Mistral’s LE Chat Chat Bot Push Productivity in the New “Deep Search” Mode
France’s AI Lab Mistral introduced a variety of new features to its LE Chat Chat Bot on Thursday, bringing closer to rivals like Openai and Google. New updates include a new “deep search” mode, native multilingual inference, and advanced image editing. This news comes just days after Mistral released voxtral. This is the first open […]
Confident security, “AI signal” comes out of stealth for $4.2 million
One question continues to get in the way as consumers, businesses and governments flock to the promise of cheap, fast, and seemingly magical AI tools. How can I keep my data private? Tech giants like Openai, Anthropic, Xai and Google quietly scoop up and keep user data quietly scooping up and keeping it safe and […]
North Korean hackers blamed record-breaking spikes in 2025
According to new data from Crypto Analysis Firm Chainalysis, hackers stole over $2 billion in ciphers in the first half of 2025, recording the worst year on crypto theft records. The blockchain analytics company said Thursday in a new report Thursday that $2.17 billion stolen in the first half of 2025 already exceeds the amount […]
Spotify expands audiobook access to family plan members for the first time
Spotify announced an expansion to its premium audiobook service on Thursday. It features two new plans that will provide subscribers with additional listening time and allow other families to access the services. This option is currently available only to Spotify premium users in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland […]
Uber invests millions of dollars in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium Robotaxi service
Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in EV maker Lucid and Autonomous Vehicle Technology Startup Nuro to launch its own premium Robotaxi service. Under the deal announced Thursday, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid and will “at least” buy 20,000 new gravity SUVs from EV Maker separately over the next six years. […]
Lovable will become a unicorn in the $200 million Series A just eight months after its release
The fast-growing Swedish AI vibe coding startup Lovable has become Europe’s latest unicorn. Just eight months after its launch, the startup raised a $200 million Series A round led by Accel at a $1.8 billion valuation. Like cursors and other platforms that help developers leverage the coding and inference capabilities of large language models to […]
Roblox introduces new safeguards for teens, including age estimation technology
Roblox announced Thursday it will launch new safeguards for people aged 13 to 18. The company introduces “trusted connections” to allow these users to connect more freely with people they know, along with age estimation techniques, more privacy tools and insights from teenage parents. Roblox has been firing in recent years about how to deal […]
Openai and human researchers condemn “reckless” safety culture at Elon Musk’s Xai
AI safety researchers from Openai, humanity and other organizations have made public comments about Xai’s “reckless” and “completely irresponsible” safety culture, a billion-dollar AI startup owned by Elon Musk. Criticism follows a week-long scandal at Xai that masked the company’s technological advances. Last week, the company’s AI chatbot Grok spewed anti-Semitic comments, repeatedly calling them […]
GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data center with EV batteries
GM has sent new and old EV batteries to Redwood Materials and has since reused the pack for stationary energy storage, the companies announced today. GM’s Second Life Battery has already gone through the Redwood process and has entered the 12-megawatt microgrid at its Sparks, Nevada headquarters. The electricity from that installation will flow to […]
GMC Hummer Ev surpassed Tesla Cybertruck’s last quarter
Tesla Cybertruck sales plummeted from last year’s peak. According to new data from Cox Automotive, Tesla sold just 4,306 Cybertrucks in the second quarter. Both were beaten by Ford’s F-150 Lightning, becoming the best-selling electric truck in the US in the first quarter, beating CyberTruck. But even Ford’s offering is struggling. The 5,842 lightning bolts […]