Elisa de Martel, who was chief financial officer at Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company Waymo, has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-driving vehicle startup Wayve. Outgoing CFO Max Warburton, who held the position at Wayve since 2024, is moving into a strategic advisory role supporting the company’s leadership team. Her appointment as CFO … Read more
When you imagine working with a computer, you likely think of keyboards, clicks, or typing on your phone. Science Corporation CEO Max Hodak has spent the last several months advancing a different vision. His company has enlisted a top neurobiologist to lead the first U.S. human trials for its biohybrid brain-computer interface. Hodak shares what … Read more
The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles and driver information. The hackers said they published the stolen data on its leak site “because the victim did not pay a ransom or cooperate and comply” with the hackers’ demands. The hackers said they breached the … Read more
Smart home owners will soon be able to control their devices connected to Google Home via an AI agent. On Tuesday, Google rolled out early access to its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for its Google Home ecosystem, which will allow any AI agent that supports MCP — like Claude, Hermes, OpenClaw, ChatGPT, and Google … Read more
Anthropic is merging its front-end for Claude chat and Cowork, making it less confusing for people to decide which tab to use for different tasks. The unified interface lets users access chat, Cowork, and Artifacts (Claude’s interactive workspace feature) within one window. Claude Design, which was introduced in April for website and prototype design, also … Read more
Autonomous vehicle company May Mobility is merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and will become a publicly traded company. It’s a deal that could raise more than $300 million for May Mobility at a valuation of $1.4 billion, the company said Wednesday. Once the merger is complete, May Mobility said it will be … Read more
The world hasn’t been the same since ChatGPT made its debut in November 2022, when seemingly out of nowhere, a means of engaging with large language models propelled AI beyond hype and into day-to-day reality. Robotics, like AI, has been discussed, built upon, and in some ways adopted for a long time now, but it’s … Read more
Meta announced on Wednesday that its social network and X rival Threads is rolling out new tools that will allow podcast creators to promote their shows, grow their audiences, and engage existing listeners directly on the platform. The news comes as X has also more recently been encouraging its creators to directly post videos on … Read more
South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix is in discussions with Intel to manufacture RAM chips in the U.S. for the first time, Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources. The companies have reportedly discussed various options, one of which would have SK Hynix leasing space at Intel’s planned factory in Ohio to manufacture the chips. The … Read more
The U.S. has ambitious plans to triple the capacity of its nuclear power plants by 2050, but that goal might hit a roadblock if plant operators can’t buy fuel at reasonable prices. Prices for yellowcake, a form of unrefined uranium, are up 75% in the last five years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. … Read more