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Anduril’s autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has faced numerous setbacks during testing of its autonomous weapons systems, according to new reporting by the WSJ. The problems

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The future will be explained to you in Palo Alto

On Wednesday evening at PlayGround Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming.

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Uber and WeRide’s robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi is officially driverless

A year after launching a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide and partner Uber can finally call that service

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India’s gig workers win legal status, but access to social security remains elusive

India has granted legal status to millions of gig and platform workers under its newly implemented labor laws, marking a milestone for the country’s delivery,

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Roblox CEO interview gets heated over child safety

Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki joined The New York Times’ Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age verification feature — but he seemed

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Trump administration might not fight state AI regulations after all

The Trump administration has been targeting state-level AI regulation, with the president declaring in a social media post this week that the industry needs “one

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How this founder’s unlikely path to Silicon Valley could become an edge in industrial tech

Thomas Lee Young doesn’t sound like your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year-old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup using AI to prevent industrial

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Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani

Elon Musk’s Grok really, really loves its creator. Since this week’s release of Grok 4.1, X users have circulated posts and screenshots that show Grok

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Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’

Autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor warned staff Thursday it may need to lay off more than 100 employees, or possibly even ‘shut down,’ according

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TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling

TikTok is rolling out new digital well-being features like an affirmation journal and a background sound generator aimed at improving the mental health of its