Moment Energy lands $40M to turn retired EV batteries into grid-scale storage
Moment Energy has secured $40 million to expand its second-life battery business, using retired EV packs to help meet surging demand for stationary energy storage.
Fervo Energy files for IPO that could raise up to $1.3 billion
Fervo Energy is aiming to raise up to $1.3 billion in an IPO, a big test for investor appetite around advanced geothermal and always-on clean power.
Image AI Is the New Growth Engine for Apps
App makers are finding that image AI features create clearer user demand than another round of chatbot tweaks, pushing visual tools to the center of product strategy.
Google Arts & Culture rolls out a digital look at America’s 250th
Google Arts & Culture is marking America’s 250th with a fresh set of digital exhibits and history-focused experiences that bring major moments, places, and collections online.
Ouster bets color lidar can do what cameras can’t
Ouster’s latest move is a big swing: bring color into lidar and make the case that machines may not need conventional cameras in as many places as they do now.
Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring parts of AI
While much of the AI market is focused on headline-grabbing apps, Nicolas Sauvage is leaning into the less glamorous layers that help the technology run in the real world.
TikToker’s Crowd-Buy Spirit Pitch Turns Airline Collapse Into Internet Spectacle
A viral TikTok campaign is asking the internet to help buy Spirit Airlines after its abrupt weekend collapse, turning a chaotic travel story into a bigger conversation about collective ownership online.
Harvard study puts AI ahead of doctors in simulated ER diagnoses
A Harvard-led study suggests AI can outperform physicians in simulated emergency room diagnosis tasks, signaling how fast clinical decision support tools are moving from theory toward practice.
‘This Is Fine’ creator says an AI startup used his art without permission
The creator of the viral ‘This Is Fine’ comic says an AI startup used his art without permission, turning a familiar internet image into the latest front in the AI copyright fight.
Robotaxis are hitting real roads — and now cities have to figure out how to ticket them
Robotaxis are no longer a future-tense idea. As autonomous fleets grow, regulators and law enforcement are running into a surprisingly basic problem: what happens when a driverless car breaks a rule?