President Trump Dismisses AI Safety Concerns as a Democratic Hoax and Teases New "AI Force" and "Czar"
President Donald Trump has responded in characteristic fashion to the recent, escalating debate around artificial intelligence safety by declaring that these concerns are part of a long line of hoaxes…
Surveillance Technology Firm Flock Safety Offers Voluntary Buyouts Amid Surging Privacy Backlash
Embattled surveillance technology provider Flock Safety is scaling back its operations and attempting to manage a severe internal and external crisis by offering what it describes as its “most generous”…
India Expands Anti-Spam Regulations to Require App Data Sharing, Drawing Truecaller’s Criticism
India has significantly expanded its national anti-spam framework, introducing stringent new mandates that require caller-ID and call-management applications to share user-generated spam reports directly with telecom operators. The regulatory shift,…
Geothermal Startup Mazama Energy Secures $135 Million in Oversubscribed Series B to Pioneer Super-Hot Rock Power
Geothermal startup Mazama Energy has closed a major $135 million Series B financing round as it races to commercialize a next-generation approach to clean energy generation. The funding, announced on…
Amazon Brings Conversational Alexa+ to India with Deep Hindi Support and Localized App Integrations
Amazon has officially announced that its advanced conversational assistant, Alexa+, is now available in India, introducing robust support for Hindi alongside English. The rollout marks a significant milestone for the…
Nvidia Founder and CEO Jensen Huang Rejects New AI Regulation, Arguing Safety Is an Engineering Problem
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has made his position on the dangers of artificial intelligence unmistakably clear, pushing back against the narrative that advanced technology requires an entirely new…
Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards
Speaking at a Democratic fundraising event where he was interviewed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Obama emphasized that lawmakers need to establish a clear agenda. According to a partial…
WordPress Founder Matt Mullenweg Retakes Control of Automattic Following Brief and Tumultuous Board Ouster
After a week characterized by high-stakes corporate drama, unexpected executive maneuvers, and cryptic social media declarations, Matt Mullenweg has officially returned to his position as the chief executive officer of…
Fusionality Secures $3.7M Pre-Seed Round to Build Control Systems for the Nuclear Fusion Industry
Sometimes startup founders search high and low for the right business idea, while other times it arrives right on their doorstep. Federico Felici and Jonas Buchli are two of the…
Opendoor Founder Eric Wu Returns to Tech with NavigateAI, Targeting Construction Labor Shortages Using AI Glasses
After stepping away from Opendoor in 2022 following a tumultuous period for real estate when fast-rising interest rates abruptly slowed down home sales, founder Eric Wu spent a year resetting.…