These Gen Zers just raised $11.75M to put Africa’s defense back in the hands of Africans
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Motional says it will launch a driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas before the end of 2026.
Google co-founders may be leaving California
Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google.
Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests
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Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries
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