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Waymo and Zoox expand into more U.S. markets as robotaxi race heats up
Waymo's new autonomous vehicle, called the Ojai, drives in Venice Beach on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesAlphabet's Waymo is expanding its commercial service, and Amazon's Zoox said it plans…
August was the month of the comeback kids. Cramer reviews what drove the biggest winners
CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday that August was a comeback month for stocks that had been battered by some of Wall Street's most powerful bearish narratives.His comments came on the final trading day of August. Several of the S&P 500's…
Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year
Prominent solo investor Lachy Groom has backed a Bengaluru startup attempting an ambitious feat: keeping an aircraft in the sky for more than a year by harvesting energy from ocean winds.
Alteon, founded by 20-year-old Samay Sanghvi,…
FTC sues Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of misleading advertisers
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant "secretly and systematically overcharged" advertisers on its platform by manipulating its pricing and auction systems. The lawsuit, which was joined by 22…
Meeting notetaker Circleback adds a free tier to attract more customers
The meeting note-taker market is a crowded space. Just in the last few weeks, dictation app Wispr launched its own note-taker and scheduling app, and Calendly added a similar tool to its stack. Dedicated meeting note-takers like…
Bank of England: New AI models threaten global financial stability
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England (BOE), during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Reykjavik Economic Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Friday, May 29, 2026. Betty Laura Zapata | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe growing…
AI bursts to the front of Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary
U.S. Senator Ed Markey and Representative Seth Moulton.Joseph Prezioso | Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence has rocketed to the front of next Tuesday's Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary, as Rep.…
Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
Cars in European cities are smaller than ever. But as Europe’s appetite for microcars has grown, the cute Italian ‘yoghurt pots’ have largely given way to small Chinese EVs. Even Smart, the the iconic ultracompact car brand, has moved…
He beat Big Tobacco. Will the same playbook work against Meta and social media?
Mike Moore Attorney General from Jackson Mississippi gives his opening remarks during the tobacco hearings, seated next to him is D. Scott Wise, partner, Davis, Polk and Wardwell in New York. Douglas Graham | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty…
At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control?
At TechBBQ in Copenhagen, the conversation among investors, founders, and operators from across Europe wasn’t just about what to build with AI, but who should control it. No matter where you were during the annual Nordic conference,…
OpenAI to end model access to Cursor after acquisition by SpaceX
A combination photo shows CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman (L) on April 28, 2026 and Elon Musk on April 29, 2026 during the trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, U.S.Manuel…
Tech backlash grows over AI, data centers and social media
A woman holds signs during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion outside Peace Hall in New Port Richey, Florida on July 18, 2026. Thomas Simonetti | AFP | Getty ImagesSilicon Valley's technology leaders have long dreamed…
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property…
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and numerous other music publishers have sued Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, alleging the AI lab conducted a “brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, and…
Big lesson from this week’s earnings: AI buildout is not a zero-sum game
This week's impressive earnings results showed that the AI buildout is not a zero-sum game: both hardware and software stocks can win. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the S & P 500 gained 0.9% and 0.5%, respectively, while the…
Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine
The hype around humanoid robots isn’t particularly new. Thank Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Optimus robot, as well as the myriad videos of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot, for that.
Behind that hype, though, there is real progress. The…
Meta’s $18 billion settlement puts TikTok, YouTube next on firing line
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles after defending the company in a landmark social media addiction trial, Feb. 19, 2026.Jon Putman | Anadolu | Getty ImagesMeta's watershed social media trial…
Affirm CEO says high gas prices are hitting U.S. shoppers
Affirm Holdings stock closed nearly unchanged on Friday after the buy now, pay later firm reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and CEO Max Levchin said high gas prices are weighing on shoppers."The U.S. consumer undoubtedly sees the…
An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI
Training AI models with other AI models has become a very popular goal for neolabs — and now, a researcher in Anthropic’s fellows program has given us an early look at what it might look like in practice.
On Friday, Anthropic published…