Chrome on Android now supports approximate instead of precise location sharing
The new feature is a small win for Android users, as it gives them more control over how much location data they share with websites.
The new feature is a small win for Android users, as it gives them more control over how much location data they share with websites.
While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic.
Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, but also a demo showcasing a set of robotic hands performing complex tasks.
Match Group said that it's slowing its hiring plans for the rest of the year because AI tools "cost a lot of money."
Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit for overpromising the arrival of Siri's AI features.
There's an app for nearly every imaginable user and use case these days, but one thing they all have in common is that they're centered around one device: the smartphone.That changes today as Hugging Face, the 10-year-old New York City startup best known for being the go-to place online to host and use cutting-edge, open-source AI models, agents and applications, launches a new App Store for Reachy Mini, its low-cost ($299) open-source physical robot that debuted back in July 2025 (its
Ethos says it is onboarding 35,000 experts per week.
Aurora said it plans to expand to new routes between McLane distribution centers across the U.S. Sun Belt by the end of 2026.
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Samsung crossed the $1 trillion valuation mark after shares surged on AI-driven chip demand, making it only the second Asian company after TSMC to hit the milestone.
After selling Silo AI to AMD for $665m, the Helsinki entrepreneur is doing it again. Qutwo’s angel round prices a quantum-classical orchestration layer with no quantum hardware shipping yet, and customers already paying tens of millions for it. There is a particular kind of European startup story that is not supposed to happen at this […]This story continues at The Next Web
Sergei Vassilvitskii, distinguished scientist at Google since 2012, has written to Brussels warning that the Commission’s proposed anonymisation scheme for forced search-data sharing is, by his red team’s own demonstration, breakable in 120 minutes. The decision deadline is 27 July. There is a familiar genre of corporate complaint in EU regulatory proceedings: a US technology […]This story continues at The Next Web
The Paris-based AI-native real-estate company, founded by Entrepreneurs First alumni Mehdi Rais and Amine Chraibi, has Heartcore and Balderton co-leading the round, an unusual cap-table for a pre-seed. The technical pitch is more interesting than the headline. There is a particular shape of European AI seed round that has, in 2026, become harder to land […]This story continues at The Next Web
The OpenAI vs Elon Musk trial in California took another dramatic turn when ChatGPT maker company’s president testified on ...
In the filing, OpenAI’s legal team argues that Musk’s texts to Brockman lend to support to one of their core arguments – that Musk, as the founder of xAI, is trying to jam up a rival company rather than pursue a legitimate grievance.
Elon Musk settled the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil lawsuit accusing him of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter
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Musk reached out before trial to ask about a settlement and predicted OpenAI leaders would be the “most hated men in America” ...
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