The tech giant fixed the security flaw, netting a security researcher $10,000 for privately disclosing the bug.
AV startup Pronto.ai acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI
Pronto.ai CEO Anthony Levandowski said the move is meant to help bolster his company’s ranks with like-minded talent and complimentary technology.
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says that her new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, was valued at $12 billion in its seed round.
Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines
As publishers fret about decreased traffic from Google, the search giant has begun rolling out AI summaries in Discover, the main news feed inside Google’s search app on iOS and Android. Now, instead of seeing a headline from a major publication, users will see multiple news publishers’ logos in the top-left corner, followed by an […]
The rights to Fyre Festival sold on eBay for 245K
Billy McFarland, the convicted criminal behind Fyre Festival, sold the rights to the infamous brand on eBay.
Lucid Motors will roll out hands-free highway driving this month
Lucid Motors joins the likes of Ford, General Motors, and Tesla in offering an advanced driver assistance system that allows for hands-free driving.
Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed servers of Russian drone maker
A coalition of Ukrainian hackers breached and wiped systems belonging to Gaskar Group, a Moscow-based drone maker.
AI coding tools are shifting to a surprising place: the terminal
For years, code-editing tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub’s Copilot have been the standard for AI-powered software development. But as agentic AI grows more powerful and vibe-coding takes off, a subtle shift has changed how AI systems are interacting with software. Instead of working on code, they’re increasingly interacting directly with the shell of whatever system they’re installed in. It’s…
Venture gets a rare Native American-led fund in Betsy Fore’s Velveteen Ventures
The firm will look to invest $500,000 to $4 million in 15-20 seed and Series A companies in the healthcare, climate, consumer, and community sectors.
Research leaders urge tech industry to monitor AI’s ‘thoughts’
Research leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind are urging tech companies and research groups to monitor AI’s “thoughts.”