A federal official wants developers of robotaxis to find ways to stop them from interfering or colliding with emergency vehicles, but some blame more than the cars.
Sixty billion dollars is a lot of bond, even by SoftBank Group’s standards. The Japanese conglomerate is reportedly preparing to raise up to that much in fresh debt, according to Bloomberg, a target that would eclipse anything Masayoshi Son’s firm has …
Japan’s three biggest power-chip makers want to become one company, and the wiring is proving harder to rearrange than the ambition. Mitsubishi Electric is exploring a combination of its power-semiconductor operations with those of Rohm and Toshiba, ac…
$188bn is a large number for a company that keeps insisting it is in no rush to go public. That is the valuation Databricks has reached in a new funding round led by Coatue Management, a figure first reported by the Wall Street Journal. The mark sits w…
Google has finally paid its record EU antitrust fine, and the money is about to do something unexpected. The €4.6bn will flow into the EU’s central budget and reduce what member states owe Brussels, Politico reports. The mechanism is dry, but the effec…
PayPal’s board reckons that a $53bn (£39bn) joint takeover approach from Stripe and the private-equity firm Advent International sells the payments pioneer short, the latest twist in a fast-moving round of payments consolidation. People familiar with t…
U.S. states are rapidly passing new AI laws. But if the enforcement is weak or nonexistent, these laws will be hollow. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
Lamine Yamal was seen limping after Spain’s 2-1 defeat of France in the semifinals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and didn’t fully participate in Thursday’s team practice.
Bare Knuckle Boxing CEO David Tetreault detailed BKB’s growth strategy and its TikTok surge, including a record live pilot and more than 53 million likes.
I spent an hour with Humanoid’s Sotirios Stasinopoulos in the company’s UK headquarters. In spite of huge competition, their humanoid robot strategy looks impressive.