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5 reasons I'm using Android Auto instead of my car's own infotainment system - and can't go back
Your car's built-in screen may look modern, but Android Auto is still the easier, smarter way to drive. Here's why.
AiFeed24The Team Behind ‘Heretic’ and ‘A Quiet Place’ Will Next Work With Steven Spielberg
Scott Beck and Bryan Woods will write and direct an original sci-fi film for Amblin.
AiFeed24General Atlantic wants to back China’s Kling AI at $18bn. Beijing is telling its AI firms to refuse US money.
A US investor wants to buy into China’s most successful AI-video company. The timing could hardly be more awkward. General Atlantic is in talks to lead the first outside funding round for Kling AI, the video arm of Chinese tech group Kuaishou, Bloomberg reported. Kling is seeking more than $2bn at a
AiFeed24Rejected by 180 investors, Bland just raised $50M to prove voice AI is the future
Isaiah Granet spent three weeks at Y Combinator getting turned down by 180 investors. Their reason was always the same: phone calls would not exist in a year. He has now raised more than $100mn to prove them wrong. His startup, Bland, has closed a $50mn Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital, For
AiFeed24UK Government Department Shifts Away from X Amid Growing Criticism
UK attorney general Richard Hermer told his staff his office was quitting X, according to The Guardian and The Observer.
AiFeed24The AI bubble didn't burst; it created financial repercussions.
Until last week, about 200 organisations could use a preview of Anthropic’s most capable model, Mythos. They got in through a programme called Glasswing, after the system flagged thousands of software vulnerabilities. Then, on the evening of 12 June, the US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to c
AiFeed24Retailers seek exemption for AI-created ads from EU transparency regulations
Europe’s retailers would like the law to make an exception for them. AI-generated advertising should be carved out of the European Union’s incoming transparency rules, a retail association has argued, according to Reuters, taking aim at provisions that would require companies to label commercial con
AiFeed24Are you prepared to wait until 2027 for a Steam Controller?
In an update, Valve says it may not ship some Steam Controller orders until next year.
AiFeed24Anthropic's Mythos remains accessible to initial users despite US directive
When Washington ordered Anthropic to shut off access to its most advanced AI model, it did not shut off everyone. Some of the organisations Anthropic had chosen early to test Mythos have kept their access to a preview of the system, even as other versions went dark under a US export directive, accor
AiFeed24Meta signs new AI computing deals with data-centre firm Crusoe
Meta has signed new deals to draw computing power from Crusoe, the data-centre developer, adding to the vast and growing pile of infrastructure the company is assembling for its AI ambitions. The agreements cover two sites, in Childress, Texas, and Warrenton, Missouri, and will give Meta roughly 1.6
AiFeed24Higgsfield launches enterprise marketing agents built on NVIDIA, claiming 78 per cent of Fortune 500 as clients
Higgsfield, the AI video startup valued at $1.3 billion, on Wednesday launched what it calls the first enterprise-ready autonomous agent framework for marketing automation. Supercomputer 2.0, built on NVIDIA’s Agent Toolkit and powered by Nemotron models, adds safety controls and granular permission
AiFeed24Turkey clears Uber’s acquisition of Getir’s delivery business
Uber has cleared the last regulatory hurdle to buying Getir’s delivery business in Turkey. The country’s Competition Board approved the US company’s acquisition of the delivery arm from Getir’s Emirati controlling shareholder, Mubadala, on Friday, ending a review that began when the deal was struck
AiFeed24Hyundai to buy SoftBank’s last Boston Dynamics stake for $325m
Hyundai is preparing to buy out the last piece of Boston Dynamics it does not already own. The South Korean carmaker plans to acquire SoftBank’s remaining 9.65% stake in the US robotics firm for $325m, a deal that would make the maker of the Atlas humanoid a wholly owned Hyundai subsidiary, accordin
AiFeed24China tightens indium phosphide checks as AI demand climbs
The bottleneck in the AI buildout is turning out to be a metal most people have never heard of. China has tightened its scrutiny of exports of indium phosphide, a compound essential to the high-speed optical chips that move data inside AI data centres, in a move that threatens to slow the very infra
AiFeed24Alibaba Cloud launches inaugural data centers in France amid EU regulations
Alibaba Cloud on Wednesday launched its first data centres in France, opening two availability zones in Paris as part of a broader push into a European market that is rapidly reassessing its dependency on foreign cloud providers. The facilities make France Alibaba Cloud’s third European hub, after G
AiFeed24Julie Meyer's Trail of Tech Woes: Unpaid Bills and Broken Dreams
Investigation: The entrepreneur was once the toast of London’s tech scene, a ‘global leader of tomorrow’ who starred on Dragons’ Den and promised untold riches for the startups she championed. But people she worked with in the last decade, from Malta to Switzerland, describe a very different reality
AiFeed24India Gets a Glimpse of the Future: 8K Luxury on Wheels Arrives
With 416 horsepower, a 31-inch 8K screen and Dolby Atmos, Benz's electric "Grand Limousine" might just make minivans cool.
AiFeed24Telegram Under Fire as Arsonist Recruited on Platform Targets Starmer-Linked Sites
Exclusive: Telegram urged to clarify how it detects illegal incitement after attacks were coordinated using app Telegram is facing questions from Ofcom over how it detects and prevents illegal incitement after a Ukrainian man was found guilty of carrying out arson attacks on a car and property assoc
AiFeed24Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months
Five months after returning to OpenAI, Barret Zoph - the company's head of enterprise AI sales - has departed, The Verge has learned. Zoph returned to OpenAI in mid-January after a stint as co-founder and CTO of Thinking Machines Lab, the competing AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati
Telegram's India ban drives users towards VPNs and alternative platforms
Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions.
AiFeed24India's Daring Satellite Rescue Mission: A High-Stakes Gamble With Time
"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."
AiFeed24Microsoft Unveils Stealthy Lightweight Malware Targeting Crypto Users Everywhere
Crypto Clipper spreads over USB and communicates over Tor.
AiFeed24FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama
In February, a Trump official refused to review the vaccine.
AiFeed24Spotify Introduces Ticket Reservations for Superfans Ahead of General Sales
The new feature will be a joint partnership with Live Nation, the company largely blamed for high ticket prices.