Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks. The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more… Continue reading Uber puts another chip on the self-driving roulette table
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Toyota partner breaks ground on solid electrolyes plant for all-solid-state EV batteries
Japanese oil giant Idemitsu Kosan broke ground on a large-scale solid electrolyte pilot plant in collaboration with Toyota on Thursday. The electrolytes made at the facility will be used in all-solid-state batteries for EVs developed by Toyota. Toyota and Idemitsu advance all-solid-state EV batteries Idemitsu announced it had made a final investment decision and begun… Continue reading Toyota partner breaks ground on solid electrolyes plant for all-solid-state EV batteries
Tesla announces launch in Morocco
Tesla is officially expanding into Morocco, marking another step in the automaker’s push into African markets. The company will host a launch event on February 6 in Casablanca, introducing the Model 3 and Model Y to the North African nation. The launch According to Tesla’s newly created Morocco website, the company will hold its official… Continue reading Tesla announces launch in Morocco
Mystery Man Dressed as FBI Agent Tries to Break Luigi Mangione Out of Jail
William Farrington-Pool/Getty Images A mysterious man, dressed as an FBI agent, showed up to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn in an apparent attempt to free Luigi Mangione, the man who has been charged with killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson. As the Associated Press reports, the impostor was later identified as 36-year-old Mark Anderson,… Continue reading Mystery Man Dressed as FBI Agent Tries to Break Luigi Mangione Out of Jail
Amid Lawsuits, OpenAI Says It Will Retire “Reckless” Model Linked to Deaths
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images OpenAI announced on Thursday that it would retire GPT-4o — an especially warm, sycophantic version of the chatbot at the heart of a pile of user welfare lawsuits, including several that accuse OpenAI of causing wrongful death — along with several other older… Continue reading Amid Lawsuits, OpenAI Says It Will Retire “Reckless” Model Linked to Deaths
Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show Contains Garbled Neural Gore, Even Just in the Teaser Trailer
The use of generative AI in creative fields has turned into a flame war — a nightmare of meaningless and derivative AI slop that we’re seemingly unable to awaken from. The internet is being asphyxiated by incoherent AI-generated drivel as tech leaders continue to assure us that it’s the future we’ve always wanted. Even Hollywood… Continue reading Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show Contains Garbled Neural Gore, Even Just in the Teaser Trailer
OpenAI Representatives Are Going to Critics’ Houses With Threats and Demands
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images A man who works at an AI watchdog group was alarmed when OpenAI suddenly showed up at his doorstep last fall, demanding he turn over documents. To his utter disbelief, he was being subpoenaed. “It’s a bit scary to know that the most valuable private company… Continue reading OpenAI Representatives Are Going to Critics’ Houses With Threats and Demands
We finally heard from Trump Mobile… and they immediately ghosted us
I got a reply from one of the executives behind the Trump phone, but then he left me on read. I got a reply from one of the executives behind the Trump phone, but then he left me on read. by Dominic Preston Jan 30, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC Dominic Preston is a news editor… Continue reading We finally heard from Trump Mobile… and they immediately ghosted us
After Minneapolis, Tech CEOs Are Struggling to Stay Silent
It was November 12, 2016, four days after Donald Trump won his first presidential election. Aside from a few outliers (looking at you, Peter Thiel), almost everyone in the tech world was shocked and appalled. At a conference I attended that Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it was “a pretty crazy idea” to think… Continue reading After Minneapolis, Tech CEOs Are Struggling to Stay Silent
Tim Cook is destroying his own legacy
On The Vergecast: Minneapolis, Melania, gas masks, and foldables. On The Vergecast: Minneapolis, Melania, gas masks, and foldables. by David Pierce Jan 30, 2026, 6:09 PM UTC David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. What responsibility do… Continue reading Tim Cook is destroying his own legacy