Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways
Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
The Download: how people really use AI, and Flock’s design choices
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. We still don’t know how people are really using AI AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI regularly publish reports on how people are using their products. But they only release the…
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Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria
The AI opportunity is huge but “it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment discipline,” Kushner warns in his first-ever investment letter.
What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on U.S. water utilities
Over the last couple of weeks, hackers have targeted and broken into the systems of several water plants in the United States. Here’s what we know and don’t know about this wave of attacks allegedly carried out by the Iranian government.
Selena Gomez Was Just Sued for $1.2 Million Over Her Mental Health Startup. Here’s What Her Investors Allege.
Investors say that the most-followed woman on Instagram failed to follow through on her commitments.
Why Software Quality Is Now a Founder-Level Problem, Not Just an Engineering One
AI made shipping fast and easy. Verifying what you shipped didn’t get easier, and that gap is now a business risk only founders can close.
Why Your Top Performers Quit Right After Their Biggest Wins (and How to Prevent It)
Your best people are not quitting after their worst years. They are quitting after their best ones. That is the problem nobody is tracking.
The Power of a ‘Warm Introduction’ Is Real. These Two Founders Are Working to Make Those Connections Happen.
In a world drowning in cold emails, two connectors built a company on one belief: the right introduction changes everything.
Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can’t stop hitting snooze
Unforgetful, the latest app from longtime indie developer Marco Arment, is designed to make reminders harder to ignore — or accidentally dismiss.
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations
Turning off this setting won’t affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file
You Can Now Get Buffalo Wings and Subs Under One Roof — The Two Chains Just Made It Official
Buffalo Wild Wings Go and Jimmy John’s are launching their first combined location together, in a Florida town built around game day.