Uber rival inDrive eyes 2027 robotaxi tests in Central Asia with Pony AI and Nvidia |

Ride-hailing company inDrive, known for letting passengers and drivers negotiate fares, is working with Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai and Nvidia to begin testing robotaxis…

Lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics confirms patients' personal and health data was compromised during breach |

Medical lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics has confirmed a cyberattack and data breach affecting an as-yet unspecified amount of sensitive patient information stored in its…

Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing |

AI agents left to explore a virtual island without a specific task began inventing challenges of their own. MIT researchers say the behavior bears the…

Mark Zuckerberg's creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta |

During Meta’s earnings call on Wednesday, the company revealed its board had approved a new class of nonvoting stock, called Class C common stock. The…

Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions |

EV maker Rivian has acquired Third Dimension, a U.K. startup founded by veterans of the gaming and autonomous vehicle industries that uses AI to turn…

As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier |

In Brief Posted: 3:34 PM PDT · October 22, 2026 In a sign that crypto and blockchain-focused investing has receded in importance, Andreessen Horowitz announced…

The secret to fast startup growth isn't early sales, top names in tech say |

The AI era has changed how fast startups can grow. Startups can grow so fast that they hit high annual recurring revenue (ARR) numbers, only…

Arc browser sunsets December 22 as The Browser Company doubles down on Dia |

The Browser Company is sunsetting its design-forward Arc browser on December 22, 2026, and directing users to Dia, its AI-first browser. The company announced the…

1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password |

12:07 PM PDT · October 22, 2026 Concerns have swirled over the access that consumers are increasingly entrusting to AI agents. Now, security services are…

OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up |

OpenAI made its Decisions API model widely available to users for the first time, entering the market for fast, cheap intelligence that recently made TypeSafe,…