SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60B SpaceX said it has struck a deal with Cursor to develop a next-generation “coding and knowledge work AI,” which includes a surprising provision — an option to buy the popular software development platform for $60 billion later this year. Partnering […]
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Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder On Wednesday, Amazon announced the launch of its new Fire TV Stick HD and Ember Artline televisions, both now available for preorder. Following the initial release of the first-generation Fire TV Stick HD two years ago, Amazon has created a new
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Motorola sues social platforms and creators over posts, raising speech concerns in India Motorola has filed a lawsuit in India against social media platforms and content creators over posts it alleges are defamatory, raising concerns it could dampen critical coverage of the company, experts say. The lawsuit, filed in a Bengaluru court and obtained by
Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated Deezer announced on Monday that AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform. The company said it’s receiving almost 75,000 AI-generated tracks per day and more than two million per month. The consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is
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Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over Apple said Monday afternoon that Tim Cook will step down as CEO, a role he has held since 2011, when he succeeded the late Steve Jobs. Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will take the top executive position on September 1 of this year.
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Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy’s funding boom It happens in every emerging industry: founders and investors push toward a common goal, until the money starts to roll in and that shared vision begins to diverge. Cracks are emerging in the fusion power world, which I saw firsthand at The Economist’s Fusion Fest
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‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive than they think There’s an old saw in management: What you measure matters. And, typically, you get more of whatever you’re measuring. Software engineers have debated productivity metrics for decades, starting with lines of code. But as the new generation of AI coding agents delivers more code than ever,
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This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off Demand for electrical transformers, fueled in part by AI data centers, has grown so high that one prominent investor is backing a new startup that uses a very old technology. Ayr Energy makes transformers with iron-cores, the same basic tech used in the grid for
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Slate Auto raises $650M to fund its affordable EV truck plans Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle startup Slate Auto has raised another $650 million as the company prepares to put its first affordable pickup trucks into production by the end of 2026. The carmaker said Monday that the Series C funding round was led by TWG Global, a firm
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Tesla adds ‘streaks,’ other stats to track how often drivers use Full Self-Driving software Tesla is rolling out a new self-driving app that makes it easier for owners to subscribe to its Full Self-Driving software and see statistics on how — and how often — they use it. The app will display information about FSD,
