Uber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis — The latest leading indicator of the robotaxi revolution is a tiff. Waymo LLC, a unit of Alphabet Inc., and Uber Technologies Inc. are nominally partners.
Apple raises AppleCare+ prices for Macs and iPads by $0.50 per month and $5 per year; the increases are exclusively for new sign-ups — Apple Inc. slightly raised the cost of individual AppleCare+ service subscriptions, marking its latest price increase in the face of a global memory shortage and other challenges.
PrismML launches Bonsai 27B, a model based on Qwen3.6 27B that it says runs natively on Apple devices via MLX; its CEO says Apple is evaluating the tech — Apple is in talks with a small Silicon Valley company that says it can shrink powerful artificial intelligence models enough to run directly …
A look at Founders Fund-backed State Affairs, which raised $70M and uses AI trained on reporting by its 76 staffers to power a Bloomberg Terminal-like product — State Affairs combines media and technology at a time when tensions between the two industries are at a fever pitch. — Summary
Sources: Nous Research, the startup behind Hermes, an open-source agent and OpenClaw rival, is raising $75M+ at a $1.5B valuation led by Robot Ventures — Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes agent, is finalizing a new round of funding led by Robot Ventures …
Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27, marking the public debut of the new Siri AI — Try the new Siri AI and system-wide performance improvements. — Adventurous early adopters, your moment has arrived …
Microsoft announces a Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes local results, removes promotional web content, and more, rolling out to Windows Insiders — Windows 11's search user experience is getting a big update, with Microsoft moving to prioritize local results, remove promotional content, and much more.