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The Boring Company is finally testing Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ in its Las Vegas tunnels

Elon Musk’s The Boring Company is finally testing Full Self-Driving (Supervised), the advanced driver assistance system created by Tesla, in the tunnels that connect Las Vegas’ Convention Center to a few nearby hotels, according to Fortune. Steve Hill, the CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, told the outlet that The Boring Company […]

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Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI

Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program Monday. CEO Stephen Gillett announced the “difficult decision” to wind down the program in a staff memo, according to Business Insider. “Over the years, Verily has built a legacy in developing world-class, innovative medical devices,” Gillett wrote, noting that the “path

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Apple is in talks to use Google’s Gemini for Siri revamp, report says

Apple is falling behind in the race to transform Siri into an AI assistant that’s as powerful as its competitors. As consumers grow more impatient, Apple is considering using another company’s tech instead of developing its own. Apple is now exploring a partnership with Google, its most direct competitor in the smartphone business, according to

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A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses

Earlier in July, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick gave chipmakers like Nvidia the green light to start selling certain AI chips in China again, but his department is said to be holding things up. According to reporting from Reuters, Nvidia has yet to receive a license to sell its H20 AI chips. The U.S.

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The sequel to ‘The Social Network’ may have just found its lead actors

Over a decade after “The Social Network,” director Aaron Sorkin is reportedly working on a sequel, possibly with two leads in mind. While the 2010 original film focused on Mark Zuckerberg’s rise, “Social Network Part II” is said to draw from Jeff Horwitz’s “The Facebook Files,” which exposed Facebook’s harmful effects on teens and its

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Big Tech to work with Trump administration to build digital health ecosystem

The Trump administration said on Wednesday that it secured commitments from Google, OpenAI, Amazon, Anthropic, and Apple to start building a digital health ecosystem. The efforts will focus on two areas: creating a framework for patients and providers to easily share information, and creating more personal tools so patients can access resources needed to stay

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Palo Alto Networks agrees to buy CyberArk for $25 billion

Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks announced on Wednesday its intent to acquire identity management and security company CyberArk for $25 billion. The deal, a mix of cash and stock, marks Palo Alto’s entrance into the identity security space, according to a company press release. Palo Alto has been on a shopping spree since Nikesh Arora

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Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation 

AI chip startup Groq is in talks to raise a fresh $600 million at a near $6 billion valuation, sources tell Bloomberg, although the deal isn’t yet final and terms could change.  Groq raised $640 million at a $2.8 billion valuation in August 2024, making this double the valuation in about a year. Groq previously

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Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them

AI video-generating startups Luma and Runway are looking beyond movie studios. These video-generating AI companies have their sights set on other markets for future revenue streams and have been in talks with both robotics and self-driving car companies, according to reporting from The Information. The report didn’t identify which companies Luma and Runway are in

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