Category: Robotics

Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to ta...

Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators.

Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than ...

Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other p...

SeatGeek and Spotify team up to offer concert ticket sa...

This is a strategic win for SeatGeek. With direct placement in the Spotify app, SeatGeek is positioned to reach millions of active...

A startup called Germ becomes the first private messeng...

Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.

Is your startup’s check engine light on? Google Cloud’s...

Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, an...

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to ...

The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi It...

Etsy sells secondhand clothing marketplace Depop to eBa...

The deal comes nearly five years after Etsy purchased Depop for $1.62 billion, at a time when secondhand clothing apps were gainin...

OpenAI deepens India push with Pine Labs fintech partne...

OpenAI moves beyond ChatGPT in India with a Pine Labs deal targeting enterprise payments and AI-driven commerce.

OpenAI taps Tata for 100MW AI data center capacity in I...

OpenAI also plans to expand its presence in India with new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year.

Sex toys maker Tenga says hacker stole customer informa...

The Japanese sex toy maker said a hacker broke into an employee's inbox and stole customer names, email addresses, and corresponde...

Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI

AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their ow...

Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach

The company said hackers downloaded “a limited number of files” after breaking into an employee’s account. The hacking group Shiny...

Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now hand...

Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn't just search for you, but one that "knows you." CEO Brian Chesky said, "It will ...

Airbnb plans to bake in AI features for search, discove...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of large language models for customer discovery, support and en...

Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and i...

A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India's largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders...

Nothing opens its first retail store in India

The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF.

India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, app...

India’s $1.1B fund-of-funds will invest through private VCs to support deep-tech and manufacturing startups.

Didero lands $30M to put manufacturing procurement on ‘...

Didero functions as an agentic AI layer that sits on top of a company’s existing ERP, acting as a coordinator that reads incoming ...

Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed ...

"I really want to see a mass driver on the moon that is shooting AI satellites into deep space."

Rivian was saved by software in 2025

The company's annual revenue was boosted by its technology joint venture with Volkswagen Group.

IBM will hire your entry-level talent in the age of AI

IBM plans to triple its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, but these jobs will have different tasks than in previous years.

Amid disappointing earnings, Pinterest claims it sees m...

Pinterest's stock tumbles after an earnings miss, with higher-than-expected usage its only bright spot.

For $1M, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to tea...

The longevity-obsessed investor Bryan Johnson is charging $1 million to sign up for his "Immortals" program.

Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of i...

If a passenger accidentally leaves a Waymo door open, the vehicle can get stuck in place.

Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it races...

Helion's Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power plant ...