Amazon Launches Same-Day Grocery Delivery to 1,000 Cities. Here’s How to Find Out If It’s Coming to Your Town.
Amazon plans to expand the option to 2,300 cities and towns across the U.S by the end of 2025.
The Download: Taiwan’s silicon shield, and ChatGPT’s personality misstep
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Taiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakening Taiwanese politics increasingly revolves around one crucial question: Will China invade? China’s ruling party has wanted to seize Taiwan for more than half a century. But in…
August 2025
AI Can Burn Out Your Team — Or Save It. Here’s the Difference
AI should be used to reduce friction and give overworked teams the tools to focus on what matters most.
India’s Rapido begins testing food delivery to take on Swiggy, Zomato
Rapido’s beta food delivery service has popped up in three key localities in Bengaluru before a broader rollout.
Instagram is developing a feature that helps users find shared interests
People select their favorite movies, books, TV shows, games, and music, or their “Picks.” Instagram then finds overlaps with friends who chose the same things.
Monarch Tractors won’t be built by Foxconn after Ohio factory sale
Monarch’s tractors were the only vehicles being built by Foxconn in Ohio after Lordstown Motors, Fisker Inc, and IndiEV went bankrupt.
NASA has sparked a race to develop the data pipeline to Mars
SpaceX, Blue Origin and Rocket Lab are competing to become the de-facto comms provider for Mars.
5 Things Founders Need to Know About Reinventing Themselves and Their Startups
How resilient founders are embracing reinvention to navigate market shifts, rediscover purpose and build ventures that stand the test of time.
Pocket FM gives its writers an AI tool to transform narratives, write cliffhangers, and more
Pocket FM is building LLM to help users write faster and in turn, produce more audio shows.
Pebble’s smartwatch is back: Pebble Time 2 specs revealed
The Pebble Time 2’s final smartwatch specs are revealed. (And yes, you can call it a “Pebble” again!)
Anthropic nabs Humanloop team as competition for enterprise AI talent heats up
While an Anthropic spokesperson confirmed that the AI firm did not acquire Humanloop or its IP, that’s a moot point in an industry where IP lives in the brain. And what Humanloop’s team is bringing to Anthropic is experience developing the tools that help enterprises run safe, reliable AI at scale.