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Feedly has been dealing with technical problems for more than a week, with users reporting severe slowdowns in its web app and issues affecting its iOS app. Some paying customers…

Amazon is buying large quantities of rare books, scanning their contents for artificial intelligence training data and destroying the physical copies in the process, according to an investigation by 404…

Groq has raised $350 million as it continues shifting from building its own AI chips to operating cloud infrastructure powered by Nvidia systems. The Series A values Groq at $3.5…

Nvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy as part of an agreement tied to the PORTS-Pike data center project near Cincinnati, Ohio. The arrangement will make Nvidia the exclusive…

African defense technology company Terra Industries has raised another $18 million, bringing its seed funding to $52 million as it expands autonomous defense systems and manufacturing. The company says it…

WordPress.com has launched WordPress.com Education, a program that gives participating students a full hosting plan free for their first year, with no credit card required. The plan includes 6 GB…

Uber is investing in drone delivery company Zipline as part of a partnership that aims to complete one million drone deliveries per day by the end of 2029. Zipline drones…

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is experimenting with glow-in-the-dark ice pops, AI-equipped freezers, protein-rich products and new manufacturing techniques as it looks for ways to manage rising costs and changing…

Meta is set to face a major federal trial on August 18 over allegations that Instagram and Facebook were deliberately designed to keep children engaged while collecting data from users…

Ferrari’s first fully electric production car, the Luce, has sold for $40 million at an RM Sotheby’s charity auction in Monterey, California. The result set a new record for the…

Flock Safety has announced new privacy and accountability measures for its automated license plate reader systems, including a recommendation that police departments retain data for seven days instead of 30.…

Apple has sent a new round of threat notifications to users in 110 countries who may have been targeted by mercenary spyware. The alerts warn that an iPhone may have…

Writer has launched Palmyra X6, a new flagship AI model built for agentic and long-running enterprise tasks, alongside an upgraded orchestration system designed to reduce the cost of running AI…

Databricks has raised $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation after investor demand for the round reached roughly $15 billion, according to co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi. The funding comes…

OpenAI has introduced Ultrafast, a new API service tier that can run GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14 times faster than standard processing. The company says the system can generate as…

IBM has formed a broad partnership with OpenAI that will bring models including GPT-5.6, Codex, and ChatGPT Work into IBM’s consulting and enterprise technology services. The companies will jointly develop…

Anthropic has found that groups of AI agents can develop unexpected and sometimes harmful behavior when they interact with one another, including sabotage, collusion, conformity, and improvised conflict-resolution systems. The…

OpenAI has appointed Dali Rajic as chief revenue officer, replacing Denise Dresser after nine months in the role. Rajic joins from cloud security company Wiz, where he served as president…

Ford says the $2 billion overhaul of its Louisville Assembly Plant is on schedule to begin producing the Fathom electric pickup in 2027. The sub-$30,000 midsize truck will be the…

X is releasing a much larger portion of the code behind its “For You” feed and introducing a tool that will show users whether ranking systems or content labels have…