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Uber has always wanted to be more than a ride; now it has reason to hurry

CONNIE LOIZOS

The company has been trying to embed itself inside the AV industry — as a data provider, an investor, and a distribution platform — but the consumer-facing bet may be just as important.

Anthropic says ‘evil’ portrayals of AI were responsible for Claude’s blackmail attempts

ANTHONY HA

Fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic.

Get ready for the whisper-filled office of the future

ANTHONY HA

How will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers?

Keyboard Shortcuts I Learned From My Cat

JUSTIN POT

Every time my cat Mira walks across a keyboard, I learn a few new Mac and PC keyboard shortcuts I never knew about.

CUDA Proves Nvidia Is a Software Company

SHEON HAN

There’s a deep, forbidding moat that surrounds Nvidia—and it has nothing to do with hardware.

I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI

RUTH FOWLER

For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different platforms. It’s bad.

Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data

KATE PARK

Samsung, Hyundai and LG just bet on the startup that wants to be robotics' data backbone.

A Chevron Texas Power Plant Seeks School District Tax Break

MOLLY TAFT

The move could save the oil company hundreds of millions, even as Texas lawmakers start looking at reining in incentives for data centers.

Venmo’s biggest makeover in years comes at a very interesting time

LAUREN FORRISTAL

The timing is notable. PayPal, which owns Venmo, is restructuring to spin Venmo off as a standalone business unit — a move widely seen as laying the groundwork for a potential sale. Stripe has reportedly expressed interest in buying PayPal outright.

Papa Johns Is Getting Into Drone Delivery—but Not for Pizza

AARIAN MARSHALL

A new collaboration with Alphabet’s Wing will only deliver sandwiches. It demonstrates the tricky parts of taking to the sky.

Sony's failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits

JON BRODKIN

Cable firm Cox's Supreme Court win may help all tech providers, not just ISPs.

Discord launches Nitro Rewards, giving subscribers access to the base tier of Xbox Game Pass for no extra cost

AMANDA SILBERLING

Discord's Nitro Rewards program will give Nitro subscribers access to Xbox Game Pass, and discounts from Logitech, SteelSeries, and other gaming brands.

There aren’t enough rockets for space data centers. Cowboy Space raised $275 million to build them.

TIM FERNHOLZ

Cowboy Space Corporation wants to put data centers in orbit. First, it has to build the rockets to get them there.

TikTok launches an ad-free subscription plan in the UK

AISHA MALIK

Users who sign up for the plan won’t see ads on TikTok, and their data won’t be used for advertising purposes.

A promising Indian launch startup nears its first orbital test flight

ERIC BERGER

"We wanted to get to an orbital launch vehicle in a few years."