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Self-driving car startup Waabi has raised $1 billion and partnered with Uber to introduce self-driving cars on its ride-hailing platform. This is the company’s first expansion beyond self-driving trucks. The funding consists of an oversubscribed $750 million Series C round co-led by Khosla Ventures and G2 Venture Partners and approximately $250 million in milestone-based capital from Uber to support the deployment of more than 25,000 Waabi Driver-powered robotaxis on its platform alone. The companies have not disclosed a timeline for such a large-scale implementation. The partnership represents a bet that the startup’s AI technology can succeed where other companies have…
Illustration of the SK Hynix logo displayed on a mobile phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | Null Photo | Getty ImagesKorean memory giant SK Hynix announced Wednesday that it will invest at least $10 billion to acquire a new AI growth engine and form a new company in the U.S. focused on artificial intelligence solutions.The new U.S. entity, tentatively named AI Company or AI Co., will serve as a hub for SK Group’s AI strategy and work to accelerate the technology in global markets, the company said.SK Hynix has emerged as a major player in AI in recent years due to…
When Tom won his first Super Bowl with the New England Patriots in 2004, he was in a new relationship with Bridget Moynahan.And when the Blue Bloods star and athlete posed for photos at glitzy events like the Met Gala and Oscar parties, they looked like the picture-perfect couple.”I can be myself around her, and not many people can be themselves,” Tom said in a 2005 interview with 60 Minutes. “I enjoy being with my best friend who knows me so well. I consider her one of my best friends.” However, when they announced their breakup in December 2006, it…
Former champion Novak Djokovic reached the last four in Melbourne after front-runner Lorenzo Musetti suffered a groin injury.Published January 28, 2026January 28, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2share’Extremely lucky’ Novak Djokovic overcame a huge scare to reach the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday after Lorenzo Musetti was injured during the second set set-up, keeping the Serbian great’s bid for a 25th Grand Slam title alive.The fifth-seeded Italian was leading 6-4, 6-3, 1-3 when he withdrew after his movement was severely hampered after treatment for the upper part of his right foot.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listIt…
Detroit – general motors The company on Tuesday beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter profit expectations and is on track to deliver even more “strong financial performance” in 2026.The Detroit automaker slightly missed revenue expectations, but announced a 20% increase in its quarterly dividend and a new $6 billion share buyback authorization.GM stock rose 8.75% on Tuesday.Here’s how the company performed in the fourth quarter compared to average estimates compiled by LSEG:Earnings per share: $2.51 adjusted vs. $2.20 expected Revenue: $45.29 billion vs. $45.8 billion expectedGM’s 2026 earnings forecast exceeds last year’s forecasts and results. This includes net income attributable to shareholders…
london — The unremarkable office next to an Amazon warehouse on an industrial estate in Oxfordshire, southern England, has long been a key line of defense in Britain’s national security. The office, known as ‘The Cell’, allows the British government to closely monitor the operations of Chinese tech giant Huawei as it builds the UK’s mobile network. The Cell, owned by Huawei but staffed by British cybersecurity experts with the highest security clearances, was tasked, at Huawei’s expense, with checking all hardware and software for strings of code that could be exploited for malicious purposes. But in the end, the…
Emilia Clarke’s brain aneurysmEmilia Clarke, who filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, published an essay in The New Yorker in 2019 titled “A Battle for My Life.”After suffering a severe headache at the gym, the actress writes, “I made it to the bathroom and fell to my knees feeling very, very sick.” “During that time, the pain was getting worse with shooting, stabbing, squeezing pain. On some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.”She was taken to the hospital for a brain scan.”The diagnosis was swift and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a life-threatening type…
BUSAN, South Korea – October 30: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping head to a room for bilateral talks at Gimhae Air Force Base in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has broadened his tariff strategy, issuing a series of warnings and policy measures that affect Beijing’s interests without directly increasing tariffs on Chinese goods. But analysts are hopeful that recent geopolitical turmoil is unlikely to lift the delicate U.S.-China trade truce, as Beijing appears to be betting that President Trump’s threats will not…
BEIJING — Chinese companies are accelerating the rollout of new artificial intelligence models as competition intensifies from U.S.-based rivals OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.Just over a year ago, Chinese-made DeepSeek released an AI chatbot with lower usage and production costs than OpenAI’s ChatGPT, shaking up global markets and raising questions about the effectiveness of US technology regulations against China.On Tuesday, Beijing-based startup Moonshot AI unveiled Kim K2.5, which it claims has video generation and agent capabilities that outperform all three major U.S. AI models. Agent AI broadly refers to AI systems that can perform tasks on behalf of humans. The ultimate…
Seoul, South Korea — It all started with a designer handbag. And two, and a gorgeous necklace, and so on. Now, South Korea’s former first lady will be sentenced to prison. Kim Kun-hee, the wife of disgraced (and imprisoned) former president Yoon Seok-yeol, was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison for bribery — just one of three criminal cases she faces. Both the prosecution and Kim’s team can appeal the verdict. The court found Kim guilty of accepting bribes, including a Chanel bag and a Graff diamond necklace, from the controversial religious group the Unification Church. However, the court…