Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas
Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who’s struggled to raise cash.
Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who’s struggled to raise cash.
It’s a camera. It’s a drone. But HoverAir doesn’t want it to be a drone where the FCC is concerned. | Image: HoverAir HoverAir drones always have intriguing gimmicks. This one folds flat to fit in your pocket. This one can land on water. Another can charge inside its carrying case. But the brand's latest trick might be its riskiest: it's attempting to sneak a drone past the FCC. In December 2025, the US government banned future foreign drones from reaching our shores, and HoverAir's floating A
The next-generation robotaxi called the Waymo Ojai, is central to the company's push towards mass scale, and eventually, profitability.
A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data.
US residents face trade-offs as delivery drone services such as Prime Air expand.
SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.
After raising $1.7 billion for his new robotics company Atoms, Travis Kalanick is introspective about the role VCs have played in his career.
Framework says it's replacing some out-of-warranty AMD mainboards.
AI-native account startup Rillet became a unicorn, led by ICONIQ after it doubled its ARR in the past three months, it said.
Bankrupt Spirit accused of selling out workers in massive data sale to Google.
The actress' firm Kinship Ventures is an investor in the company.
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In order to beef up its ability to accurately measure viewership data in the streaming era, Nielsen is moving forward with a plan to use more information gathered from its partners' wearable devices. Today, Nielsen announced "a number of key enhancements" that are being added to its data capturing process ahead of the upcoming fall TV season. As of August 31st, Nielsen's co-viewing data will now include information obtained from smart-watch like gadgets that Neilsen's research panelists wear in
FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be "technologically neutral."
During a recent visit to Generalist AI, I watched a robotic arm improvise and use a banana as a tool.
As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.
The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenAI.
As we're gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It's a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Google is also enhancing its study notebooks with support for graphs and images. It can even add test dates and deadlines to your Google Calendar based on your syllabus. Google is also adding Deep Research to Gemini Live. You can ask Gemini to generate complicated
Multiple cybersecurity researchers said they suddenly lost access to OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program, which offers models with fewer guardrails for vetted users.
"We will put the booster back into service for another flight as soon as possible."