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Innovation

A job recruiter holding a clipboard with a computer monitor for a head displaying three question marks.
Tilde Oyster / NBC News; Getty Images

Artificial intelligence

Finding a job is hard enough. Now candidates have to interview with AI recruiters.

Musk Self Driving Promises
Eric Gay / AP

Innovation

Tesla robotaxi incidents spark confusion and concerns in Austin

A Tesla Robotaxi vehicle, painted gold, inside of a showroom
Chesnot / Getty Images

Innovation

What to expect when (or if) Elon Musk launches a Tesla robotaxi service

A passenger steps into a Waymo minivan parked outside
Ross D. Franklin / AP file

Innovation

Waymo announces plan to test robotaxis in New York City with human supervision

Anti-ICE-Protests-in-Los-Angeles
Sahab Zaribaf / Middle East Images/AFP via Getty

Innovation

Why Waymo robotaxis became sitting ducks during the L.A. protests

Fibble scanner
Fibbl

Innovation

A shoe-scanning company wants to change the way we shop online

Google campus in Mountain View, California
Melina Mara / The Washington Post via Getty Images

Artificial intelligence

Google I/O 2025: Gemini AI, Android XR glasses, Google Beam, Project Astra, Chrome and deep search news

03:06

'Museum of Failure' helps visitors learn from mistakes of the past

01:05

Donna Strickland won the Nobel Prize in Physics; The third woman since 1901

02:17

Ranger danger: A killer robot that could protect the Great Barrier Reef

01:36

Meet the 24-year-old innovator designing cars for Ford

02:03

New hope for those with ‘ticking time bomb’ aneurysms

01:08

Artificial technology at the forefront of CES 2018

01:39

A nontraditional approach to hip replacement offers a quicker recovery

01:47

The iPhone X: 3 New Features & 7 Surprising iPhone Hacks

01:28

New Amazon Key Will Allow Package Delivery Inside Your Home

01:17

7 iPhone Hacks You Probably Don't Know About

01:35

This Adorable Jumping Robot Will Leap Right Into Your Heart

00:56

These 5 Smart Water Gadgets Will Help You Stay Hydrated This Summer

01:15

Fish Scales the Inspiration for Creating More Durable Clothing

03:46

This Week in Pioneering

00:55

Elon Musk's Latest Venture Aims to Put an End to Traffic

01:00

These Students are Using STEAM to Solve Real World Problems

01:44

This Company Claims to Have Created the Most Advanced Drones Yet

02:43

Why Netflix's Algorithm is so Binge-Worthy

00:52

Kids Who Can’t See Hunt Easter Eggs, Thanks to Bomb Squad

03:12

This Week in Pioneering

KJ Muldoon
Chloe Dawson / Children's Hospital of Philadelphia via AP

Health news

Baby born with rare disease is first to successfully receive custom gene editing

Half marathon run by humans and humanoid robots in Beijing, China, 19 April 2025 as China hosts the world’s first all-robot marathon in Beijing, showcasing the speed, agility, and performance of humanoid robots.
Fred Dufour / NBC News

Artificial intelligence

China's robots race against humans — and their U.S. counterparts

Lyft signage on a vehicle in New York
Shelby Knowles / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

Tech News

Lyft to roll out robotaxis in Atlanta

Waymo's Self Driving Taxis Launch In Los Angeles
Mario Tama / Getty Images file

Travel

Waymo expands its robotaxi service again, this time to parts of Silicon Valley

Up-close photo of a screwdriver head about to fit into a nail head, filled with a green gradient overlay and against a pink background.
Macy Sinreich / NBC News; Getty Images

Innovation

The right-to-repair movement is growing as wins stack up

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a plenary session at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit
Ludovic Marin / AFP - Getty Images

Artificial intelligence

Vance warns against 'tightening the screws' on AI in rebuff of Europe

Photo grid of the app "DeepSeek" with a purple-tinted overlay
NBC News; Getty Images

Artificial intelligence

On DeepSeek, you can watch AI navigate censorship in real time

The DeepSeek app on a smartphone in Hong Kong
Lam Yik / Bloomberg via Getty Images

Artificial intelligence

Trump says China's DeepSeek AI 'should be a wake-up call' for American tech companies

Blue-toned archival photograph of a headshot of Chief Red Cloud. Overlayed are several orange text bubbles, and orange words and phrases from both the Lakota and Ojibwe languages.
Macy Sinreich / NBC News; Getty Images

Innovation

How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture

Elon Musk and Donald Trump
Justin Merriman / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

Innovation

Trump watches Musk's SpaceX rocket launch in Texas

A still from Coca-Cola's controversial AI ad.
Coca-Cola

Artificial intelligence

Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad

Innovation

AI is supposed to make applying to jobs easier — but it might be creating another problem

Innovation

Musk unveils $30,000 Tesla self-driving Cybercab and larger Robovan at robotaxi event

POV as if the viewer is sitting in the back of a car. A woman is seated in the passenger seat, and there is no driver behind the wheel. Through the window we see a coral-colored sky and a road leading into the distance.
Macy Sinreich / NBC News

Innovation

Are taxis safer with no driver? These women think so.

Person playing guitar as a piece of sheet music in the background disintegrates into pixels.
Macy Sinreich / NBC News; Getty Images

Innovation

AI music companies say their tools can democratize the art form. Some artists are skeptical. 

Waymo Self Driving Taxi
Mario Tama / Getty Images file

Innovation

Waymo is developing a roomier robotaxi with less-expensive tech

Tesla Motors
Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images

EXCLUSIVE

Robotaxi regulators say Tesla hasn't contacted them about plans teased by Elon Musk

Self-driving Waymo cars on the road in Santa Monica
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images file

Innovation

Waymo will launch paid robotaxi service in Los Angeles

Google's logo
Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images file

Innovation

Linwei Ding was a Google software engineer. He was also a prolific thief, say federal prosecutors.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, during an event in Seoul, South Korea
SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI previews voice generator, acknowledging election risks

Inside a Waymo autonomous vehicle in San Francisco
Jason Henry / AFP via Getty Images file

Innovation

Unions plan pushback on proposed driverless taxi expansion in L.A.

Todd Haselton using Apple Vision Pro.
Jay Yarow / CNBC

Apple

Apple Vision Pro review: This is the future of computing and entertainment

Self-driving car from Waymo
Andrej Sokolow / dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images file

Innovation

Waymo planning expansion of autonomous taxis to L.A. 

Augmental MouthPad
Augmental

Tech News

'A mouse for your mouth': New device allows users to scroll with their tongues

The Starlink logo is displayed on a smartphone in Brazil on Nov. 11, 2023.
Rafael Henrique / LightRocket via Getty Images

Innovation

Traffic from Elon Musk's Starlink satellites tripled this year, says new report

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