Cloudflare outage disrupts X, OpenAI and more

Colin Ryan / siliconrepublic - The ongoing outage is the third major disruption to hit a popular internet service provider since mid-October, after Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.Read more: Cloudflare outage disrupts X, OpenAI and more

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Zoox begins offering robotaxi rides in San Francisco, facing off with Waymo

cnbc - Riders can sign up to join the "Zoox Explorers" program to take free rides on the company's box-shaped vehicles in certain San Francisco neighborhoods.

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Pionix Raises €8M To Boost Open-Source EV Charging

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - German e-mobility startup Pionix has secured over €8 million in funding to expand its open-source solutions for the global e-mobility market. The late seed round was led by Ascend Capital Partners and included participation from Start-up BW Seed Fonds (ma…

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Jeff Bezos Launches $6.2B AI Startup Project Prometheus

Datamation Staff / datamation - The startup is aiming at the physical world with robotics-powered manufacturing that could reshape everything from spacecraft to computer chips.

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Roblox begins asking tens of millions of children to verify their age with a selfie

engadget - Roblox is starting to roll out the mandatory age checks that will require all of its users to submit an ID or scan their face in order to access the platform's chat features. The updated policy, which the company announced earlier this year, will be enfor…

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Google Calendar finally lets you block task time like real meetings

Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Google Calendar’s latest feature update enables users to block off time for tasks and mark themselves as busy directly within the app. This expands the existing Tasks feature, fulfilling requests from Workspace users. The rollout began for Rapid Release d…

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xAI Launches Grok 4.1, Targeting Emotional Intelligence and Reliability to Top AI Benchmarks

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - xAI has launched Grok 4.1, with improvements in conversational ability and reliability. It already tops the LMArena leaderboard and aims to fix the hallucination issues of its predecessors.The post xAI Launches Grok 4.1, Targeting Emotional Intelligence a…

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The Designer Who Presented the iPhone Air to the World Has Left Apple, Report Says

Mike Pearl / gizmodo - He's at an AI startup now, according to "people familiar with the move."

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Financial technology startup Ramp closes $300M investment at $32B valuation

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Ramp Business Corp. today announced that it has closed a $300 million funding round at a $32 billion valuation, double what it was worth in June. The raise is the company’s third in five months. Returning investor Lightspeed Venture Partners led the finan…

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DeepMind releases a new weather forecasting model for more accurate predictions

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Google's DeepMind just released WeatherNext 2, a new version of its AI weather prediction model. The company promises that it "delivers more efficient, more accurate and higher-resolution global weather predictions." To that end, it should be able to prov…

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Apple could shake up the iPhone lineup release schedule starting next year

Reece Bithrey / theshortcut - More signs point to a new release schedule

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Google rolls out its AI ‘Flight Deals’ tool globally, adds new travel features in Search

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - To get started, users need to describe where, when, and how they want to travel. Flight Deals will then use AI to display the best bargains available.

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Amazon Autos now sells pre-owned Ford vehicles

engadget - Amazon Autos is offering a wider array of options starting today, as you can buy a pre-owned Ford vehicle through the platform. Folks in Los Angeles, Seattle and Dallas (and more markets in the future) can see what’s available at a local dealer through Am…

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Next Apple Watch refresh may not happen until 2028

appleinsider - The next redesign of the Apple Watch may not be until 2028, with Apple believed to continue using its current wearable design for 2026 and possibly 2027.Apple Watch Series 11Apple's last major hardware redesign for the Apple Watch took place in 2024, but …

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French Spacetech startup Infinite Orbits lands €40 million for satellite servicing growth

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Infinite Orbits, a Toulouse-based pioneer of in-orbit servicing, today announces securing an oversubscribed €40 million financing round to deploy its GEO inspection and life-extension satellite fleet and expand its pan-European operational footprint. The …

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Organizations overconfident in dealing with cybersecurity incidents

Ian Barker / betanews - New research from Immersive Labs reveals a widening gap between confidence and capability in cybersecurity. While nearly every organization (94 percent) believes it can handle a major incident, the data tells a different story. According to Immersive’s an…

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Jeff Bezos gives CEO another go at $6.2B AI startup Prometheus

David Meyer / theregister - Named after titan who stole fire from the gods and was punished for eternity... Amazon warehouse staff know the feeling Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is returning to the CEO seat – though not at his best-known creation.…

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