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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 that, Resnick estimates, won’t be
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 than the original vision. The
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. Meta has been ordered to
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 tools by the military, US
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 are developing kid-size humanoid robots.
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 popular AirDrop service. The post
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 ChatGPT. Born Dec. 2024, and
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 doesn’t affect any routers already
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), Databricks is acquiring. The company,
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 and impact pricing and availability.