen, is pushing to turn that recommendation into regulation, Bloomberg reported.

Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models.

Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app