Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals
When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands.
The Download: investigating deaths at the US border’s “virtual wall”
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. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die? When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the US in April 2024, the day before…
Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: What You Need to Know About the Epic $134 Billion Trial
The former friends and co-founders are now battling in court over whether Altman broke OpenAI’s nonprofit mission and charitable purpose.
Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry
The government of Sri Lanka has lost more than $3 million in two recent, separate cybersecurity incidents as the country continues to recover from its 2022 debt crisis.
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field
A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the front lines.
BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun
BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing and supply chain technologies.
Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats
Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans.
Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation
The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi.
The Download: storing nuclear waste and orchestrating agents
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. It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste Today, nuclear energy enjoys rare support across the political spectrum. Public approval has spiked, and Big Tech is throwing money around to…
Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public
Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.
Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.
We visited Scout AI’s training ground where it’s working on AI agents that give individual soldiers control of fleets of autonomous vehicles.