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Trump admin freezes EV charging program that gave Tesla millions

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has paused funding for a $5 billion EV charging infrastructure program that Tesla has received

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OpenAI plans to open an office in Germany

OpenAI is expanding its footprint to Germany. According to a press release issued Friday, the ChatGPT maker plans to open

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Shopify pushes for ‘open trade’ as Trump delays import exemption

On the same day that President Donald Trump delayed ending a trade exemption targeting certain Chinese imports, e-commerce company Shopify

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Startups face the recurring dilemma of whether to partner

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it

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Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge

Andrew Ng, the founder and former leader of Google Brain, supports Google’s recent decision to drop its pledge not to

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DeepMind claims its AI performs better than International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalists

An AI system developed by Google DeepMind, Google’s leading AI research lab, appears to have surpassed the average gold medalist

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Bluesky will soon let you limit replies to ‘followers only’

Social network Bluesky will soon give its users more control over who can reply to their posts. Confirmed by Bluesky

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VC Mike Ghaffary is looking for the job-creating AI startup that doesn’t yet exist 

Silicon Valley is madly building AI agents to augment human labor. If such agents work as intended, a whole swath

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HPE begins notifying data breach victims after Russian government hack

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has begun notifying individuals whose personal information was stolen during a 2023 cyberattack, which the company blamed

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Pinterest lists DEI attacks as possible business risk in latest filing

Pinterest listed the latest attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion as a possible business risk in its latest 10-K filing.