A new California law places new rules on autonomous vehicles operators
Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers
Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.
Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation
Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president
President Trump reportedly asked for Grok’s opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.
ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you
OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.
Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,600 times before space data centers get off the ground
Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.
World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months
Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker.
OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports
OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.
Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells)
Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.
This startup wants to turn idle user car inventory into rental revenue
When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn’t see rows of cars — he sees millions of dollars just sitting there, depreciating, while people who only need a car for a few months are stuck paying too much for too little choice, so he built MyMonthlyCar, a platform that lets dealers rent out their idle used cars…