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Uber Eats To Work With Zipline On Drone Deliveries
Uber Eats to offer food deliveries via drone that lowers items to ground in delivery pod from hundreds of feet in the air
Serve Robotics Splits With Uber Eats, Expands Grubhub Deal
Food delivery robot operator enters new cities with Grubhub, as it faces end of its long-running deal with Uber Eats
China Set To End Travel Ban For Manus Execs
Chinese government reportedly preparing to allow senior Manus executives to return to Singapore, as split from Meta nears completion
Nvidia Backs $105bn In Financing For OpenAI Data Centre
Nvidia to provide up to $105bn in financial guarantees for Nvidia’s lease of massive Ohio data centre, also invests in site developer
UK PM Exchanged Messages With Fake White House Official
Prime Minister Andy Burnham reportedly exchanges several messages with person claiming to be White House chief of staff
Mexico Considers Social Media Restrictions
Mexican government to begin discussions with teachers on social media restrictions for young people, amid free speech concerns
Court Strikes Down French Social Media Law
After racing through the legislative process, French social media ban for under-15s found incompatible with constitution
Matic Robot Vacuum Cleaners Get Voice, Gesture Controls
US-based Matic adds voice, gesture controls to home cleaners, meaning users can now initiate tasks without opening an app
Flock Brings In Surveillance Controls Amid Police Abuse
US private surveillance firm Flock introduces limits on data from camera network, after cases of abuse by police found to be rampant
DeepSeek Releases V4-Pro Model, Hikes Prices
Start-up’s latest flagship model accompanied by substantial price jump, as DeepSeek also releases agentic harness
Alibaba Releases Weights Of Flagship Qwen3.8-Max AI Model
Hangzhou-based tech giant shifts to open-weight approach for 2.4 trillion-parameter model, with commercial restrictions
Nvidia Releases Open, Lightweight Nemotron AI Model
AI chip giant releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning under open-weight licence, as it reportedly works on large-scale challenger with 1 trillion parameters
French Press Group Challenges Google Over AI Summaries
Press trade body calls on competition regulator to take action after Google introduces AI Overviews in France, amid EU probe
Letting Agents Hit By AI-Generated Complaints
Most tenants’ complaints now lengthy, legally complex, at times citing legislation inaccurately, say letting agents
Supreme Court Rejects Suspension Of Apple App Store Case
Proceedings will now go ahead in California district court to determine fees Apple can charge for transactions outside App Store
AI Token Prices Fall To Annual Low
Average token prices for AI inference fall to low for the year to date, amid release of low-cost Chinese models, increased US efficiency focus
Manus Set To Resume Independent Operations After Meta Split
Chinese-founded agentic AI start-up tells customers to back up data as it prepares to finalise reversal of Meta buyout
OpenAI’s Chief Ethicist Leaves After Less Than A Year
Start-up’s head of ethics reportedly departs company, as it faces scrutiny over safety in development of its models
AI Agent Hacks Gym To Book Spots For User
AI system unexpectedly hacks gym’s reservation system to book user into busy Pilates class, in latest reminder of agentic unpredictability