Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company. The post says simply that “Robotaxi is now rolling out in Dallas & Houston 🤠” and includes a 14-second video showing Tesla vehicles driving without human monitors or drivers in the front seat. The company now offers robotaxi service in three...
Jack Zhang was 34 years old, three and a half years into running a startup, and sitting across from one of the most powerful investors in Silicon Valley. Michael Moritz of Sequoia had invited him to his home — a place with, Zhang recalls, a couple of floors and a view straight to the Golden Gate Bridge — to make...
Few venture firms have bet more aggressively on AI than Sequoia Capital, and it isn’t slowing down. The Silicon Valley stalwart has raised roughly $7 billion for a new fund, according to Bloomberg. Sequoia declined TechCrunch’s request for comment. The money will go toward what the firm calls its “expansion strategy” — essentially its late-stage investing arm, focused on the...
The winner of the Q4Bio US$2 million prize used the IBM Quantum System One computer, which is housed in the Cleveland Clinic, to do simulations.Credit: Ryan Lavine for IBMA team developing light-sensitive cancer drugs has won a US$2-million Quantum for Bio (Q4Bio) prize for demonstrating a potential use for quantum computers in health care. But no team was awarded the...
The US and Iran have been discussing a second round of peace talks in Pakistan and, speaking to reporters in Washington, Trump said the US and Iran had already agreed on a lot, including that Tehran would not have nuclear weapons "beyond 20 years" - but warned that "if there is no deal, fighting resumes". Source link...
Nearly 11,000 people have been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the state of Virginia since President Donald Trump took office, new data shows. Source link...
(RNS) — Is Donald Trump the Antichrist? That question has been on a lot of people’s mind in recent weeks — mainly due to the president’s nonstop social media feed, which included posting an Easter message that used the f-word and a mocking “Praise to Allah,” an ongoing feud with Pope Leo XIV and an AI-generated image of Trump as...
The 1987 Montreal Protocol is often described as the most successful environmental treaty ever created. It has led to a steady global phaseout of chemicals that once damaged the ozone layer and increased risks such as skin cancer. Research led by MIT has shown that cutting these ozone-depleting substances is allowing the ozone layer to slowly heal. (It could return...
UCLA scientists have uncovered a harmful group of immune cells that quietly builds up in aging tissues and in the livers of people with fatty liver disease. When these cells were removed in mice, inflammation dropped sharply and liver damage was reversed, even though the animals continued eating an unhealthy diet. The research, published in Nature Aging, focuses on cellular...
Aug 6, 2024; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) serves the ball to Holger Rune (DEN) (not pictured) in first round play at IGA Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut announced Thursday that this will be his final year on the ATP Tour. The 38-year-old has won 12 singles titles and spent 27 weeks in...
