Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego and Tampa
Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial playbook.
Architecting memory and storage in the AI era
The era of AI inference has arrived. Imagine a healthcare system analyzing millions of data points in real time to accelerate life-saving medical research, or an intelligent assistant instantly resolving thousands of complex customer needs at once. These real-world breakthroughs rely on advanced infrastructure acting as the engine of continuous intelligence, powering real-time services while…
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Pecan orders are up 28% year over year, and chains from Dunkin’ to Dairy Queen are catering to Pumpkin Spice burnout.
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I’ve Backed 20 Startups. Here’s What Actually Separates the Ones That Win From the Ones That Stall.
After investing in nearly 20 startups, I’ve learned the idea matters — but the founder decides how far it goes.
India’s Unacademy sells to rival upGrad for $206M, about 94% less than its peak valuation
“We raised at a peak, but sold at a fraction of that,” Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal wrote. “I’m not going to dress these facts up.”
Hiring Managers Are Going to Extremes to Weed Out Fake AI Applicants: ‘Wave Your Hand in Front of Your Face’
From waving at your webcam to proving your IP address matches your resume, job interviewers are running a whole new kind of background check.
The One Mistake Almost Every Software Project Makes — and Why It Keeps Shaping Outcomes
The most effective software systems are built by aligning architecture with present realities and evolving it through validated growth.
The Download: engineered microbes for crops, and OpenAI’s culture problem
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. How engineered microbes could help feed the world’s crops Fertilizer is crucial for the global food supply, but making it uses a lot of energy and produces a lot of emissions.…
If space data centers feel far-fetched, why not interstellar travel?
The team behind Starcloud’s orbital data centers has a new high-risk space project: Sending a probe to Alpha Centauri.