Google thinks AI can untangle the electrical grid's bureaucracy

There has been a lot of angst among tech companies and policymakers about a looming power shortage on the grid due in no small part to the rise in AI. But what's less known is that there are terawatts of new capacity waiting to be approved for connection to the grid, and unknotting the bureaucr

WhatsApp introduces new features across chats, calls, and channels

WhatsApp has announced a slew of new updates across chats, calls, and channels designed to enhance the messaging and calling experience for users as it continues to compete with popular services like Telegram and Discord. Among the most notable additions is an “Online” indicator that a

Inventex founder, an engineer for Coinbase at 14, wants to revolutionize patent applications with AI

Daniel Ruskin started his career when he was a mere 14 years old as an engineer for Coinbase. As he tells it, he was a teenager “who knew how to code and wanted to build cool things.” Obviously too young to get a bank account, Ruskin did freelance development work he found on reddit in exchang

Polestar EV sales jump in Q1 on discounts like its ‘Tesla conquest’ bonus

Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar saw its first-quarter sales jump 76% compared to the same period in 2024 after it began offering discounts and other promotions, including ones geared toward locking in Tesla owners. Polestar sold 12,304 cars in the first three months of the year compared to

Canoo CEO can buy bankrupt EV startup’s assets, judge rules

The sale of bankrupt EV startup Canoo's assets to its CEO has been approved by the judge overseeing the case. After evaluating a number of limited objections to the sale, Judge Brendan Shannon said in a hearing Wednesday he believes the process was fair and that no one else but Canoo CEO Anthon

Incident.io raises $62M at a $400M valuation to help IT teams move fast when things break

In the world of tech, some might argue that the term of the decade is AI, but in the bigger scheme of things, beyond this single sector, the most important word may well be “resilience.” How well prepared are people, organizations, and countries for unforeseen, negative economic, geopol

Trump orders federal investigation into former CISA director Chris Krebs

President Trump on Wednesday ordered a federal investigation into Chris Krebs, the former director of U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA. In a new order, Trump instructed the Department of Homeland Security, which houses CISA, and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Krebs, who was fired by the Tr

The rise of AI ‘reasoning’ models is making benchmarking more expensive

AI labs like OpenAI claim that their so-called “reasoning” AI models, which can “think” through problems step by step, are more capable than their non-reasoning counterparts in specific domains, such as physics. But while this generally appears to be the case, reasoning mode

Drafted uses AI and video resumes to help early-career professionals land jobs

As the job market continues to get more competitive, it’s taking months for new grads to land employment, with many settling for roles that don't align with their goals. To address this problem, Drafted, a new startup emerging from stealth, has built a jobs platform for students and early

AI insurtech Ominimo bags its first investment at a $220M valuation

How do you get talented engineers to work for a startup in a mundane field at a time when more exciting companies are paying well and hiring aggressively? Here's an answer from one insurance startup out of Poland called Ominimo: make pay competitive, but more importantly, give those engineers t

Revent rocks the boat with $100M fund to invest in people and the planet

It would appear the environment and society remain relevant, whatever you might hear in some other quarters. At least, that's one conclusion to be drawn from the news that European specialist VC Revent has closed a  €100 million ($109 million) Fund II to invest in “planetary and societal h

A fresh $100M rolls into Dig Ventures as it bids to woo early-stage European startups

The number of “operator VCs” — former founders turned VCs — has risen in Europe in recent years. This is common in the U.S., where the majority of VCs are former founders. The reverse is true in Europe, where most come from banking or finance. Recent examples in Europe include Wise founder

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, launches an API for Grok 3

Billionaire Elon Musk has just been countersued by OpenAI, but that isn’t stopping his AI company, xAI, from making its flagship Grok 3 model available via an API. It has been several months since xAI unveiled Grok 3, the company’s answer to models like OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google

Wayve’s self-driving tech is headed to Nissan vehicles

Nissan said it will use self-driving software developed by Wayve to beef up its advanced driver-assistance system starting in 2027, a landmark deal for the buzzy U.K. startup that has raised more than $1.3 billion from Nvidia, Microsoft, SoftBank Group, and Uber.  Nissan will integrate Wayve