Waymo’s weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years.
European Commission confirms cyberattack after hackers claim data breach
The European Union’s top executive body has confirmed a cyberattack after hackers reportedly stole reams of data from the European Commission’s cloud storage.
Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation
Index Ventures is said to be leading a $250 million to $350 million round.
Rivian gets another $1B from Volkswagen
The two companies have been collaborating on a joint venture that would see Rivian tech go in VW’s EVs.
Iranian hackers claim breach of FBI director Kash Patel’s personal email account
Handala, a pro-Iranian hacking group allegedly working for Iran’s government, published emails it said were taken from the Gmail account of FBI director Kash Patel.
Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware
The tech giant’s claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.
Can You Become an Engineer Without Starting in Engineering? A Guide for Students
[[{“value”:” You don’t need to grow up building machines or solving equations every day to step into engineering. If you’re curious, motivated and willing to learn, you can absolutely carve your way into this field, even if your starting point looks completely different. Your path doesn’t have to follow the traditional “high school → engineering degree → job” route. In…
OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court
When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push back. That tension is everywhere […]
Flight Crew Alum Neha Shukla, Now a Leading AI Ethicist, On What’s Missing from AI Education
[[{“value”:” When Neha Shukla first started in computer science, she wasn’t in a traditional classroom setting. She was 15, in a small town in Pennsylvania, teaching herself to code during the COVID-19 pandemic and trying to solve a problem she saw all around her community. “I wanted to channel that sense of hopelessness [about COVID-19] into action,” she says. “I…
David Sacks is done as AI czar — here’s what he’s doing instead
Sacks will be much further from power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration.