Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ software under investigation for traffic safety violations
The U.S.’ top auto safety agency said it had identified more than 50 reports of FSD running red lights, crossing yellow lines, or making illegal turns.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
Google ramps up its ‘AI in the workplace’ ambitions with Gemini Enterprise
The new product launched Thursday already has customers, including Gordon Foods, Macquarie Bank, and Virgin Voyages.
DoorDash to use Serve Robotics’ sidewalk robots for deliveries in Los Angeles
DoorDash customers in Los Angeles might soon have their food brought to them by one of Serve Robotics’ sidewalk delivery bots. The two companies on Thursday announced a multi-year partnership that would see them using autonomous robots to make deliveries across the U.S.
3 takeaways about climate tech right now
On Monday, we published our 2025 edition of Climate Tech Companies to Watch. This marks the third time we’ve put the list together, and it’s become one of my favorite projects to work on every year. In the journalism world, it’s easy to get caught up in the latest news, whether it’s a fundraising round,…
How healthy am I? My immunome knows the score.
The story is a collaboration between MIT Technology Review and Aventine, a non-profit research foundation that creates and supports content about how technology and science are changing the way we live. It’s not often you get a text about the robustness of your immune system, but that’s what popped up on my phone last spring.…
Battlefield alum DevAlly raises €2M to help companies with Europe’s feisty new accessibility law
Regulatory tailwinds and growing awareness around accessibility helped DevAlly secure €2 million in pre-seed funding.
OpenAI’s affordable ChatGPT Go plan expands to 16 new countries in Asia
OpenAI is expanding its $5 per month ChatGPT Go plan to 16 more countries.
Novoloop’s upcycled plastic takes a step closer to production
Novoloop has signed a deal with a contract manufacturer to produce its Lifecycled TPU material.
You Sold Your Business — What Happens Next?
There will be a lot of changes in the wake of the sale of your business, some predictable and others not.
Even after Stargate, Oracle, Nvidia and AMD, OpenAI has more big deals coming soon, Sam Altman says
By some estimates, OpenAI has this year inked $1 trillion dollars worth of infrastructure deals. Altman says to expect even more.