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ByteDance's Doubao App Tests Ride-Hailing in Beijing and Hangzhou

ByteDance's Doubao AI assistant begins beta testing ride-hailing in Beijing and Hangzhou, powered by Caocao Mobility.

Quadruped Robots Now Need 90% Fewer Rules to Walk Naturally — New Research Cuts Engineering Effort

Teaching a four-legged robot to walk naturally normally requires engineers to hand-tune dozens of custom reward rules. Now researchers have demonstrated a me…

EVsTeslaJun 26

Tesla Claims Driver ‘Manually Overrode Self-Driving’ in Deadly Texas Crash

Tesla says the driver of a Model 3 manually overrode Full Self-Driving before a fatal Texas crash, shifting blame to human error.

AISoftwareSpaceBig TechAmazonJun 25

AWS CEO Matt Garman Dismisses AI Job Apocalypse Fears, Plans to Hire Thousands of Gen Z Grads

AWS CEO Matt Garman rebuts AI job apocalypse fears, says Amazon hiring 11,000 interns and grads in 2026.

AISoftwareBig TechAnthropicJun 24

Anthropic Engineering Head Says Claude AI Tool Made Work a ‘Lonely Experience’

Anthropic’s Claude Code tool made engineers feel isolated, hinting at a broader morale crisis across Big Tech as AI reshapes work.

RoboticsEVsTeslaFigureJun 23

Humanoid Robots Are Streaming Live from Real Factory Floors — End of the Choreographed Demo Era

Humanoid makers like Figure and Tesla are livestreaming robots doing real factory work, shifting from polished demos to verifiable proof.

AISoftwareBig TechOpenAIAnthropicJun 23

OpenAI Merges ChatGPT and Codex Into 'Super App' as It Races Toward Trillion-Dollar IPO

OpenAI merges ChatGPT and Codex into a super app as it nears a trillion-dollar IPO, aiming to shift from chatbot maker to full AI platform.

RoboticsSoftwareJun 22

JD's 700,000 Delivery Drivers Are Being Retrained to Fix the Robots Replacing Them

JD.com's 'Nirvana Plan' is retraining 700,000 delivery workers to maintain the robots replacing them, partnering with 120 schools across China.

AISpaceJun 22

Alibaba Launches Three AI Foundation Models for Physical World Interaction

Alibaba's Qwen team releases three AI foundation models for navigation, manipulation, and world prediction, stepping beyond text-based AI.

RoboticsSpaceJun 21

How Roomba Turned the Robot Vacuum From a Gimmick Into a $15 Billion Industry

In 2002, iRobot launched a disc-shaped machine that bumped into furniture and occasionally fell down stairs. Critics called it a novelty. Two decades later, …

AIHardwareSoftwareSpaceBig TechGoogleMicrosoftNVIDIASpaceXJun 21

Fed's Warsh Admits Tight Policy Contradicted by Record IPO and Debt Binge at SpaceX, Alphabet, Nvidia

Fed Chair Warsh admits tight policy clashes with record capital raising by SpaceX, Alphabet, and Nvidia, as IPOs and debt sales surge.

AIJun 20

Fortune 500 Notches Record $21 Trillion Revenue as Headcount Shrinks to 30.5 Million

Fortune 500 hits record $21T revenue and $2.1T profit while cutting 301,049 jobs. AI and outsourcing drive productivity gains.

AIBig TechOpenAIAnthropicJun 19

Bernie Sanders Proposes 50% Government Stake in AI Companies With $1,000 Annual Dividends for Every American

Bernie Sanders introduces bill for 50% government stake in big AI companies, paying every American $1,000 annual dividend.

SpaceBig TechSpaceXJun 19

Michael Burry Passes on Shorting SpaceX, Calls It 'Fundamentally a Small Space Company'

Michael Burry says he was tempted to short SpaceX but passed on expensive options, calling it 'fundamentally a small space company'.

AIBig TechAnthropicAmazonJun 18

Decision on Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos Models Means the U.S. Has a Licensing Regime for Frontier AI—It Just Doesn’t Want to Admit It

The U.S. government imposed export controls on Anthropic’s newest and most powerful AI models—Fable and Mythos—after Amazon researchers discovered a jailbrea…

AISpaceBig TechAmazonSpaceXJun 18

SpaceX Overtakes Amazon in Market Cap Three Days After IPO

SpaceX surpassed Amazon's market cap three days after its IPO, driven by retail frenzy and a thin float.

AIHardwareBig TechOpenAIJun 17

Oracle and OpenAI Build Massive AI Data Center in Drought-Stricken New Mexico

Oracle and OpenAI build a massive AI data center in drought-stricken New Mexico, sparking tension over water use.

SoftwareSpaceBig TechSpaceXJun 17

Gina Rinehart Invests $1 Billion in SpaceX After Landmark IPO

Gina Rinehart invests $1B in SpaceX after IPO, signaling strong confidence in Elon Musk's space venture.

AIBig TechAnthropicJun 16

"Fix This Code": How a Three-Word Prompt Led the US to Shut Down Anthropic's AI Models

A 'fix this code' prompt led the US to impose export controls on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos models, forcing their shutdown and igniting a debate on AI safety vs. defense.

SpaceCryptoBig TechSpaceXBinanceJun 16

SpaceX Raises $75 Billion in Record-Breaking IPO as Tokenized Stock Allocations Fall Short

SpaceX raised $75B in the largest IPO ever, but tokenized stock buyers got short allocations — a supply-demand issue, not a crypto failure.