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Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal

JULIE BORT

If Alphabet's record-breaking, $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow.

Uber to put 500 data-collection vehicles on the road this year

SEAN O'KANE, KIRSTEN KOROSEC

The modified Ioniq 5 will be loaded with sensors to capture data for Uber's new AV Labs division.

Defense tech is flooded with money, but who’s built to last?

THERESA LOCONSOLO

Defense tech is red hot right now. Anduril and Mach Industries just doubled and quadrupled their valuations, respectively, and the U.S. government is proposing a 40% increase in defense budget. A wave of new startups is chasing those government contracts, but according to Ross Fubini, the venture investor who wrote Anduril’s first check, most of them will get lost in the Valley of Death between prototype contract […]

Flesh-eating screwworm infection detected in South Texas, USDA says

BETH MOLE

If confirmed, it would be the fly's first breach of the US-Mexico border.

Google ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt out

JON BRODKIN

Google must change AI Overviews after claiming users don't want "lots of sources."

Google's new Gemma 4 12B model is designed to run on any laptop with 16GB of RAM

RYAN WHITWAM

Gemma 4 12B uses a new encoding scheme and token prediction to punch above its weight.

New social features further Plex’s evolution from media server business

SCHARON HARDING

Plex is increaingly focusing on content discovery and streaming rentals.

Trump plan to test AI models has a problem—US security teams were gutted by DOGE

ASHLEY BELANGER

Critics say Trump plan to test AI models is short-sighted, performative.

Inside Meta's attempts to play catch-up with AI

HANNAH MURPHY, FINANCIAL TIMES

Doubts linger over whether Meta can close the gap with rivals.

Dashlane issues opaque advisory warning 20 encrypted vaults were stolen

DAN GOODIN

Security advisory leaves out key details. Dashlane maintains complete silence.

Autonomous vehicles were supposed to cut traffic—what if they don't?

JONATHAN M. GITLIN

Data shows Waymo's robotaxis are empty for almost half of the miles they drive.

Lovable signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says

JULIE BORT

Lovable and Google signed an expanded multi-year deal athat involves a 5x expansion of Lovable's footprint on Google Cloud, and expanded access to Anthropic Claude.

Microsoft, Atom Computing, EeroQ update their quantum computing progress

JOHN TIMMER

Some quantum computing companies we've covered have done recent progress updates.

Quick commerce FirstClub doubles valuation to $255M in nine months

JAGMEET SINGH

The Bengaluru startup has crossed 1 million orders and reached a $50 million annualized GMV run rate within a year of launch.

OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons

EMILY MULLIN

Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.