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Amazon Raises Echo, Kindle and Fire TV Prices as Memory Costs Surge
Amazon raised prices on Echo, Kindle, Fire TV, and eero devices by up to 60% as rising costs of memory and storage components pressure consumer electronics.
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AIInstinct AI Assistant Raises Privacy and Security Concerns in Private Testing
Instinct, a private-access AI assistant, is raising privacy and security concerns about broad device access, data-use terms, and autonomous actions on users’ devices.
FundraisingGeneral Intuition Eyes $6B Valuation as Investors Back Robotics Push
General Intuition is in talks to raise funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation as it pushes its foundation-model technology further into robotics.
TransportationNHTSA Expands GM eBoost Brake Probe to More Than 1.1 Million Vehicles
NHTSA has expanded its investigation into GM’s eBoost braking system to more than 1.1 million vehicles after reports of brake-assist failures and crashes.
AIHugging Face Reportedly Explores Sale at $13B-Plus Valuation
Hugging Face is reportedly exploring a potential sale at a valuation of $13 billion or more, with no buyer identified and no agreement reached yet.
StartupsBerry Street and Healthify Merge to Expand AI-Powered GLP-1 Care
Berry Street and Healthify are merging to combine AI nutrition tools, insurance-covered clinical care and GLP-1 weight-management services in the U.S.
BriefWho Built Ox Alpha? Mystery AI Model Sparks Speculation After OpenRouter Debut
Ox Alpha, a free stealth AI model on OpenRouter, is drawing attention for coding and agentic work while its anonymous developer fuels online speculation.
Government & PolicyUber Faces €825M Dutch GDPR Fine Over Automated Driver Suspensions
Uber faces an €825 million Dutch privacy fine over automated driver suspensions, with regulators citing inadequate human review and transparency for drivers.
HardwareFlock CEO Calls for Privacy-Safety Compromise as Surveillance Backlash Grows
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley calls for a balance between privacy and public safety as scrutiny grows over license plate cameras and police misuse.
AIIs Training AI on Copyrighted Books Legal? U.S. Courts Are Still Drawing the Lines
U.S. courts are beginning to define when copyrighted books can be used to train AI, with fair use, piracy and market harm emerging as key legal issues.
BriefHarvard’s $699 Startup Bootcamp Uses AI Avatars to Coach Entrepreneurs
Harvard Business School’s $699 Foundry bootcamp uses HeyGen AI avatars of instructors to give entrepreneurs feedback on practice pitches and board meetings.
AIInherent Says Faraday Beats Claude and GPT-5.5 at Replicating Research
Inherent says its Faraday AI agent beat Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 on research-replication tasks using a 27B-parameter model and reinforcement learning.
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