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As fans and media prepare to descend on the Bay Area for Super Bowl LX, what does a high-tech city like San Francisco do? Why, call in the robotaxis, of course. On Thursday, Alphabet's Waymo began offering fully autonomous rides at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

There are some limits. For now, SFO access is restricted to "a select number of riders." However, access will gradually expand



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Apple has acquired Israel-based startup Q.ai, a move that could provide a much-needed boost to the tech giant's capabilities in artificial intelligence. Although Apple has not disclosed terms of the deal, sources told Financial Times that the arrangement is reportedly valued at nearly $2 billion. If that figure is accurate, the Q.ai acquisition marks Apple's second largest acquisition to date


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  • Iren Azra Zou landed a new job two weeks after being laid off by Amazon in October.
  • She said being emotionally and financially prepared helped her bounce back quickly.
  • Zou shared her top pieces of advice for other laid-off tech workers navigating the job market.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Iren Azra Zou, a 27-year-old in New Jersey. She is a


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A group of music publishers led by Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group are suing Anthropic, according to a report by Reuters. The suit accuses the AI company of illegally downloading more than 20,000 copyrighted songs, including sheet music, lyrics and compositions.

These songs were then allegedly fed into the chatbot Claude for training purposes. There are some iconic tunes named by


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  • Data centers have become key drivers of $1.3 trillion private equity giant Blackstone's growth.
  • QTS, the data center provider the firm took private in 2021, was the largest single driver of returns.
  • Blackstone plans to lean further into digital infrastructure and private credit.

Data center investments have become the engine of Blackstone's


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Zac Brown Band has announced a major 2026 concert run — the Love & Fear Tour — in support of their eighth studio album Love & Fear, released late last year. The North American trek spans 27 dates from July 17 through November 21, 2026, with shows in cities such as Grand Rapids


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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is investing in more AI-native tools to elevate individual contributors.
  • CEO Mark Zuckerberg said AI tools now let individual Meta employees do work that once required large teams.
  • Meta plans to boost AI spending by between 60% and 87% this year as output per engineer continues to rise.
  • Despite compute constraints, Meta said it

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