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Watch as Google Cloud’s vice president of global startups discusses what he’s seeing across the startup ecosystem, how Google Cloud is competing for AI startups, and what founders should be thinking about as they scale. Source

A combination of 3D-printed Lego-like parts, Formula 1 thinking, and a bounty program will help the company hit that target. The team, led by Tesla veteran Alan Clarke, is obsessed with efficiency. Source

Jack Altman and Benchmark announced today that he would be joining the firm as a general partner.  Source

Amnesty International says it found evidence that a government customer of Intellexa, a sanctioned surveillance vendor, used its Predator spyware against a prominent journalist in Angola. Source

The decision comes a month after Tesla discontinued Autopilot, its basic driver-assistance system. Source

OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from "Cameo" to "Characters." Source

The startup is making solid-state transformers capable of intelligently aggregating power from a number of different sources before sending it to data center racks. Source

The new lineup includes 30-billion and 105-billion parameter models; a text-to-speech model; a speech-to-text model; and a vision model to parse documents. Source

Fire TV's new interface simplifies its layout and navigation and adds Alexa+. Source

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators. Source