Sources: Travis Kalanick prepares to launch a self-driving car company with backing from Uber and has been discussing acquiring Anthony Levandowski's Pronto.ai (Jessica E. Lessin/The Information)

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Sources: Travis Kalanick prepares to launch a self-driving car company with backing from Uber and has been discussing acquiring Anthony Levandowski's Pronto.ai (Jessica E. Lessin/The Information)

Jessica E. Lessin / The Information : Sources: Travis Kalanick prepares to launch a self-driving car company with ba…

PayPay shares jump 19% in their Nasdaq debut after the company's $879.8M US IPO, the biggest listing by a Japanese company on a US stock exchange in a decade (Georgie McKay/Bloomberg)

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PayPay shares jump 19% in their Nasdaq debut after the company's $879.8M US IPO, the biggest listing by a Japanese company on a US stock exchange in a decade (Georgie McKay/Bloomberg)

Georgie McKay / Bloomberg : PayPay shares jump 19% in their Nasdaq debut after the company's $879.8M US IPO, the…

GFiber Is Merging With Astound Broadband, Likely Expanding to More Areas

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GFiber Is Merging With Astound Broadband, Likely Expanding to More Areas

The unit formerly known as Google Fiber is spun out and plans to offer wider fiber internet service. from CNET https:…

Swarm Aero, which is developing large swarming drones capable of carrying missiles and cargo, raised a $35M Series A, following a $22M seed in 2023 (Colin Demarest/Axios)

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Swarm Aero, which is developing large swarming drones capable of carrying missiles and cargo, raised a $35M Series A, following a $22M seed in 2023 (Colin Demarest/Axios)

Colin Demarest / Axios : Swarm Aero, which is developing large swarming drones capable of carrying missiles and carg…

Best Desks of 2026: I’ve Spent Nearly 4,000 Hours Testing Desks. These Are the Ones You Want

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Best Desks of 2026: I’ve Spent Nearly 4,000 Hours Testing Desks. These Are the Ones You Want

Bring one of the best desks of 2026 into your work, gaming or hobby space. from CNET https://ift.tt/qPUZhox

Sources: xAI's AI agent project Macrohard has stalled as Tesla ramps up its own AI agent project Digital Optimus; Elon Musk says it is a joint xAI-Tesla project (Grace Kay/Business Insider)

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Sources: xAI's AI agent project Macrohard has stalled as Tesla ramps up its own AI agent project Digital Optimus; Elon Musk says it is a joint xAI-Tesla project (Grace Kay/Business Insider)

Grace Kay / Business Insider : Sources: xAI's AI agent project Macrohard has stalled as Tesla ramps up its own A…

Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying OpenAI copied Gracenote's data and relational framework used to connect metadata (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying OpenAI copied Gracenote's data and relational framework used to connect metadata (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sara Fischer / Axios : Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying OpenAI copied Gracenot…