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Andy Alder and Arjun Mather were Stanford roommates who both studied computer science before spending a decade at Palantir. Alder led product design for a team of 800 people building software for U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, while Mather served as a senior vice president in the company’s commercial practice. When the friends decided to…

DoorDash announced on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire rival Instacart for $17 billion. The acquisition would bring two major players in on-demand delivery under one roof, combining DoorDash’s dominance in restaurant takeout with Instacart’s reach in grocery delivery.

Here’s another early-stage, agent-management startup to watch because of the backgrounds of the founders and the sheer number of big names it has already attracted as investors: Mintive.

The race to build the winning AI assistant is on, and investors are spreading out their bets. On Thursday, another AI app, Wabi, now describing itself as a “personal agent,” said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation.

An unprecedented leak of Department of Homeland Security records has exposed details of more than 41,000 employees or contractors who work for the department and its constituent agencies. The records include email addresses, phone numbers, and office addresses, but also references to internal systems and sensitive information on undercover and surveillance programs. In all, the…

Following a sizable leak of personnel data about employees who work for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, social network Bluesky is now blocking its users from accessing a nonprofit’s website that hosts the leaked data.

The voice AI sector is hot, and top players are trying to consolidate their position as more business models come to the fore through partnerships and acquisitions. Deepgram is the latest to make such moves: The company said on Thursday that it is acquiring Daily, the maker and maintainer of one of the most popular…

For nearly a quarter of a century, Elon Musk and his essential partner at SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell, viewed the United States government as El Dorado, the mythical city of gold.

TikTok has long been a go-to place for discovering new spots, with viral videos helping local restaurants attract new customers. Now, TikTok is making it easier for users to find their next favorite restaurant with a new feature called “Must Eat.”

Amazon unveiled five new Alexa devices today, including two new kinds of hardware: the Alexa Photo Frame, a smart picture frame, and the Echo Time, a smart alarm clock.