Abigail Avery

A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters

When I speak to Blake Resnick, he’s walking around his drone startup’s newest office space in Seattle—a cavernous 50,000-square-foot facility…

2 months ago

Samsung SmartThings Car-to-Home Service Is Finally Here

Samsung and Hyundai have turned a CES promise into a live dashboard feature, but the first Car-to-Home rollout is narrower…

2 months ago

Meta loses child safety case, hit with huge financial penalty

A New Mexico jury found Meta liable Tuesday for misleading consumers about the safety of its platforms and endangering children.…

2 months ago

Pentagon’s ‘Attempt to Cripple’ Anthropic Is Troubling, Judge Says

The US Department of Defense appears to be illegally punishing Anthropic for trying to restrict the use of its AI…

2 months ago

Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots

Amazon has confirmed that it has acquired Fauna Robotics, a two-year-old startup founded by former Meta and Google engineers who…

2 months ago

Apple’s AirDrop Feature Is Now Available on Select Androids Worldwide

Samsung’s Galaxy S26 has joined the Google Pixel 10 family of smartphones as the only non-Apple devices to support Apple’s…

2 months ago

OpenAI’s Sora shutting down as Disney exits deal

Pour one out for Sora, the groundbreaking — but quickly overtaken — video generation app from OpenAI, the makers of…

2 months ago

What You Need to Know About the Foreign-Made Router Ban in the US

The Federal Communications Commission has banned new consumer internet routers manufactured outside the US, citing national security concerns. The ban…

2 months ago

Databricks bought two startups to underpin its new AI security product

With an overflowing war chest from its $5 billion raise that closed last month (not to mention billions in revenue),…

2 months ago

US Bans New Foreign-Made Routers, Citing ‘Unacceptable’ Security Risks

The FCC bans new foreign-made routers over national security risks, a move that could reshape the US tech supply chain…

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