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Transportation
Aurora Innovation has officially launched the nation’s first fully driverless, heavy-duty trucking service on public highways, marking a historic milestone for autonomous vehicle technology. The rollout began this week in Texas, with self-driving freight trucks operating between Dallas and Houston—without a human behind the wheel. The startup, which
Cybersecurity
Tools for Humanity, the startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has officially launched its World identity verification system across the United States. This marks a significant milestone for the ambitious project, which uses biometric scanning to authenticate human identity in an increasingly AI-dominated digital landscape. During a recent launch
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Amazon has launched Nova Premier, the newest and most advanced model in its Nova AI family, aiming to strengthen its position in the competitive world of generative AI. Available now through Amazon Bedrock — the company’s AI development platform — Nova Premier is designed to handle complex multimodal tasks, processing text,
Construction
Starbucks is taking a bold leap into the future of architecture with the debut of its first-ever 3D-printed store in the United States. Set to open to the public on May 2 in Brownsville, Texas, the drive-thru-only location at 2491 Boca Chica Boulevard was built in partnership with PERI 3D
Education
Duolingo has announced the launch of 148 new language courses—more than doubling its existing catalog—in what it calls the largest content expansion in its history. The rapid rollout, accomplished in under a year, was made possible by generative AI, which the company says drastically accelerated its content creation
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
JetBrains, the renowned software company behind popular development tools like IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm, has officially released its first open AI model for code generation. The model, named Mellum, is now available on Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 license — a move signaling JetBrains’ deeper commitment to accessible and
Transportation
Alphabet-owned Waymo has taken a major step toward expanding its autonomous vehicle ambitions beyond commercial ride-hailing services. On Tuesday, the self-driving technology company announced a preliminary agreement with Toyota to explore the integration of Waymo’s autonomous driving systems into personally-owned vehicles. The collaboration marks a significant evolution for Waymo,
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Meta Platforms has officially entered the AI arena with the launch of a standalone app powered by its in-house Llama AI model, intensifying the tech industry’s arms race for generative artificial intelligence dominance. This new offering directly targets OpenAI’s ChatGPT, staking Meta’s claim as a serious contender
Telecommunications
Amazon has officially entered the satellite internet arena with the successful launch of its first 27 Project Kuiper satellites into low-Earth orbit. Deployed on April 28th from Cape Canaveral aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, the event marks the beginning of an ambitious campaign to establish a
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has released Qwen 3, a new family of AI models that it claims rivals — and in some areas surpasses — the best offerings from OpenAI and Google. The announcement signals China’s accelerating pace in the global AI race and increases the pressure on American labs to
Robotics
Hugging Face, the AI startup known for its developer platform, is expanding deeper into robotics with the launch of the SO-101 — a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm designed to perform basic tasks like picking up and placing objects. The SO-101 is the successor to Hugging Face’s earlier model, the SO-100,
Semiconductors
Huawei is setting its sights on Nvidia’s stronghold in the AI hardware market with the development of a new advanced chip, the Ascend 910D. The Chinese tech giant is making significant progress on the chip and has begun reaching out to domestic partners to test it. The Ascend 910D