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Rivian announces new AI tech, chip and robotaxi ambitions
Rivian debuted new tech at its first "Autonomy and AI Day" on Thursday in Palo Alto, California.Credit: RivianPALO ALTO, Calif. – Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive has developed a custom chip, car computer and new artificial…
Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to automate AI’s ‘after-code’ gap
AI DevOps tool Harness, founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, is on track to exceed $250 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, Bansal tells TechCrunch.
The startup just raised a fresh $240 million Series E…
Nvidia’s new software could help trace where its AI chips end up
Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesNvidia is developing software that could provide location verification for its AI graphics processing units (GPUs), a move that comes as Washington ramps up efforts to prevent restricted chips from…
Oracle (ORCL) Q2 earnings report 2026
Oracle shares sank 11% in extended trading on Wednesday after the database software maker reported lower quarterly revenue than expected despite booming demand for its artificial intelligence infrastructure. AI-related stocks were hit…
You can now share live video with emergency services on Android
Google launched Android Emergency Live Video on Wednesday, which allows people to stream video when contacting emergency responders. This feature could help give first responders extra context in circumstances like car accidents, fires,…
Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space, orbital data centers
The Starcloud-1 satellite is launched into space from a SpaceX rocket on November 2, 2025.Courtesy: SpaceX | StarcloudNvidia-backed startup Starcloud trained an artificial intelligence model from space for the first time, signaling a new…
CoreWeave CEO defends AI circular deals as ‘working together’
It’s been quite the year for CoreWeave. In March, the AI cloud infrastructure provider went public in one of the biggest and most anticipated IPOs of the year that didn’t live up to its hype.
Another setback took place in October, when…
Amazon pledges a massive $35 billion worth of investments in India’s AI space through 2030
Employees stand near an The Amazon Inc. logo is displayed above the reception counter at the company's campus in Hyderabad, India, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon on Wednesday committed to investing…
Trump’s blessing of Nvidia AI chip sales to China gets a chilly reception from GOP
President Donald Trump's decision to let U.S. tech giant Nvidia sell more advanced semiconductors to China is getting pushback from some Republicans wary of giving Beijing an edge in the global race to AI dominance.The agreement, which…
Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers
Aircraft startup Boom Supersonic said Tuesday it will start selling a version of its turbine engine as a stationary power plant, and that its first customer will be data center startup Crusoe.
Crusoe will buy 29 of Boom’s 42-megawatt…
Meta’s multibillion dollar AI strategy overhaul creates culture clash
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024.Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was so optimistic last year about…
FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman
A stalkerware maker who was banned from the surveillance industry after a data breach that exposed the personal information of its customers, as well as the people they were spying on, will not be able to go back to selling the invasive…
Confluent stock soars as IBM announces $11 billion deal to acquire it
IBM announced Monday it is acquiring data streaming platform Confluent in a deal valued at $11 billion.Shares of Confluent soared 29%. IBM's stock closed little changed."Data, and especially real-time data, is incredibly important to how…
Pressure builds on Apple and Tim Cook after executive shakeup
Several bigshots in Cupertino are getting a career change for the holidays.In the last seven days, there has been extraordinary turnover among Apple's top ranks, from its head of artificial intelligence to its top lawyer.CEO Tim Cook now…
TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’
TikTok is launching “Shared Collections,” a new way for users to share and organize TikTok content in one place with friends or family. The company also teased the upcoming launch of “Shared Feeds,” which will let users watch TikTok…
EU should be abolished after X fined $140 million
Elon Musk has called for the European Union to be abolished after the bloc fined his social media company X 120 million euros ($140 million) for a "deceptive" blue checkmark and lack of transparency of its advertising repository. The…
Netflix co-CEO discussed Warner Bros. deal with Trump
Will Netflix’s $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. get approval from federal regulators?
While Paramount was assumed to be the frontrunner to acquire the storied movie studio thanks to CEO David Ellison’s connections to the…
Stocks rise, Meta gets real on metaverse, and Salesforce bounces
Stocks eked out gains Friday and closed the week higher after the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation gauge added to the case for an interest rate cut next week. For the week, the S & P 500 rose 0.3%, while the Nasdaq added nearly…