- May 6, 2026
Nuro receives driverless testing permit ahead of Uber robotaxi service launch
Nuro has been granted a permit to begin driverless testing of Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with its autonomous tech on California public roads — vehicles
AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars
The organization behind the Academy Awards released new Oscar rules on Friday, including several that address the use of generative artificial intelligence. The Academy of
Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending
Amazon was one of several tech giants that on Wednesday beat Wall Street’s first-quarter earnings expectations, offering more financial evidence that the AI boom continues
The Stanford freshmen who want to rule the world . . . will probably read this book and try even harder
Theo Baker is graduating from Stanford this spring with something most seniors don’t have: a book deal, a George Polk Award that he received for
Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit
Bob Iger is returning to Thrive Capital as an advisor, just one month after stepping down as CEO of Disney, a role he held for
Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return
Anthropic announced on Monday that Amazon has agreed to invest a fresh $5 billion, bringing Amazon’s total investment in the company to $13 billion. Anthropic,
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.
At a trendy venue near the San Francisco pier, Sam Altman’s verification project World celebrated its next evolution and rapid expansion of its ambitions. And
AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report
Fluidstack, a startup that builds specialized data centers for AI companies, is in talks to raise a $1 billion round at an $18 billion valuation,
Kalshi wins temporary pause in Arizona criminal case
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ case against prediction market Kalshi appears to have hit a snag. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday that it
WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account
WireGuard, the major software project and VPN that underpins popular security software including Mullvad and others, has found itself locked out of a key part