Fusion startup Helion faces heatwave as it heads towards 2028 deadline
Fusion energy startup Helion announced Friday that it has reached an important milestone in its quest for fusion energy. The plasma inside the company’s prototype reactor, Polaris, reaches 150 million degrees Celsius, three-quarters of the temperature the company believes is needed to operate a commercial fusion power plant. David Kirtley, co-founder and CEO of Helion, […]
Waymo asks DoorDash drivers to close self-driving car doors
Waymo’s self-driving cars are currently transporting passengers in six cities. Unfortunately, this future without self-driving cars comes with its own set of problems. These vehicles can become inoperable if a passenger accidentally leaves the door open. According to a post on Reddit, one DoorDash driver discovered the issue when a strange request appeared in his […]
Pinterest claims more searches than ChatGPT amid disappointing results
Following particularly weak fourth-quarter revenue, Pinterest CEO Bill Reddy sought to compare the digital pinboard site favorably to popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. In an effort to highlight its potential as a unique search destination, Ready claimed that the site’s search volume is higher than ChatGPT. According to third-party data, ChatGPT has 75 billion searches per […]
Rivian was saved by software in 2025
Rivian is clearly an EV manufacturing and sales company. However, in 2025, the company’s software and services supported 8% annual revenue growth. Rivian on Thursday reported total revenue of $5.38 billion in 2025, up from $4.97 billion a year earlier. Looking at the company’s auto revenue alone, Rivian said, that rosy picture is a little […]
Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed on Moonbase Alpha.
“If the idea of a mass driver on the moon appeals to you, join xAI,” CEO Elon Musk declared yesterday, following a restructuring that saw a flurry of former executives leave the AI Institute. This is an interesting hiring strategy after the company merges with Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX and the combined company goes through […]
Didero wins $30 million to put manufacturing sourcing on “agency” autopilot
Tim Spencer realized how complex manufacturing sourcing can be while running his e-commerce startup Markai in Asia during the pandemic. “We had thousands of suppliers and distributed products to dozens of countries around the world,” Spencer (pictured left) told TechCrunch. His staff was overwhelmed by the manual complexity of sourcing suppliers, negotiating prices, tracking orders, […]
Hackers associated with Epstein removed from Black Hat Cyber Conference website
Vincenzo Iozzo, a prominent hacker with ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is not listed on the website of Blackhat, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, or at Japan’s Code Blue security conference. As of Thursday, Iozzo had not appeared on the official review board pages for “Blackhat” or “Code Blue.” As of […]
Automattic plans to have 10 competitors subject to royalty fees, WP Engine claims in new filing
Web hosting company WP Engine has filed an amended complaint with new eyebrow-raising allegations in its ongoing legal battle with WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and his company Automattic (the parent company of WordPress.com). The company is now alleging that Mullenweg intended to target 10 different hosting companies with royalty payments for use of the WordPress […]
Aurora’s driverless trucks can now travel faster and longer distances than human drivers
Aurora’s self-driving truck can now travel the 1,000-mile route between Fort Worth and Phoenix nonstop, exceeding speeds that a human driver can legally achieve. This distance and travel time has positive economic implications for Aurora and other companies hoping to commercialize self-driving semi-trucks. The company says it takes Aurora about 15 hours to transport a […]
FTC expresses concern over allegations that Apple News suppresses right-wing content
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has expressed concern over allegations that Apple is censoring conservative content in the Apple News app. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson accused Apple of excluding right-wing news organizations from the top 20 stories in the Apple News Feed, citing a report by the […]