Co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI departs the company

[ad_1] Igor Babuschkin, a co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI startup, announced his departure from the company on Wednesday in a post on X. Babuschkin led engineering teams at xAI and helped build the startup into one of Silicon Valley’s leading AI model developers just a few years after it was …

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Plastic pollution treaty talks in disarray

[ad_1] Five previous rounds over the past two and a half years failed to seal an agreement on dealing with plastic pollution. Photo: JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFPSource: AFP Attempts to secure a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day of talks Wednesday as dozens of …

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India’s Rapido begins testing food delivery to take on Swiggy, Zomato

[ad_1] Rapido, a popular ride-hailing platform in India, has quietly begun beta testing its food delivery service in Bengaluru, marking its first serious move to challenge market leaders Swiggy and Zomato in one of the world’s fastest-growing delivery markets. The 10-year-old startup has started testing its food delivery service in …

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NASA has sparked a race to develop the data pipeline to Mars

[ad_1] For decades, NASA built and flew its own relay orbiters and spacecraft to ferry valuable data back to Earth. Now the agency is shifting to buying connectivity as a service, much like it does for launch and astronaut transport. That pivot has sparked a race, with major contenders pitching …

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Instagram is developing a feature that helps users find shared interests

[ad_1] Instagram is working on a feature called “Picks” that aims to help users find common interests. The Meta-owned social network confirmed to TechCrunch that Picks is an internal prototype and isn’t being tested externally. The feature was first spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who often finds unreleased features while …

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