Venus Williams-backed WeWard can now lock your apps until you hit your steps
With funding from tennis star and angel investor Venus Williams, the French app WeWard says that it increases walking time by almost 25%.
Blue Origin, for the first time, is expected to raise private capital
The rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin, is raising private capital, the DealBook newsletter reported early Wednesday. According to the publication, the company is raising $10 billion, leading…
Fi’s Starlink-enabled pet tracker found my dog when LTE couldn’t
Gus, the wirehaired pointing griffon, models the Fi Ultra while overlooking Charleston Harbor. Fi Ultra is the first Starlink-enabled pet tracker you can buy. It expands on GPS and LTE…
Former OpenAI exec Kevin Weil is now on the board of Stoke Space
Kevin Weil’s new role at Stoke Space suggests reusable rockets are the next hot thing in Silicon Valley.
The Steam Machine fits my TV, my desk, and my life
For the last couple weeks, I’ve been in an extremely lucky position: I’ve been spending a lot of time playing games on Valve’s Steam Machine. We gave the Steam Machine…
The robotaxi law that could ban Tesla
For more than a decade, one question has loomed over the race to build autonomous vehicles: Are cameras alone enough to safely replace human drivers, or do truly driverless cars…
Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips
ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has now released ZML/LLMD, software that could make running AI less costly.
Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
In the brief history of AI security, the prompt injection has quickly become the top threat. Large language models are inherently unable to distinguish between legitimate instructions provided by users…
Samsung will launch its new wide foldable on July 22nd
Samsung has announced that its next Galaxy Unpacked launch event will be held on July 22nd, with the tagline: “A new shape unfolds.” It’s long been rumored that Samsung is…
AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round
AI chip maker SambaNova has raised at an $11B valuation months after Intel was rumored to be trying to buy it for about $1.6 billion.














