Here are 4 ways Rivian just stepped deeper into Tesla's turf

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Rivian said future R2 models will be shipped with lidar to support fully-autonomous driving capabilities.

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Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why he just did a blockbuster OpenAI deal

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Disney CEO Bob Iger attends late US actor Chadwick Boseman's posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame Star ceremony in Los Angeles, California, on November 20, 2025. Boseman died on August 29, 2020, at the age of 43 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer.

Meet the young AI startup founders raising millions in the race to build the next big thing

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Zhang and her team working out of her apartment.

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Disneys $1 billion deal with OpenAI will bring Disney characters to Sora

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Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI, the entertainment giant announced on Thursday. As part of the deal, OpenAI users will be able to create AI images and videos featuring some of Disney's copyrighted characters.

We skipped our annual Christmas celebrations with extended family and went on vacation instead — just the 4 of us

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I'm fortunate to come from a close family that values large Christmas gatherings; however, our travel plans meant last year's festivities looked a little different.

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I dropped out of college to work at Trivago. Now I run the company.

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Johannes Thomas went from intern to CEO of Trivago

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I invented a new type of landline for kids, and my daughter's friends tested it out. This year, we've raised $3.5 million in funding.

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Chett Kittleson co-founded Tin Can.

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Interceptor drones are taking over in Ukraine, but soldiers are still using machine guns to battle Russian threats

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A serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defense unit of the 38th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a M2 Browning machine gun during a combat shift on the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 20, 2025.
Ukrainian mobile air defense units have long relied on aging machine guns to battle drones. That's changing.

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Getting workers to trust and adopt AI is 'forcing HR people to reinvent themselves'

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Who makes the best combat drone pilots? Ukrainian drone schools say it's young, tech-loving gamers and people used to staring at screens

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A mean wearing googles holds a controller in a field with a small drone flying behind him
Ukraine's drone operators have been key to its fightback against Russia.

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