The Amazon One kiosk at the Amazon Fresh location in Seattle’s Central District displayed a message on the device informing users of the June 3 discontinuation date of the palm-scanning service. The store itself is among the 72 Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations set to close. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” checkout-free technology will keep …

SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, creating the world’s most valuable private company, the spaceflight company announced Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX, wrote in a memo posted to the rocket company’s website that the merger is largely about creating space-based data centers — an idea he has become fixated on over the last …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired Musk’s xAI, the companies announced. The merger will “form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform,” Musk wrote in an update. The AI company that right now is best known for its CSAM-generating chatbot …

Ubisoft continues to raise eyebrows around how it is treating employees as it attempts a business overhaul. David Michaud-Cromp, a level design team lead at Ubisoft Montreal, said last week that he was suspended for three days without pay after voicing opposition to the company’s return to office mandate. Today, Michaud-Cromp posted on LinkedIn that he has been fired. “I …

A tribute video plays on the big screen as the Seattle Seahawks honored Paul Allen and inducted him into the team’s Ring of Honor at Lumen Field in 2019. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) The Seattle Seahawks have headed down to San Francisco to prepare for Sunday’s Super Bowl against the New England Patriots. Forgive us if visions of …

One of the design features that became synonymous with Tesla has been banned in China. Under new safety rules published Monday by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, cars sold in the country must have mechanical releases on their door handles. The new rules, which go in effect January 1, 2027, will prohibit the hidden, electronically actuated door handles …

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As Adobe ramps up its investments in AI, the company has decided to shut down its 2D animation software, Adobe Animate. On Monday, Adobe issued an update to the company’s support site and sent emails to existing customers announcing Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026. Enterprise customers can continue to receive technical support through March 1, 2029, …

France may take additional steps to prevent minors from accessing social media platforms. As its government advances a proposed ban on social media use for anyone under age 15, some leaders are already looking to add further restrictions. During an appearance on public broadcast service Franceinfo, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs Anne Le Hénanff said VPNs might …

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Two Stanford students announced Monday that they have raised $2 million for an accelerator program called Breakthrough Ventures, which aims to fund businesses founded by college students and recent graduates nationwide. Roman Scott and Itbaan Nafi began building the accelerator program after hosting a series of popular Demo Days at Stanford starting in 2024 and decided to expand it after students …

Like practically every other tech company under the sun, Mozilla has been jamming generative AI features into its products. The organization has now acknowledged that not everyone wants things like plagiarism machines chatbots in the Firefox sidebar, so it’s giving you the option to turn off all of that. On February 24 (or earlier in Firefox Nightly builds), Mozilla will …

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Sony’s long-anticipated flagship WF-1000XM6 earbuds have leaked online, and . The retailer Power Buy posted a listing for the earbuds, complete with multiple photos and some specs. Let’s get to the specs. We don’t know a lot, but the listing does suggest the earbuds will boast an IPX4 water-resistance rating and ANC/transparency modes. None of this is all that surprising, …