Uber has sold off its entire stake in Serve Robotics, the autonomous delivery robot company that spun out of the ride-hailing company more than five years ago. Uber made the disclosure in a regulatory filing that was first reported by Bloomberg. Uber’s exit from Serve Robotics has been brewing for…
I’ll never give up my physical discs for this one important reason
It seems like no matter where you turn these days, the technology industry is pushing towards an all-digital future. Physical media may be experiencing its own underground comeback of sorts, but that’s certainly not the direction the mainstream market is headed in at an overarching level. Now, digital movies and…
Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users
In a significant milestone for Google, CEO Sundar Pichai announced via X that the Gemini app has become one of the company’s fastest-growing products, recently surpassing 1 billion monthly active users. Pichai also noted it was the 14th Google product to hit the 1 billion mark. With this rapid growth,…
Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
Decentralized social network Bluesky was one of the bigger beneficiaries of the exodus from Elon Musk’s X in November 2024, following the U.S. elections. But now, nearly two years later, the social network and would-be X competitor is struggling to hold onto its momentum. According to data from digital intelligence…
Don’t watch this new free Roku channel
If there’s one thing you can expect Roku to do at least once every month, it’s add new free channels to its already massive lineup of more than 500 free live TV channels on The Roku Channel. In the past few months alone, Roku has added more than 70 new…
An unreleased Anthropic model made progress on one of math’s biggest unsolved problems
For more than 150 years, the Riemann hypothesis has stood as one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics, a long-running mystery about the distribution of prime numbers. There is currently a $1 million bounty for a working general proof of the hypothesis, which remains unclaimed. Contemporary AI models still…
The rise of 4K UHD Blu-ray could be ruined by this 4K player problem
You’re never going to see me complaining about more people getting into 4K Blu-ray collecting. I’ve been in this hobby for years now, and I’ve amassed a vast collection of discs. I don’t have any regrets about this, but I did learn pretty quickly that I was going to need…
FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets
The real-time flight tracker FlightAware is suing the prediction market Kalshi for allegedly using its data to host gambling markets. Kalshi started letting users bet on the number of flights cancelled in the U.S., or at a given airport, about a month ago. According to FlightAware, Kalshi used FlightAware’s data…
Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move
Bumble is officially giving up on the rule that made it, well, Bumble. The dating app announced Tuesday that anyone in a match can now send the first message, ending the women-message-first requirement that has been one of the company’s defining features for more than a decade. Bumble is also…
Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music from recommendations
Spotify will begin labeling AI-generated artists with “AI Persona” profile tags and ban their music from its editorial and algorithmic recommendations, the company announced on Tuesday. In mid-September, Spotify users will see “AI Persona” badges appear on some artists’ profiles that signal the artist’s identity is AI-generated, instead of representing…