This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps
This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone.
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Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every company it’s using to do it
Uber has partnered with — and in some cases made direct investments in — about 30 autonomous vehicle companies over the past two years. Here's the list and the latest on the partnerships.
Apps that help you break free from doomscrolling and get active
If you’re looking to cut back on screen time and get a little more active, here’s a roundup of the apps that might help.
What’s the best handheld mini fan?
From premium Shark and Dyson offerings to random Amazon devices, these mini fans will make your sweaty summer a little more managable.
Elon Musk Reportedly Wants A Tesla-SpaceX Merger, And Selling Tesla China Could Be The First Step Toward Making That Happen
It doesn't sound like Musk and his yes men have settled on a specific plan for Tesla China, but it shouldn't be long before we learn more.
Judge denies request by Elon Musk’s xAI to pause Minnesota nudification ban
A judge denied a request from Elon Musk’s AI company xAI to block Minnesota’s law that will be the first in the nation to ban ...
Request by Elon Musk's xAI to temporarily halt Minnesota nudification technology ban denied by federal judge
A federal judge has denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have stopped a Minnesota law that bans apps ...
Zelenskyy asks Trump to help him get Elon Musk's OK to use Starlink to help with strikes on Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials to help Ukraine gain ...
Elon Musk launches invite-only X Money with a Visa debit card, 6% yield and real-time transfers
Elon Musk’s social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one another.
Short sellers have made a fortune betting against Elon Musk’s SpaceX — but the party won’t last forever
Short sellers have a history of betting against Elon Musk and epically failing, but their latest gamble is paying off and could continue to do so – at least for a while. On The Money has learned. That ...
OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok
OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face.
Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e-bikes after months of delays
Also has big plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself as a "vehicle" company and has plans to make four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon.
Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t.
AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company.
Structured AI data pipelines score 10.9 points below free-form code — DataFlow-Harness closes the gap
If you ask an AI coding agent to write a standalone Python script to parse a single JSON file, it will likely give you a perfect answer in seconds. But the same agent often breaks if you ask it to build a systematic data processing pipeline, like ingesting thousands of messy documents, chunking text, scoring quality, and filtering noise for a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system that fits your specific enterprise stack.While large language models (LLMs) excel at one-off code generation, t
India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them
India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.
Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation
A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash.
Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds
The new funding brings Index's total available investing capital to $3.5 billion.
How is your enterprise tracking AI agent telemetry? Groundcover thinks it should never leave your cloud
The AI agent observability space is taking off — but how can enterprises be sure what observability products and solutions they need?Observability startup groudcover (lower case "g" intentional) announced this week that it raised $100 million in a round led by One Peak, bringing its total funding to $160 million. The company says it has more than 250 paying customers, tripled annual recurring revenue over the past year and is increasingly replacing established observability platforms i
VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why
New research from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School mapped out how Silicon Valley founders commit fraud — and the role investors play.
Elon Musk Was Told People ‘Loathe’ Him, He Blamed the Media
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk faced tough questions about his public image. He turned the criticism back on journalists instead. The billionaire spoke with The Economist’s editor-in-chief during a wide-ranging interview covering politics, immigration and his reputation, especially regarding his X followers. Elon Musk cited his X followers before insisting journalists are more disliked than he […] The post Elon Musk Was Told People ‘Loathe’ Him, He Blamed the Media appeared first on Mandatory .