Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund

London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies.

Apple Maps may be about to get ads

Apple Maps may soon serve ads in top results when users search on terms like “restaurants.”

Why scientists can’t get a laugh

Humor is hard to pull off in front of a cold audience, full stop.

A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava

A French naval officer went on a run around the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, inadvertently leaking the warship’s location when he uploaded the workout to Strava.

Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents

A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn’t have permission to see it.

The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says

After their dramatic falling-out, it doesn’t seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together.

Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics

Kalanick’s existing ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens will be rolled into Atoms, which also wants to get into mining and transport.

Humanoid robotics maker Sunday reaches $1.15B valuation to build household robots

Sunday is on a quest to build a household humanoid robot called Memo that helps with tasks like laundry and clearing the table. The company emerged from stealth late last year and already has 1,000 people on its waitlist.

Tesla becomes a utility in the UK, setting up showdown with Octopus Energy

The new Tesla Energy Ventures division was approved by Ofgem to sell electricity directly to customers.