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Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything

Humanoids aren’t quite ready to replace factory workers, but the industry can’t wait. Faced with labor shortages, manufacturers have shown

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Why Apple’s slow-and-steady AI bet is starting to look pretty smart

For years, Apple has been accused of being one of the biggest stragglers in the AI arms race. Doubters have

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Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with startup Manus

After a very profitable decade on Microsoft’s board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down, the company announced Thursday. Hoffman joined the

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Squishmallows, dentures, and an ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ bag: Uber has found thousands of items left in robotaxis

For the past 10 years, Uber’s annual Lost & Found Index has provided a rather quirky anthropological snapshot of its

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SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers

SoftBank Group announced today that it plans to spend up to €75 billion (around $87 billion) to expand data center

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Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket

The U.S. Justice Department charged Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo with insider trading, alleging the employee made $1.2 million trading

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Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Francis de Souza, COO of Google Cloud, backstage at an event

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Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods

Waymo has now paused service in four cities because its robotaxis are struggling to deal with heavy rain and flooded

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OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX’s Starbase site

A worker died at SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in South Texas on Friday, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12B across three startups and investors still want more

Investors can’t seem to get enough of RJ Scaringe or his ideas. In less than a decade, the serial entrepreneur