This Week in AI: Gen Z has mixed feelings on AI
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This week, surveys suggest that Gen Z — regularly the subject of mainstream media fascination — has very mixed opinions on AI.
Samsung recently polled over 5,000 Gen Zers across France, Germany, Korea, the U.K. an
Volkswagen ID. Buzz electric minivan will cost $59,995 for just 234 miles of range
More than two years after being announced for the U.S., Volkswagen's electric minivan is inching closer to the showroom floor. Today's baby steps: a price and an EPA-estimated range.
The 2025 ID. Buzz will set buyers back $59,995 for the Pro S trim, which includes seven seats, rear-wheel d
Bodies of Autonomy founder Mike Lynch and his daughter recovered from sunken Bayesian yacht
Grim news coming in from Sicily, Italy. Mike Lynch, the U.K. investor and founder of IT company Autonomy, has been identified as one of two bodies recovered from the Bayesian, the yacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily early Monday, according to several reports coming out of the country that cite
Paytm sells movie ticketing business to Zomato for $244 million
Zomato, the Indian food delivery giant, has acquired the entertainment ticketing business of financial services firm Paytm for $244.1 million, signaling a strategic move to expand its “going out” offerings.
The acquisition, among the largest M&A deals among new-age Indian tech comp
Two incident management startups join forces as FireHydrant nabs Blameless
FireHydrant, an NYC incident management startup that launched in 2019, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Blameless, a former competitor. The companies did not share the purchase price.
Both companies help SREs (site reliability engineers) deal with the daunting job of keeping software an
Ring's new battery doorbell has head-to-toe video
Ring announced on Wednesday the next generation of its Battery Doorbell. For $100, customers get extended battery life, color night vision, a head-to-toe view of visitors and a new push-pin mounting system.
Head-to-toe HD video was previously only available with the Doorbell Plus and Pro models.
Grafana Labs raises $270M
Grafana Labs, the open source company that probably powers at least a few operational dashboards in your company, today announced the completion of a primary and secondary transaction worth about $270 million, with the proceeds going to the company and some of its stockholders. The company describe
The new generation of heavy lift rockets is rising to challenge SpaceX
As the global appetite for orbital launches continues to grow, the competition among new and old space companies to build bigger and better launch vehicles is firing up.
It can be hard to keep up with this fast-paced yet incredibly complex and highly regulated industry — but everything you need
Ford says a pickup truck will be the first EV built on its low-cost platform
The first vehicle that will be built on the low-cost EV platform Ford’s been developing in secret will be a mid-size pickup due out in 2027, the automaker announced Wednesday morning.
The news comes as part of a much larger rewriting of Ford’s electrification plans. The company is aban
UK’s competition authority ends probes of Apple and Google but will use incoming powers to ‘resolve app store concerns’
Apple and Google can take a breath after the U.K. competition watchdog announced Wednesday it’s closing a pair of investigations into their respective mobile app ecosystems, citing administrative priorities.
Since March 2021, the U.K. regulator had been investigating Apple's conduct in r
Story raises $80M at $2.25B valuation to build a blockchain for the business of content IP in the age of AI
AI giants like Anthropic, OpenAI and Stability AI have faced a lot of heat over how they’ve scraped data and rode rough-shod over others’ intellectual property when training and operating their foundational models. Now a startup called Story — which today is announcing $80 million
Skyfire lets AI agents spend your money
There’s a lot of hype about the promise of AI agents today, but payments are a huge limiting factor. Today, an AI agent might be able to plan a vacation for you independently, but a human has to step in when it’s time to input your credit card information. Skyfire Systems wants to chang
WeTransfer’s expiry dates haven’t gone away, but you can at least extend them
WeTransfer’s expiry dates have been a major pain point for users — especially creatives. The thing is, if you don’t download the files the moment you get the link or email, you can easily forget to do so before the link expires. At which point you’ll have to ask for it to be res
India’s trade minister decries e-commerce growth, Amazon’s ‘predatory’ pricing
India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday expressed concern over the rapid growth of e-commerce in the country, warning of potential disruption to small retailers.
Speaking at the launch of a report on the impact of e-commerce on employment and consumer welfare in India, Goyal sai