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Uber and Shanghai-based robotaxi startup Momenta plan to test Level 4 fully driverless cars in Munich from 2026, as a precursor to launching a robotaxi service (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

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The influencer in this Vodafone ad isn’t real

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Sources: the US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung and SK Hynix factories in China, as part of a "site license" idea (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)

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Ford introduces F-150 Lightning STX to replace XLT trim

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Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement pulls up a drawbridge on its startup rivals that cannot afford such fines, setting a floor price on training infringement (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

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Google updates a Help Center article to clarify Gemini 2.5 Pro's usage limits: five prompts per day for free users, 100 prompts for AI Pro, and 500 for AI Ultra (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

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A reimagined Wizard of Oz draws 4,000 to 5,000 fans two or three times per day to the Las Vegas Sphere; a source says the 1939 film may gross $1B in its new run (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

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An interview with Dr. Raj Jena, the UK's first clinical professor of AI in radiation oncology, on how AI is improving cancer care, quality control, and more (Sarah Neville/Financial Times)

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Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless cars in Germany

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Filing: Shanghai-based, US-listed lidar maker Hesai aims to raise ~$497M in its Hong Kong IPO, offering 17M shares at up to $29.25 each, amid US delisting risks (Dave Sebastian/Bloomberg)

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PitchBook: European defense tech startups have raised €2.4B since 2022, including €1.4B in 2025's first seven months, up from €30M in 2020 and €150M in 2021 (Financial Times)

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Shenzhen-based humanoid startup X Square Robot raised ~$100M led by Alibaba, taking its total funding to ~$280M, and released a foundation model for embodied AI (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)

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OpenAI is providing its tools and computing resources for Critterz, a largely AI-made feature-length animated film that is set to hit theaters globally in 2026 (Jessica Toonkel/Wall Street Journal)

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A profile of Zachary Cefaratti, a below-the-radar dealmaker for data centers, crypto mining, and tech groups in the Gulf through his advisory firm Dalma Capital (Chloe Cornish/Financial Times)

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A look at Marc Benioff's pursuit of productivity gains through AI at Salesforce, which has undergone a series of layoffs over the past two years (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)

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How Larry Ellison is reshaping Oxford, including relocating his Ellison Institute from LA to Oxford, with plans to invest $1.3B+ into research on AI and more (Jenny Strasburg/Wall Street Journal)

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Google finally details Gemini usage limits

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Is Man of Tomorrow "Superman 2" or something else? Here's what James Gunn has revealed

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A look at Ross Ulbricht's return to public life after receiving a pardon in January, including speaking at Bitcoin 2025 and accepting millions in donations (New York Times)

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