Malaysia reportedly shuts down Balaji Srinivasan's Network School
Malaysia has reportedly ordered the shutdown of Balaji Srinivasan's Network School, a startup community he framed as the first step toward building a new, techno-optimist country.
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476 storiesNHTSA exempts Zoox as states push back on robotaxis
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration exempted Zoox from eight federal vehicle-safety standards, clearing the way for paid robotaxi rides, even as state and local officials push for stricter rules after a Waymo incident.
Judge lets Minnesota's 'nudify' app ban take effect over xAI suit
A federal judge denied xAI's request to block Minnesota's ban on "nudify" apps, saying the company's delay in filing suggested the harm wasn't immediate.
Venture funding raises startup fraud risk, two studies find
Two new academic reports find that venture-backed startups commit more fraud than non-VC-backed peers, and researchers point to investor pressure and weak board oversight as key drivers.
Judge says U.S. still lacks evidence for Anthropic risk label
A federal judge said during a Thursday hearing that the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk and barring the federal government from using its technology.
Florida redirects $200M in EV-charger funds to air taxis
Florida plans to spend nearly $200 million in unused federal EV-charging funds on 32 landing pads for electric air taxis instead of building public chargers.
FTC sues Hims & Hers over allegedly sharing health data
The FTC (US consumer-protection regulator) is suing Hims & Hers, alleging it shared patients' medical data with advertisers Meta and Snap and misled users about its privacy practices.
Zoox clears last US regulatory hurdle to charge for robotaxi rides
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (the US auto-safety regulator) has given Amazon-owned Zoox a temporary exemption that lets it start charging passengers for rides in its steering-wheel-free robotaxi.
X settles multiyear ad lawsuit with World Federation of Advertisers
X, Elon Musk's social media platform, has settled its multiyear legal battle with advertising trade group the World Federation of Advertisers over a boycott dispute.
MCP startup Runlayer sues Rippling, alleging stolen product idea
Runlayer, a Model Context Protocol gateway startup, sued HR software company Rippling, alleging Rippling used insider access from a year-long product trial to build a near-identical clone.
Waymo, robotaxi operators face new bill over emergency response gaps
Rep. Kevin Mullin is set to introduce a bill this week to set national safety standards for autonomous vehicles after incidents of robotaxis blocking ambulances and fire trucks.
eBay agrees to pay $56M in newsletter-couple harassment case
eBay and several former executives agreed to pay $56 million to settle a civil suit from a couple the company's ex-employees targeted in a 2019 harassment campaign.
Amodei denies Anthropic ever pushed to ban open-weight models
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Monday his company has never advocated banning open-weight AI models, though he still views China's authoritarian government as a distinct danger.
Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M
Three plaintiffs are suing Apple, alleging App Store security failures let them download a fraudulent crypto wallet app that cost them more than $1.8 million combined.
Warner Bros. sues Amazon over alleged poaching of executives
Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Amazon, alleging the company induced contracted executives — including HBO Max marketing exec Pia Barlow — to breach their employment agreements.
Kalshi demands Netflix pull trailer over Nevada betting claim
Prediction market Kalshi sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter on Friday, calling the trailer for its upcoming "Prediction Games" documentary defamatory and demanding Netflix take it down.
VW engineers charged with insider trading over Rivian stake
U.S. prosecutors have charged two Volkswagen engineers with securities fraud, alleging they used confidential knowledge of VW's Rivian joint venture to make more than $300,000 in illegal profits.
US charges American with wiping phone using 'duress' password
The U.S. Justice Department has charged Atlanta man Samuel Tunick with allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' passcode during a border search, thought to be the first case.
India's takedown notice against Bitchat opens a fight over open-source law
An apparent notice from India's Ministry of Home Affairs directed GitHub to restrict three Bitchat repositories within three hours, and digital-rights groups question its legal basis.
AI industry warns against broad limits on open-weight models
Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, and Nvidia signed a letter urging policymakers not to broadly restrict open-weight AI as Washington weighs a response to alleged Chinese IP theft.