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Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)

Elon Muks's xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. …

AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots

People used AI on a spectrogram image of cockpit recordings to reconstruct them, forcing the NTSB to…

Google goes for the glitter with disco-ball icons: ‘Are y’all sure you still want this?’

You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel homescreen, says Google.…

How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups 

Some AI startups are stretching traditional revenue metrics when talking about progress publicly. An…

Elon Musk can’t hear you over the sound of his $1.75 trillion IPO

The SpaceX S-1 is finally here, and the story it tells goes way further than rockets. The filing run…

You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’

After Google Search's AI update, the word "disregard" now effectively breaks the search interface.…

We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there

Google demoed prototype Android XR glasses that overlay Gemini-powered translation, navigation, and …

SpaceX files to go public, and the math requires a little faith

The SpaceX S-1 is finally here, and the story it tells goes way further than rockets. The filing run…

Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes

Spotify is partnering with Universal Music Group to let Premium subscribers create AI-generated so…

Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore

Google is about to look really different, and if you're not a fan of the AI overview feature, then y…

Trump delays AI security executive order, saying language ‘could have been a blocker’

President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government s…

Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts

Spotify will let you generate daily or weekly briefs based on your prompts…