Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Eclipse Energy’s microbes can turn idle oil wells into hydrogen factories
Up to 3 million abandoned oil and gas wells litter the U.S. alone, and while many still contain…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Security flaws in Freedom Chat app exposed users’ phone numbers and PINs
Messaging app Freedom Chat has fixed a pair of security flaws: one that allowed a security researcher to…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
OSHA investigating new crane accident at SpaceX’s Starbase facility
A construction worker building a concrete wall at SpaceX’s Starbase site in November was crushed by a large…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
NASA and USPS stop using Canoo EVs despite CEO’s pledged support
NASA and the United States Postal Service have stopped using electric vans made by now-bankrupt EV startup Canoo,…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Rivian is building its own AI assistant
Rivian has spent nearly two years building its own AI assistant, an effort that remains separate from its…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
B Capital founding partner Kabir Narang leaves to launch new investment platform
Kabir Narang, a founding general partner at B Capital and an early backer of several Indian startups, has…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Sources: AI synthetic research startup Aaru raised a Series A at a $1B ‘headline’ valuation
Aaru, a startup that provides near-instant customer research by using AI to simulate user behavior, has raised a…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Feds find more complaints of Tesla’s FSD running red lights and crossing lanes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has identified at least 80 instances in which Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised)…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
VCs deploy ‘kingmaking’ strategy to crown AI winners in their infancy
In early October, DualEntry, an AI enterprise resource planning (ERP) startup, announced a $90 million Series A round…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
No, you can’t get your AI to ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is
In early November, a developer nicknamed Cookie entered a routine conversation with Perplexity. She often tasks it to…