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6 April 2026 Vol 19

Category: Tech

AV startup Pronto.ai acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI

AV startup Pronto.ai acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI

The Venn diagram of engineers that know a little bit about AI, self driving, and mining has a small intersection.…
Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines

Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines

As publishers fret about decreased traffic from Google, the search giant has begun rolling out AI summaries in Discover, the…
The rights to Fyre Festival sold on eBay for 245K

The rights to Fyre Festival sold on eBay for 245K

Billy McFarland, the fraudster who brought you Fyre Festival, has sold the rights to the brand on eBay for $245,300.…
Lucid Motors will roll out hands-free highway driving this month

Lucid Motors will roll out hands-free highway driving this month

Lucid Motors is set to roll out a software update on July 30 that will enable hands-free highway driving on…
Venture gets a rare Native American-led fund in Betsy Fore’s Velveteen Ventures

Venture gets a rare Native American-led fund in Betsy Fore’s Velveteen Ventures

When Betsy Fore was five, her grandmother got her a gift she has never forgotten: A Velveteen Rabbit from Goodwill…
Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model

Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model

As AI systems become more capable, speech is fast becoming the default way we communicate with machines. French AI startup…
Uber’s latest robotaxi partner is China’s Baidu

Uber’s latest robotaxi partner is China’s Baidu

Uber has struck another deal with a robotaxi provider, and this time it’s with Chinese tech giant Baidu. The two…
Rivian taps Google to bring custom maps into its EVs and app

Rivian taps Google to bring custom maps into its EVs and app

For 18 months, Rivian and Google engineers worked together. Today, they’re showing off their work. Rivian is pushing out a…
DOGE staffer with access to Americans’ personal data leaked private xAI API key

DOGE staffer with access to Americans’ personal data leaked private xAI API key

A DOGE staffer with access to the private information on millions of Americans held by the U.S. government reportedly exposed…
ParadeDB takes on Elasticsearch as interest in Postgres explodes amid AI boom

ParadeDB takes on Elasticsearch as interest in Postgres explodes amid AI boom

Open source database management system Postgres is nearly 40 years old, but has recently started seeing explosive demand due to…