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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company
SpaceX and xAI, which are both led by Elon Musk, are "in discussions to merge" ahead of SpaceX's IPO that's planned for later this year, Reuters reports. The me...
Apple’s second biggest acquisition ever is an AI company that listens to ‘silent speech’
Apple's biggest acquisition ever is still its $3 billion Beats buy in 2014, but now the second biggest deal is bringing in Q.ai, a four-year-old AI audio startu...
Obsbot’s new gimbal webcam doesn’t justify its $350 price
Webcam company Obsbot recently launched two new gimbal-equipped webcams, the $349 Tiny 3 and the $199 Tiny 3 Lite. It claims that the priciest model is the smal...
A Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI
As the world’s largest companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into large language models, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is trying something d...
Everything is gambling now: the latest news on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi
Prediction markets will let you bet on just about anything, from how many tweets Elon Musk will post this week to the next president of the United States, with...
Spotify’s new group chats share music with everyone in your circle
Spotify is expanding its in-app messaging feature with group chats. Now you can add up to 10 friends and family members to your discussion about your new favori...
Waymo is finally starting passenger trips at SFO — but not to the terminals
Waymo has finally broken through its SFO logjam. The company announced today that it will start offering robotaxi rides to a select group of passengers travelin...
Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows
Windows is in a weird spot. In its 40-year history, the operating system has weathered its fair share of missteps, but Windows 11 is testing the patience of its...
Google’s AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs
This week, a new generative AI tool from Google let me create bad knockoffs of 3D Nintendo worlds. Check out my version of something like Super Mario 64: I didn...
Half of developers think gen AI is bad for the gaming industry
While generative AI is being adopted at various levels of game development, a new survey suggests that developers increasingly think the technology is bad for t...
Linux gaming developers join forces to form the Open Gaming Collective
Gaming on Linux has already come a long way over recent years, with improvements to Valve's Proton and more gamers switching to Linux, but the newly-formed Open...
What Netflix’s Warner Bros. deal could mean for TVs and remotes
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a w...