Uber increases stake in WeRide as robotaxi partnership ramps up in Dubai
Uber and WeRide have launched robotaxi operations without a human safety operator in Dubai as part of a broader expansion in the Middle East.
The Download: plastic’s problem with fuel prices, and SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO
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. Fuel prices are soaring. Plastic could be next. As the war in Iran continues, one of the most visible global economic ripple effects has been fossil-fuel prices. But looking ahead, further consequences could…
Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack.
I Started College at 16, Then Became a Yoga Teacher. Here’s How My Unconventional Journey Led to $100M.
Genevieve Gilbreath, co-founder and general partner at Springdale Ventures, says the winding path is most interesting.
FedEx chooses partnerships over proprietary tech for its automation strategy
FedEx recently announced a partnership with Berkshire Gray as the company works with external players to develop its automation tech.
Your Team Doesn’t Need a ‘Work Family’ — It Needs This System That Holds Up When It Counts
If calling your company a “family” feels good, wait until you miss a number — real cultures aren’t built on sentiment, but on clarity, ownership and how teams perform when it counts.
Netflix Cofounder Reed Hastings Learned An Unconventional Leadership Lesson From His First Boss, Who Washed Office Coffee Cups At 4:30 A.M.
Hastings thought the office janitor was washing his coffee cups every week, but it was actually his boss.
The 3-Step Talent Audit That Keeps Your Leadership Team Aligned and Performing
Talent is your most valuable asset — treat it like capital, invest intentionally, make the hard calls and use clarity to boost performance and trust.
Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles
The company turns turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model.
Health data giant CareCloud says hackers accessed patients’ medical records
CareCloud, a major provider of medical records storage, said hackers accessed one of its repositories of patient data earlier in March. It provides technnology for more than 45,000 providers covering millions of patients.
Shifting to AI model customization is an architectural imperative
In the early days of large language models (LLMs), we grew accustomed to massive 10x jumps in reasoning and coding capability with every new model iteration. Today, those jumps have flattened into incremental gains. The exception is domain-specialized intelligence, where true step-function improvements are still the norm. When a model is fused with an organization’s…