Canoo’s chief technology officer is out amid wider reorg

EV startup Canoo’s chief technology officer Sohel Merchant has left the company, two people familiar with his departure have told technewss. Merchant was one of the members of Canoo’s founding team, who created the startup in late 2017. His departure from the company means that only o

Halliburton shuts down systems after cyberattack

Oil drilling and fracking giant Halliburton said it has shut down some of its internal systems following a cyberattack earlier this week.  In a brief statement filed with government regulators on Thursday, Halliburton said it became aware of unauthorized access to its systems on Wednesday and

Meta and Spotify CEOs criticize AI regulation in the EU

Meta and Spotify are once again teaming up — this time, on the matter of open source (or to be precise, open-weight) AI which the companies claim are being hampered by regulations. In joint statements published to both companies’ respective websites on Friday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a

Tingit is building a marketplace for ‘zero-effort’ repairs, starting with fashion

Do you have a much-loved jacket with a torn sleeve or pair of grubby kicks gathering dust at the back of your closet? Tingit, a startup out of Lithuania, wants to help people restore their used clothing to its former glory with its newly launched repairs marketplace. The platform lets you use your

After changing its license, Redis drops its biggest release yet

Redis, the company behind the popular in-memory data store, which is often used as a cache, vector database or streaming engine, today announced the launch of Redis 8. With this release, the company is doubling down on Redis as a vector database for AI use cases and launching an AI Copilot the help

360 One lifts its valuation of India’s National Stock Exchange to $29.9B

360 One Asset, an investor in India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE), has increased its valuation for the stock exchange to $29.9 billion, significantly higher than the $18 billion to $19 billion price tag the firm was valued at in private transactions last year.  The wealth manager, whi

DeepMind workers sign letter in protest of Google’s defense contracts

At least 200 workers at DeepMind, Google’s AI R&D division, are displeased with Google’s reported defense contracts — and according to Time, they circulated a letter internally back in May to say as much. The letter, dated May 16, says the undersigned are concerned by “

Gimbal Space takes on legacy suppliers with fast-paced component supply chain

America's space industry seems mature, but the supply chain that provides all the parts and components for rockets, satellites, and other spacecraft is considerably less so. Gimbal Space is aiming to change that, starting with components in the crucial subsystem that enables a spacecraft to or

Founder of failed fintech Synapse says he’s raised $11M for new robotics startup

Tens of millions of customer dollars remain unaccounted for at his previous startup, fintech Synapse. But that's not deterring Sankaet Pathak from forging full steam ahead with his new robotics venture. Foundation is a robotics startup with a self-proclaimed mission to “create advanced human

Cruise's robotaxis are coming to the Uber app in 2025

Cruise, General Motors' self-driving subsidiary, said it has signed a multi-year partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber to bring its robotaxis to the ride-hailing platform in 2025.  Cruise didn't say when exactly customers would see its vehicles on Uber's platform, but a spokesp

Boston Dynamics' new electric Atlas can do push-ups

Until today, we've seen exactly 40 seconds of Boston Dynamics' new electric Atlas in action. The Hyundai-owned robotics stalwart is very much still in the early stages of commercializing the biped for factory floors. For now, however, it's doing the thing Boston Dynamics does second bes

Ford pivots on EVs, Waymo doubles its robotaxi ridership and Canoo leaves California

Welcome back to technewss Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click technewss Mobility! Monterey Car Week is a wrap. And while it is still steeped in tradition, the collection of parties, auctions and car shows that

Ecovacs says it will fix bugs that can be abused to spy on robot owners

Earlier this month, security researchers warned that a series of security flaws in vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs could allow hackers to spy on their owners through the devices' microphones and cameras.  At the time, Ecovacs told technewss it concluded that the flaws found

Alphabet X's latest spinout brings computer vision and AI to salmon farms

Over the course of Alphabet X's existence, the self-proclaimed “moonshot factory” has been notable for the variety in both its technological solutions and the problems it’s attempting to solve. The combination research facility/accelerator has produced balloons for rural internet and