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Lucid Motors’ Gravity SUV dealing with early ‘hiccups,’ interim CEO says

Lucid Motors has been working through some quality “hiccups” in the early stages of delivering its long-awaited electric SUV, according to interim CEO Marc Winterhoff. “It is true that we had some technical issues that we had to overcome around … Continue reading

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New court filing shows that Meta execs agreed that Facebook was losing to TikTok

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, and other Meta execs thought that TikTok was beating Meta at its own game. That’s according to a new filing in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, … Continue reading

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Amazon debuts a warehouse robot with a sense of ‘touch’

Amazon says that it has developed a new warehouse robot, Vulcan, that can “feel” some of the items it touches. The two-armed Vulcan, which can maneuver goods inside the storage compartments Amazon has in its warehouses, uses force sensors to help … Continue reading

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Democrats push back against Trump’s growing crypto empire

Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut announced a preliminary inquiry into Trump’s meme coin and stablecoin ventures, citing national security risks.

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ServiceNow acquires Data.World months after snatching up Moveworks

Enterprise workflow management platform ServiceNow on Wednesday announced its second AI-related acquisition this year. ServiceNow said that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Data.World, a cloud-native data catalog and data governance platform. Austin, Texas-based Data.World was founded in … Continue reading

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OpenAI wants to team up with governments to grow AI infrastructure

OpenAI is launching a program, OpenAI for Countries, that the company says will enable it to build out the local infrastructure needed to better serve international AI customers. As a part of the new program, OpenAI will partner with governments … Continue reading

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AMD CEO Lisa Su calls China a ‘large opportunity’ and warns against strict U.S. chip controls

“There should be a balance between export controls for national security as well as ensuring that we get the widest possible adoption,” she said.

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Alphabet shares sink 8% after Apple’s Cue says AI will replace search engines

Eddy Cue, Apple’s services chief, said he believes AI services will eventually replace standard search engines such as Google, according to a report Wednesday.

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Figma introduces ‘vibe-coding’ AI software design feature

Figma’s entry into the world of “vibe-coding” has no free tier, but it promises to adhere to customers’ design preferences.

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Figma releases new AI-powered tools for creating sites, app prototypes, and marketing assets

Design company Figma today announced multiple features, including AI-powered site and web app creation, a way for marketers to create assets in bulk, and a new drawing tool. With this launch, the company is taking on other creative solutions such … Continue reading

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