Pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton is trying to raise $1B for AI-powered planes

He told the Wall Street Journal he thinks autonomous planes will be “10 times harder than Nikola ever was.”

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says smartphone apps will disappear as AI agents take their place

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will eventually replace apps, shifting smartphones toward systems that understand intent and act on a user’s behalf.

Nvidia is quietly building a multibillion-dollar behemoth to rival its chips business

Nvidia’s networking business raked in $11 billion last quarter despite getting significantly less fanfare than chips and gaming.

Sam Altman’s thank-you to coders draws the memes

Altman expresses gratitude for people who knew how to write their code from scratch. The internet replies with salty jokes.

Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents

A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn’t have permission to see it.

Multiverse Computing pushes its compressed AI models into the mainstream

After compressing models from major AI labs including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and an API that makes them more widely available.

Two Palantir veterans just came out of stealth with $30 million and a Sequoia stamp of approval

The founders are worth paying attention to.

Inside a $1.1B deal to reshore critical minerals refining

Critical minerals startup Nth Cycle is betting that its modular approach to nickel refining can make the practice viable in the U.S. and Europe.

Uber taps Rivian to build robotaxis in deal worth up to $1.25B

Uber is kicking off the partnership with an initial $300 million investment, while Rivian will provide as many as 50,000 autonomous R2 SUVs.