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The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit

Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook — it’s also the company's most repairable laptop in “about fourteen years."

US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B

The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate "procurement actions."

Elon Musk’s ketamine use can’t be probed in OpenAI fraud trial

Elon Musk’s use of the drug ketamine will be off limits to attorneys for OpenAI Inc. and its chief executive officer Sam ...

Elon Musk ‘Kisses’ Donald Trump in AI Video Powered by New Grok Update

An AI-generated video of Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump sharing a kiss recently went viral on X (formerly Twitter).

William Shatner says he turned a $42 money transfer from Elon Musk into nearly $200,000 for his charity

Shatner spoke to Business Insider about his "tentative relationship" with Elon Musk, getting early access to X Money, and ...

Former DOGE employees give an inside look at the Elon Musk-led agency

The employees testified they asked ChatGPT to cut anything they deemed as "DEI" from government spending.

Elon Musk Admits xAI Was Built Wrong and Announces New Hiring Push After Mass Resignation

Elon Musk admits xAI was not built correctly, apologises to rejected candidates and launches a major hiring push after mass founder resignations.

Elon Musk Admits xAI ‘Wasn’t Built Right’—and Is Rebuilding the Company From Scratch

Elon Musk says that xAI “wasn’t built right the first time,” and is now being “rebuilt from the foundations up.”  According to the Financial Times, Musk has recently brought in “fixers” from Tesla and ...

Elon Musk says xAI missed talented candidates — so he's reopening the résumé stack

Elon Musk said he's resifting through past xAI candidates as high-profile employees continue to exit his AI startup.

Anti-Elon Musk guerrilla art vending machine goes up at SXSW in Austin

An unidentified group installed an anti-Elon Musk vending machine that dispenses the Epstein Files, part of a guerilla art installation.

Elon Musk says Tesla’s mega AI chip ‘Terafab’ project to launch in 7 days

Elon Musk announced Tesla's "Terafab" project for manufacturing AI chips will launch in seven days. This initiative addresses ...

Honda is killing its EVs — and any chance of competing in the future

Honda's decision to kill its three EVs for the U.S. market will reverberate far beyond North America.

Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company

These layoffs could help Facebook's parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and hiring.

As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help

We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft.

How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others

Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT.

Spotify lets you edit your own algorithm with new Taste Profile feature

The feature, announced at SXSW by co-CEO Gustav Söderström, lets Premium listeners see and shape the data model powering their recommendations, starting with a beta rollout in New Zealand For a decade, Spotify’s recommendation engine has worked largely in silence. It watched what you played, noted what you skipped, inferred meaning from the time of […]This story continues at The Next Web

Rise of model context protocol in the agentic era

We have all heard about model context protocol (MCP) in the context of artificial intelligence. In this article, we will dive into what MCP is and why it is becoming more important by the day. When APIs are already available then why do we need MCP? Although we have seen a large rise in popularity […]This story continues at The Next Web

Elon Musk is tearing xAI down to build it back up. Again.

The AI company he founded three years ago has lost six co-founders, is slashing staff, and trails badly in coding benchmarks. Musk’s remedy: rebuild from scratch, for the second time. In March 2023, Elon Musk launched xAI with 12 co-founders and a stated ambition to build “the most powerful AI in the world.” Three years […]This story continues at The Next Web

Google’s biggest Maps update in a decade puts Gemini in the passenger seat

Ask Maps lets users query the world in natural language. Immersive Navigation rebuilds directions in 3D. Together, they mark the most significant overhaul of Google Maps since Street View. The question Google is now asking its users to ask Maps is: “My phone is dying, where can I charge it without a long wait for […]This story continues at The Next Web

Uber founder Travis Kalanick launches robotics company Atoms

The Uber founder re-emerges with Atoms, a stealth robotics venture that quietly employed thousands before going public, and a philosophy about ‘gainfully employed robots’ that sounds a lot like Uber, but for warehouses. For eight years, Travis Kalanick ran a company whose thousands of employees were not allowed to list their employer publicly. On March […]This story continues at The Next Web