Google calls for weakened copyright and export rules in AI policy proposal
Google, following on the heels of OpenAI, published a policy proposal in response to the Trump administration’s call for a…
Waymo was slapped with nearly 600 parking tickets last year in SF alone
Waymo now has more than 300 driverless vehicles zipping passengers around San Francisco, but while they follow traffic laws, parking…
Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe’s Digital Markets Act
Y Combinator, one of the world’s most prolific startup accelerators, sent a letter on Wednesday urging the Trump administration to…
Android is adding Auracast support, which allows hearing aids to connect to public audio broadcasts
Google announced on Thursday that Android phones will soon support Auracast, a new Bluetooth technology that uses a phone to…
Y Combinator’s police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $275M at $7.5B valuation
Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs, Bedrock Capital, announced Thursday that the startup raised a fresh $275 million…
Anti-aging zealot Bryan Johnson wants to start ‘foodome sequencing’
In the same way that genome sequencing determines the genetic makeup of an organism, Bryan Johnson — the investor and…
Sesame, the startup behind the viral virtual assistant Maya, releases its base AI model
AI company Sesame has released the base model that powers Maya, the impressively realistic voice assistant. The model, which is 1 billion parameters…
Sesame, the startup behind the viral virtual assistant Maya, open-sources its base AI model
Sesame, the AI company behind the impressively realistic voice assistant Maya, has released the base AI model powering Maya, as…
Rad Power Bikes already has a new CEO
Rad Power Bikes has named a new CEO, just a few days after its previous leader stepped down. The e-bike…
Oracle is reportedly a top choice for helping run TikTok
TikTok has until April to finalize a sale to a U.S.-based buyer, yet uncertainties about the future of the short-form…