Monthly Archives: August 2025

Amazon stock sinks 7% after earnings: Here are the key takeaways

Revenue expansion in Amazon Web Services underwhelmed investors, who probed Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on why its cloud rivals are growing at faster rates.

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This Detroit startup is turning to utilities to make home efficiency upgrades cheaper

Investors have bought into Pearl Edison’s idea and recently poured $3 .3 million into the startup.

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Vast Data in talks with Alphabet’s CapitalG, Nvidia to fund round at up to $30B valuation

The round could make the AI data storage company one of the most valuable in the world.

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Joby, L3Harris partner on hybrid defense craft that can be piloted or autonomous

The partnership brings together Joby’s hybrid vertical take-off and landing, or VTOL, aircraft and L3’s expertise in military systems.

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Reddit plans to unify its search interface as it looks to become a search engine

Reddit is working on a new unified interface that will merge its legacy search and AI-powered Q&A features, as well as make its search box more prominently visible in the app.

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Joby Aviation and defense contractor L3Harris to test autonomous hybrid aircraft

Joby’s years of R&D with the DoD may be paying off. The company has signed an agreement with defense contractor L3Harris to develop a gas-turbine hybrid VTOL that can fly autonomously — for defense applications.

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‘What am I falling in love with?’ Human-AI relationships are no longer just science fiction

Since ChatGPT’s late 2022 launch, everyday people have formed emotional connections to chatbots, describing them as deep friendships and even life partnerships.

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Google rolls out Gemini Deep Think AI, a reasoning model that tests multiple ideas in parallel

Google released its first publicly available “multi-agent” AI system, which uses more computational resources, but produces better answers.

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Uber’s Drive to Become the Kleenex of Robotaxis

It doesn’t matter who makes the tech—when you call a robocar, Uber’s mission now is to make sure you use its app.

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Massachusetts hits DraftKings with record $450K fine for accepting credit card bets

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has just handed down its biggest sports betting penalty yet, hitting DraftKings with a $450,000 fine for letting customers fund bets with credit cards, which is against state law. According to the body, DraftKings failed to … Continue reading

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