From the NFL to Startup Battlefield: How Alltroo built a brand that wins

On season one of Build Mode: Product, Meet Market, we explore what it really takes to get your product into the hands of customers. 

Musk says new Tesla software allows texting and driving, which is illegal in most states

Texting while driving is banned in nearly every state, even with the use of advanced driver-assistance systems like Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software.

Anthropic CEO weighs in on AI bubble talk and risk-taking among competitors

Anthropic’s CEO shared his thoughts on the economics of AI and the risk-taking of competitors, saying some were “YOLO-ing” with regard to spending.

Apple’s executive shake-up continues with departures of general counsel and policy head

Apple loses two more top senior executives with exits of longtime general counsel Kate Adams and environmental VP Lisa Jackson. Meta’s Jennifer Newstead is set to join as new general counsel in 2026.

Micro1, a Scale AI competitor, touts crossing $100M ARR

Micro1 started the year with roughly $7 million ARR. Now, it claims to have surpassed $100 million in ARR, double what it reported in September.

Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity

The newspaper is alleging copyright infringement and calling out Perplexity’s retrieval augmented generation (RAG) as a culprit.

Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin

The agency already opened an investigation in October over Waymo’s performance around school buses. Waymo said it issued a software update to its fleet to improve performance.

Walmart-backed PhonePe winds down its Pincode app in yet another e-commerce step back

PhonePe has shut down its Pincode app over two years after its debut.

After Neuralink, Max Hodak is building something stranger

“You could really, in a very fundamental sense, talk about redrawing the border around a brain,” Hodak says, “possibly to include four hemispheres, or a device, or a whole group of people.”

Former DOGE Engineer Is Now Back in Government

Sahil Lavingia, previously a DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is now a career employee at the IRS. He said at WIRED’s Big Interview event that he expects to work there 10 years.