Google’s Jules enters developers’ toolchains as AI coding agent competition heats up
Jules is already being used by developers to complete code after experimenting on vibe-coding platforms.
Threads takes on X with new communities feature
Threads officially debuts communities, dedicated spaces to have casual chats around a topic.
How startups could be affected by a prolonged government shutdown
Slow or stopped permitting and a frozen visa process are existential threats for some startups.
Ex-OpenAI researcher dissects one of ChatGPT’s delusional spirals
A former OpenAI researcher looked into how ChatGPT can mislead delusional users about their reality and its own capabilities
Perplexity’s Comet AI browser now free; Max users get new ‘background assistant’
AI search startup Perplexity is making its new Comet browser available to everyone in the world for free as it works to position the product against big browsers and search engines. For certain paid subscribers, the
Amazon now lets Prime members add items to upcoming orders with one tap
Amazon’s new “Add to Delivery” button makes it easier for Prime members to buy more and tack on items to existing orders.
Rivian’s best-case guess for 2025 sales is a 16% drop from last year
The company will likely sell fewer EVs this year than in both 2024 and 2023, making next year’s launch of the R2 SUV even more important.
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Department of Energy cancels $7.5B of clean energy projects in Harris-voting states
The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states with affected projects all voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
India cracks down on 25 crypto exchanges including BingX, LBank, CoinW over compliance failures
Of the 25 offshore crypto exchanges targeted by India, 14 hold more than $9 billion in assets.