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inDrive turns to ads and groceries to diversify revenue
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (361+ words) Known for its bidding-based approach to fares, inDrive is deepening its push beyond ride-hailing by rolling out advertising across its top 20 markets and expanding grocery delivery to Pakistan, executing on a "super app" strategy outlined last year to build new…...
Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (453+ words) Nearly two years ago, Motional was at an autonomous vehicle crossroads." Motional was going to have to evolve or die. It paused everything and picked option No. 1. Meanwhile, AI models originally built for language began to be applied in robots…...
Google co-founders may be leaving California
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (195+ words) Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be reducing their presence in the state where they co-founded Google. The New York Times reports that in December, 15 limited liability companies overseeing Brin's investments and interests were terminated or converted into Nevada…...
Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests
8+ hour, 36+ min ago (145+ words) Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached. That seemingly contradicts a Friday Bluesky post from antivirus software company Malwarebytes, which shared a screenshot of an email from Instagram informing users of…...
Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries
13+ hour, 5+ min ago (439+ words) Following an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to certain health-related queries, the company appears to have removed the AI Overviews for some of those queries. For example, the Guardian initially reported…...
Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges
14+ hour, 47+ min ago (514+ words) The nuclear industry is in the mist of a renaissance. Old plants are being refurbished, and investors are showering startups with cash. In the last several weeks of 2025 alone, nuclear startups raised $1.1 billion, largely on investor optimism that smaller nuclear…...
Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (421+ words) Officials from Indonesia and Malaysia have said they are temporarily blocking access to xAI's chatbot Grok. These are the most aggressive moves so far from government officials responding to a flood of sexualized, AI-generated imagery " often depicting real women and…...
Google announces a new protocol to facilitate commerce using AI agents
16+ hour, 2+ min ago (562+ words) Google today announced a new open standard, called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference. The standard, developed with companies like Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target, and Walmart, lets agents work across…...
Wing to expand drone delivery to another 150 Walmart stores
16+ hour, 2+ min ago (513+ words) Wing, the Alphabet-owned company that delivers groceries, over-the-counter medicine, and hot lattes, is expanding its partnership with Walmart for the second time in less than a year. The two companies announced on Sunday plans to bring the on-demand drone delivery…...
SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (231+ words) Anthony Ha is TechCrunch's weekend editor. Previously, he worked as a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of content at a VC firm. He lives…...