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Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service

Motional says it will launch a driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas before the end of 2026.

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Google co-founders may be leaving California

Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google.

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Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests

Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached.

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Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries

This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.

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Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges

Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they underestimating the challenge?

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Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.

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Wing to expand drone delivery to another 150 Walmart stores

The partnership will grow Wing’s drone delivery service to more than 270 Walmart stores by 2027.

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SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites

The Federal Communications Commission has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation Starlink satellites.

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OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs

An intellectual property lawyer says OpenAI is “putting itself at great risk” with this approach.

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Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.

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