There’s a new buzzy fashion startup in town. Meet Phia, the shopping app founded by Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe and her Stanford roommate-slash co-founder, Sophia…
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Exclusive: Fourth Power’s sci-fi thermal batteries could be cheaper than pricey natural gas power plants |
9:08 AM PDT · September 16, 2025 Fourth Power’s take on long-duration energy storage sounds like something out of a James Bond film. The thermal…
Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers' phones |
9:20 AM PDT · September 16, 2025 Samsung says it has fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that is being used to hack into its customers’…
OpenAI will apply new restrictions to ChatGPT users under 18 |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on Tuesday a raft of new user policies, including a pledge to significantly change how ChatGPT interacts with users under…
Waymo approved to start testing autonomous vehicles at San Francisco International Airport |
9:39 AM PDT · September 16, 2025 Waymo has been granted a permit to start testing its autonomous vehicles at San Francisco International Airport, ahead…
Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round |
In Brief Posted: 9:49 AM PDT · September 16, 2025 Humanoid robotics company Figure raised its largest round of funding yet, a sign of growing…
Waymo’s co-CEO on the truth behind autonomous vehicles at Disrupt 2025 |
10:35 AM PDT · September 16, 2025 Autonomous vehicles have long been touted as “just around the corner,” but the reality of bringing self-driving cars…
Andrew Yang took inspiration from Mark Cuban for his budget cell carrier Noble Mobile |
Former U.S. presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang is starting a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) — a company that resells wireless service using…
Rivian breaks ground on $5B Georgia factory ahead of construction in 2026 |
Rivian has officially broken ground on its long-planned factory near Atlanta, Georgia, which will one day allow the company to make as many as 400,000…
Gemini tops the App Store thanks to new AI image model, Nano Banana |
11:07 AM PDT · September 16, 2025 Gemini’s mobile adoption has been soaring since the August launch of its Nano Banana image editor model, which…