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Roblox launches text-to-game AI tool amid app store saturation
Roblox is giving its 132 million daily users the ability to generate playable games from text prompts, a move that will test wheth…
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Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack
Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will "remain suspended" in the United States following a hack.
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1Password lets Claude log you into websites without ever seeing your passwords
1Password has launched a browser integration that lets Anthropic’s Claude use stored credentials to complete tasks on the web with…
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Volkswagen enters the robotaxi race with a shared shuttle service in Hamburg
Volkswagen’s autonomous mobility subsidiary Moia has begun offering rides in self-driving ID Buzz vans to preregistered residents …
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The driver who crashed a Tesla into a Texas home at 70 mph had pressed the accelerator to 100 percent, NTSB finds
The driver of a Tesla that crashed into a Texas home and killed a 76-year-old woman had manually overrode Full Self-Driving by pre…
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Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister
Ryan Beiermeister, the former OpenAI executive who clashed with leadership over product safety, has joined Founders Fund, signalin…
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Oracle is one notch above junk after S&P downgrade as AI data-centre spending burns through cash
S&P downgraded Oracle to BBB- on July 9, placing the company one notch above junk status, as a $250 billion data-centre expans…
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Google Gemini Pro delayed by months as coding falls short
Alphabet shares slipped more than three percent following reports that Google is months behind schedule on its Gemini Pro AI model…
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GameStop abandons game sales focus for $56bn eBay bid
GameStop’s CEO has declared physical video game sales irrelevant as he pushes an unwanted $56 billion takeover of eBay to transfor…
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Visa launches stablecoin platform with Open USD, pressuring Circle and Coinbase
The payments giant’s new infrastructure product leverages a zero-fee consortium model to capture the growing digital currency mark…
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Google adds custom AI avatars and Gemini Omni to Vids platform
Google has updated its Vids platform with custom digital avatars and advanced editing tools, signaling a direct challenge to speci…
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Roblox launches mobile AI game maker despite developer fears
Roblox is letting users generate playable games from text prompts on their phones, a move that could flood the platform with AI co…
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EU orders Google to open Android to rival AI and share search data
The European Commission is forcing Google to let competitors access its Android AI features and search data, a landmark move to br…
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AI brain implant permanently restores movement and touch to paralysed man
US researchers have used an AI-driven brain implant to permanently restore movement and touch to a paralysed man, marking a clinic…
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Verizon cuts 3,000 retail jobs as AI drives shift to franchises
Verizon is laying off thousands and offloading stores to franchisees, offering a stark blueprint for how European telecoms may use…
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BP sells venture portfolio to Nordic private equity firm Verdane
BP is offloading its loss-making corporate venture arm to Verdane, signaling a definitive retreat from early-stage climate technol…
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China-led AI bloc formed to rival EU and US rules
Twenty-nine countries have established a China-headed AI governance body in Shanghai, creating a rival to the EU’s regulatory fram…
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Uber agrees $14.8bn deal for European delivery giant Delivery Hero
Uber’s $14.8 billion all-stock acquisition of Delivery Hero will nearly double the US company’s global footprint, creating the wor…
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Beehiiv adds chat, AI tools as newsletter platforms chase revenue
Beehiiv is adding in-app chat forums and an AI assistant to help publishers retain audiences and boost advertising revenue in an i…
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SWISSto12 raises $70m, bucking loss-making space trend
Swiss satellite maker SWISSto12 has secured $70 million in private funding alongside a major ESA contract, proving European space …
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X redirects $1m in payouts to original creators in AI content crackdown
X is deploying an upgraded AI model to divert over $1 million in payouts from content thieves back to original creators, fundament…
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Xpeng’s L03 is the first Chinese EV to put proprietary AI driving chips in a mass-market car
Xpeng debuted the L03 on Wednesday in Munich, launching its most internationally ambitious electric vehicle simultaneously across …
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Fireworks wins $1.5bn funding on bespoke AI over rentals
A $1.5bn funding round for startup Fireworks signals a shift away from renting proprietary AI, offering European firms a cheaper r…
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Sequoia backs Sable's $45m AI demo tool targeting B2B sales jobs
US startup Sable has raised $45 million to build an AI agent that replaces human sales engineers, signalling a structural shift in…