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Peripheral Labs taps into self-driving car sensors to bring sports fans right into the game The startup has raised a $3.6 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures. The startup…
Rivian rolls out new ‘Universal Hands-Free’ driving feature The driver assistance software is available on Rivian's for Gen 2 R1 cars and works on 3.5 million miles of North American…
Apple opens up its App Store to competition in Japan Epic Games CEO says Fortnite won't return to Japan, though, because the new rules still require high fees. Epic Games…
Trump Media is merging with fusion power company TAE Technologies in $6B+ deal The merger would broaden Trump Media’s holdings into the nascent fusion power space while data centers clamor…
Luma releases a new AI model that lets users generate a video from a start and end frame Luma AI's new model is available through the company's Dream Machine platform.…
Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation Lovable has seen its valuation more than triple just five months after the company's last funding round in July. Lovable has…
Amazon’s new Alexa+ feature adds conversational AI to Ring doorbells Amazon said that the feature uses the Ring doorbell's video descriptions to determine who the person in front the camera…
Instacart’s AI-driven pricing tool attracted attention — now the FTC has questions In an economy where everyone's feeling squeezed, AI-driven price testing of kitchen essentials was bound to attract attention.…
Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training The lawsuit is just the latest in a string of copyright-related legal complaints aimed at the AI…