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Struggling fusion power company General Fusion to go public via $1B reverse merger

General Fusion’s merger with an acquisition company will net the company over $300 million. Just last year, the company ran into trouble raising money from other investors.

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Waymo continues robotaxi ramp up with Miami service now open to public

Waymo is opening its driverless robotaxis to the public in Miami, starting with a 60-square-mile service area and plans to reach the airport “soon.”

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Ireland proposes new law allowing police to use spyware

The Irish government announced that it wants to pass a law that would grant police more surveillance powers, such as using spyware to fight serious crime, while aiming to protect the privacy rights of its citizens.

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Anthropic has to keep revising its technical interview test so you can’t cheat on it with Claude

Since 2024, Anthropic’s performance optimization team has given job seekers a take-home test to make sure they know their stuff — but as AI coding tools have gotten better, the test has had to change a lot to stay ahead … Continue reading

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Blue Origin schedules third New Glenn launch for late February, but not to the moon

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin had previously suggested that the third launch of the mega-rocket would take the space company’s robotic lunar lander to the moon.

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Snapchat gives parents new insights into teens’ screen time and friends

With these new features, Snap is likely looking to appease regulators and parents over concerns about safety and screen time on its platform.

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Quadric rides the shift from cloud AI to on-device inference — and it’s paying off

Quadric aims to help companies and governments build programmable on-device AI chips that can run fast-changing models locally.

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Tiger Global, Microsoft to fully exit Walmart-backed PhonePe via its IPO

Tiger Global and Microsoft are offering up their full stakes in the company, while Walmart is choosing to retain its majority stake, and selling up to 45.9 million shares.

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Former Google trio is building an interactive AI-powered learning app for kids

Big tech companies and upcoming startups want to use generative AI to build software and hardware for kids. A lot of those experiences are limited to text or voice, and kids might not find that captivating. Three former Google employees … Continue reading

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Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Apple is reportedly developing an AI wearable

Should this wearable materialize, it could be released as early as 2027, according to a report on the device.

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