Collide Capital raises $95M fund to back fintech, future-of-work startups
Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, announced Thursday the close of a $95 million Fund II.
Waymo robotaxis are tracking potholes and sharing that data with Waze users
Two Alphabet-owned businesses are teaming up to find potholes and share that information with cities.
Radify’s sci-fi plasma reactors could break China’s dominance of rare earth elements
Radify Metals is developing a new way to process a variety of metals that promises to be pollution free.
WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account
The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and is blocking their ability to send software updates to users.
Poke makes AI agents as easy as sending a text
Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.
Canva doubles down on AI and marketing automation with Simtheory, Ortto acquisitions
Canva says the acquisitions add strengths in agentic AI, data infrastructure, marketing automation, and customer engagement.
A self-driving car in Austin killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage
This incident has brought negative attention to the new technology.
AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict
AWS has an ingrained culture of handling competition, he explained, because the cloud giant also competes with its partners.
Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices
Amazon told Kindle owners this week that it’s ending support for all e-readers released in 2012 or earlier, making them virtually unable to load any new content.
Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups
Security researchers exposed a spying campaign by a hack-for-hire group that used Android spyware and phishing to steal iCloud credentials and hack victims’ devices.