Instagram introduces new ‘Sextortion’ guardrails for child safety—Here’s what to know
Instagram is taking steps to address the rise of sextortion scams.
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Professor got nothing from the $2.8b sale of his molecule, and that’s okay
Discovering a cancer-busting molecule opened the door for PM’s prize-winning scientist Andrew Wilks’ next career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist making killer returns.
Tesla offers little information on Robotaxi. Here’s the deeper scoop
After a great deal of hype, Tesla conducted its “We Robot” robotaxi reveal on Thursday Evening at Warner Studios in Los Angeles.
First look at Elon Musk’s long-awaited Tesla Cybercab
The billionaire CEO said the new fleet of autonomous vehicles would cost $30,000 and launch before 2027, though Musk has blown by product timelines in the past.
Elon Musk expected to finally unveil driverless ‘Cybercab’ at Tesla robotaxi event
Musk is returning to his old stomping ground of LA to lift the lid on Tesla’s Cybercab. In true Hollywood style, the reveal is happening on the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank.
Robinhood’s billionaire cofounder wants to set up hundreds of solar panels in space
Aetherflux, founded by Baiju Bhatt, plans to build a constellation of satellites that can beam renewable energy to the surface using lasers.
Apple sells privacy to consumers. But it’s quietly helping police use iPhones for surveillance.
At Apple’s secretive Global Police Summit, cops from 7 countries learned how to use Apple products like the iPhone, Vision Pro and CarPlay for surveillance and policing.
OpenAI seeks dismissal of Elon Musk’s lawsuit—calls it a ‘blusterous’ harassment campaign
OpenAI alleged Musk’s suit was an attempt to gain a competitive advantage for his own artificial intelligence startup, xAI.
Notion and Stripe trust this year-old startup to make sure their AI tools work
Ankur Goyal’s year-old startup is popular with Airtable, Brex, Notion, Stripe and others building AI products. The LLM Ops startup offers evaluations, logging and more.
Australian quantum company sets q-tech funding record with $168 million Series B
Q-CTRL received a further US$59 million (AU$88 million) capital injection, bolstering its latest funding round led by late-stage venture capital firm, GP Bullhound.