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OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit

REBECCA BELLAN

More than 30 OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees signed onto a statement supporting Anthropic's lawsuit against the Defense Department after the agency labeled the AI firm a supply chain risk, according to court filings.

Testing Apple's 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro, M5 Max, and its new "performance" cores

ANDREW CUNNINGHAM

M5 Pro Max's "performance" CPU cores definitely aren't just rebranded E-cores.

Quad Cortex mini amp modeler: All the power, half the size

NATE ANDERSON

A warehouse of guitar gear in the palm of your hand.

US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial

JON BRODKIN

States seek mistrial, saying "sudden disappearance" of US will influence jury.

Electric air taxis are about to take flight in 26 states

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

The federal government has selected eight proposals to test electric aircraft across 26 states.

‘Flying Cars’ Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer

AARIAN MARSHALL

The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and "eVTOLs" up and running around the country—even if they're not fully FAA-certified.

Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform

ZOË SCHIFFER, LAUREN GOODE

Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.

After falling far behind the rest of industry, Blue Origin creates new stock option plan

ERIC BERGER

"It's a big fat middle finger for those that thought they had something."

Founders Fund nears $6 billion close for latest growth fund, sources say

MARINA TEMKIN

The firm is raising this growth fund less than a year after closing its previous $4.6 billion vehicle.

Electric air taxi maker Archer hits back at Joby in countersuit alleging concealed Chinese ties

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Archer's countersuit comes four months after Joby sued its rival for alleged 'corporate espionage.'

An iPhone-hacking toolkit used by Russian spies likely came from U.S military contractor

LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI

Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs.

Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models

ANNA HEIM

AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation.

Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World

MAXWELL ZEFF

Meta’s former chief AI scientist has long argued that human-level AI will come from mastering the physical world, not language. His new startup, AMI, plans to prove it.

Apple now makes one in four iPhones in India: report

IVAN MEHTA

Apple reportedly produced 55 million units in India last year, a shift accelerated as Apple faced growing uncertainty in China.

Uzbekistan’s Uzum valuation leaps over 50% in seven months to $2.3B

JAGMEET SINGH

Uzum now reaches 20 million users and processes $11B in payments as it expands its e-commerce and fintech ecosystem across Uzbekistan.