Chinese tech giant Baidu has begun testing autonomous vehicles in London as part of its partnership with Lyft and Freenow, the German taxi and multi-mobility app that Lyft now owns. Baidu is the latest in a series of companies trialling self-driving technology in the UK ahead of commercial robotaxi deployments. The trial, which began Tuesday
Weeks before its long-awaited acquisition by SpaceX closes, AI coding startup Cursor is making its biggest push into India yet, launching its first country-specific subscription as the company bets on one of the world’s largest developer markets to fuel its next stage of growth. On Monday, the startup introduced Cursor Start, a ₹649 a month
While much of the streaming industry is focused on mergers and acquisitions, NBCUniversal is expanding its reach through partnerships, and its latest move brings Peacock directly to YouTube. On Monday, NBCUniversal and YouTube announced a multi-year global strategic partnership, bringing Peacock’s Premium plan to YouTube Premium subscribers in the US in early 2027. This gives
Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei responded Monday afternoon to murmurs in the industry that his company somehow supports the U.S. government’s efforts to ban Chinese open-weight models, or possibly open-weight models in general. “Anyone who has read my previous writings should know that I do not consider such bans to be a useful measure,
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3, 2024 in Washington, DC. Fauci is expected to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty
For hard-tech startups, manufacturing is an expensive endeavor. Now, Thea Energy has a head start thanks to a grant from the Department of Energy. The fusion energy startup told TechCrunch on Monday that it received a $20 million grant from ARPA-E to help manufacture its modular high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets. HTS magnets are expensive but
