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Uber and Lyft will test Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis in London starting in 2026, pending local regulatory approval, under partnerships announced in July. The deployments join Waymo and local startup Wayve as the first autonomous-vehicle operators in the city next year.
Lyft CEO David Risher stated in posts on X and LinkedIn that his company will initiate testing once it secures regulatory...
The Pew Research Center released a study detailing how young people use social media and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots.
Teen internet safety has remained a global concern. The U.S. surgeon general called for social media platforms to implement warning labels last year, and Australia will enforce a social media ban for individuals under 16 years old beginning Wednesday.
The Pew study found...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) captured roughly 72% of the global semiconductor foundry market in the third quarter of 2025, as artificial intelligence chip demand drove record revenue, according to Counterpoint Research.
Global semiconductor foundry revenue increased approximately 17% year-over-year to $84.8 billion in Q3 2025. This growth stemmed from strong demand for AI...
Tory Bruno resigned as CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA), a SpaceX rival, after 12 years to pursue another opportunity, the company announced. ULA chairs Robert Lightfoot and Kay Sears issued a statement thanking him.
While Vulcan is now operational, ULA struggled to meet its “two-launches-per-month” target in late 2025, ending the year with approximately nine total missions.
SpaceX continues...
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has agreed to acquire Intersect Power, a data center and clean energy developer, for $4.75 billion in cash plus assumption of the company’s debt. Announced on Monday, the deal enables expansion of power-generation capacity for new data centers by bypassing local utilities strained by AI demand.
The acquisition addresses the challenge of securing reliable energy...
OpenAI is rolling out “Your Year with ChatGPT,” an annual review feature for its ChatGPT chatbot, to eligible consumers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The feature draws from Spotify Wrapped and requires specific user settings and activity levels.
The annual review targets users on free, Plus, and Pro plans. Access depends on enabling the “reference...
OpenAI launched its ChatGPT Atlas AI browser in October, prompting security researchers to demonstrate prompt injection vulnerabilities via Google Docs inputs that altered browser behavior, as the company detailed defenses in a Monday blog post while admitting such attacks persist.
Prompt injection represents a type of attack that manipulates AI agents to follow malicious instructions, often...
According to Financial Times, ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent of TikTok, plans to invest 160 billion yuan, approximately $23 billion, in artificial intelligence infrastructure in 2026 to narrow the gap with U.S. tech firms amid semiconductor restrictions. This marks an increase from 150 billion yuan allocated this year, with about half, or 85 billion yuan, dedicated to advanced AI processors...
Xiaomi President Lu Weibing announced that the Xiaomi 17 Ultra will launch with the company’s most powerful telephoto camera, the first smartphone featuring Leica’s 200MP continuous optical-zoom lens that delivers 75mm to 100mm optical zoom while supporting a 200MP sensor across the entire range.
The Xiaomi 17 Ultra introduces this lens as “the strongest telephoto imaging sensor in Xiaomi’s...
Taiwan’s HTC launched its VIVE Eagle AI smart glasses in Hong Kong in August 2025 to capture market share in the smartglasses sector through an open-platform strategy that lets users select AI models such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI.
HTC positions the VIVE Eagle as an open device amid rapid AI advancements. Charles Huang, senior vice president of global sales and marketing at HTC, explained in...