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Google Maps is getting an AI ‘Ask Maps’ feature and upgraded ‘immersive’ navigation

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Group14 opens factory to produce battery materials for flash charging EVs

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When startups become a family business

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Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch

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AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood put out the worst song I’ve ever heard

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Nuro is testing its autonomous vehicle tech on Tokyo’s streets

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Google Play is adding new paid and PC games, game trials, community posts, and more

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Ford’s new AI assistant will help fleet owners know if seatbelts are being used

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Ride-hailing inDrive acquires Pakistan’s Krave Mart to bolster grocery delivery

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Zendesk acquires agentic customer service startup Forethought

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India neobank Fi winds down banking services on its platform

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Netflix may have paid $600 million for Ben Affleck’s AI startup

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Lovable says it added $100M in revenue last month alone, with just 146 employees

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Quince hits $10B valuation with giant $500M round led by Iconiq

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Alternative app store AltStore PAL joins the fediverse

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Drivers in fatal Ford BlueCruise crashes were likely distracted before impact

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Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B

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Pro-Iran hacktivist group says it is behind attack on medical tech giant Stryker

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Breakout Ventures raises $114M fund to back AI science startups

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Almost 40 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are

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VC mega-funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions

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Poppi founder on TikTok, Super Bowl ads, and her return to Shark Tank

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Hacker broke into FBI and compromised Epstein files, report says

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WordPress debuts a private workspace that runs in your browser via a new service, my.WordPress.net

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Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robots

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EV startup Harbinger reveals a smaller work truck with electric and hybrid variants

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Meta’s Moltbook deal points to a future built around AI agents

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WhatsApp is launching parent-linked accounts for pre-teens

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Amazon expands a program that lets customers shop from other retailers’ sites

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Meta rolls out new scam detection tools to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger

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Zoox plans to put its robotaxis on the Uber app in Vegas this year

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Health insurance startup Alan reaches €5B valuation

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Anduril snaps up space surveillance firm ExoAnalytic Solutions

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Google brings Gemini in Chrome to India

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In a vote of confidence for Meta’s Threads, Kalshi adds sharing feature

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Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong

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Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app

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DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says

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‘Pokémon Pokopia’ is a game about rehabilitating a broken world — and I love it

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YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue

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AI-powered apps struggle with long-term retention, new report shows

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Mandiant’s founder just raised $190M for his autonomous AI agent security startup

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ChatGPT can now create interactive visuals to help you understand math and science concepts

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US military contractor likely built iPhone hacking tools used by Russian spies in Ukraine

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AgentMail raises $6M to build an email service for AI agents

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Thinking Machines Lab inks massive compute deal with Nvidia

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Google gives in to users’ complaints over AI-powered ‘Ask Photos’ search feature

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Legora reaches $5.55 billion valuation as AI legal tech boom endures

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Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts

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YouTube expands AI deepfake detection for politicians, government officials, and journalists

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