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.
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Google updates AI search to include ‘expert advice’ from Reddit and other web forums
While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic.
Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full-stack, demo shows
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.
Tinder owner Match Group is slowing hiring to pay for its increased use of AI tools
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 to pay $250M to settle lawsuit over Siri’s delayed AI features
Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit for overpromising the arrival of Siri's AI features.
The app store for robots has arrived: Hugging Face launches open-source Reachy Mini App Store with 200+ apps
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 raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding
Ethos says it is onboarding 35,000 experts per week.
Aurora lands McLane deal to run driverless truck routes in Texas
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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AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T
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.
Peter Sarlin’s Qutwo hits $380m valuation in an angel round
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
Google’s top differential-privacy scientist tells the EU its data-sharing plan can be reversed in two hours
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
Davis raises $5.5m pre-seed to compress real-estate development from months to days
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
OpenAI president testifies on Elon Musk’s $80 billion Mars colonization plan
The OpenAI vs Elon Musk trial in California took another dramatic turn when ChatGPT maker company’s president testified on ...
Elon Musk pressured OpenAI’s Greg Brockman to settle lawsuit or become one of ‘most hated men in America’: filing
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 settles SEC case on Twitter disclosures with $1.5 million penalty
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
Elon Musk May Have His Eye on a $300 Million Miami Beach Megamansion
Speculation is heating up along Miami’s North Bay Road, where rumors are swirling around a still-unfinished megamansion, a ...
Elon Musk Megatrial Kicks Off Second Week With Scrutiny of OpenAI Exec’s Finances
Musk reached out before trial to ask about a settlement and predicted OpenAI leaders would be the “most hated men in America” ...
Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter disclosures, $1.5 million fine imposed
(Removes paragraph 21 from May 4 story which said Reuters had sought comment from lawyer) By Jonathan Stempel, Douglas ...