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Kodiak AI’s stock tumbled 37% in after-hours trading Thursday after the self-driving truck startup disclosed it had raised $100 million by selling shares at a steep discount — a sign that investors were willing to back the company but not at its current market price. The company sold shares at $6.50 each, well below its closing price of $9.10, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The raise also included warrants — instruments that give investors the right to buy additional shares later at a set price, in this case as low as $6. The financing…

“Shelby Bateman has shown what it means to lead with both purpose and heart,” said Lori Simmons, Executive Director of the National Military Community Foundation. Post this The award comes as new research highlights growing challenges facing military spouses. According to the 2025 Military and Veteran Spouse Wellness Survey, 65 percent of military spouses report moderate or high levels of loneliness, and 53 percent report difficulty building community. The same survey found that military spouses experience depression and anxiety at two to three times the rate of the general population. Bateman has spent the past decade working against exactly those…

Swedish startup Pit may have gained notice for some rage-bait social media posts, but it has also become another Stockholm AI startup to watch. Pit is led by the cofounders of European scooter giant Voi including Voi CEO Fredrik Hjelm. He is joined by former iZettle and Klarna engineers. And it is now backed by a16z, which is leading the startup’s $16 million seed round. Stockholm, also home to Lovable, is one of the places where a16z has been actively looking for the next European unicorn. Pit is going after enterprise AI with products intended to learn from the clients…

On Thursday OpenAI announced a new feature called Trusted Contact, designed to alert a trusted third-party if ideations of self-harm are expressed within a conversation. The feature allows an adult ChatGPT user to designate another person as a trusted contact within their account, such as a friend or family member. In cases where a conversation may turn to self-harm, OpenAI will now encourage the user to reach out to that contact. It also sends an automated alert to the contact, encouraging them to check in with the user. OpenAI has faced a wave of lawsuits from the families of people…

Location : The M62 westbound between junctions J27 and J26 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 21:15 and 21:30 on 7 May 2026. Delay : There are currently delays of 20 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Elon Musk’s legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab’s founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence. On Thursday, a federal court in Oakland heard a former employee and board member say the company’s efforts to push AI products into the marketplace compromised its commitment to AI safety. Rosie Campbell joined the company’s AGI readiness team in 2021, and left OpenAI in 2024 after her team was disbanded. Another safety-focused team, the Super Alignment team, was shut down in the same time period. “When I…

The Stratum v2 Working Group announces today that ANTPOOL, Block Inc, F2Pool, Foundry, Spiderpool, MARA Foundation, and DMND have joined the working group to advance the adoption of the Stratum v2 protocol.  The working group was founded in 2022 by Braiins and Spiral to develop and maintain the Stratum v2 protocol as an open and vendor-neutral specification usable by the Bitcoin mining ecosystem. The protocol is an upgrade to the original Stratum mining protocol, bringing massive efficiency gains, privacy, security, and functionality that can be used to improve overall mining decentralization.  The onboarding of the new members, all substantial players…

Harvey, from St Leonards, was last seen in Wittersham Rise, St Leonards, at around 2am this morning, May 7. The 15-year-old, who police said is vulnerable, was described as having short, blond, light brown hair. (Image: Sussex Police) Police said he was last seen wearing a dark coloured hoodie, dark tracksuit bottoms, black trainers with a reflective strap, and is likely to be wearing his hood up. He has links to the Hastings and Bexhill areas and likes to walk in areas of woodland with trees. Sussex Police ask if anyone sees Harvey, not to approach or speak to him…

News TechRound Team May 7, 2026 A Wolverhampton-based healthcare leader has been recognised for innovation in improving access to healthcare after winning a major regional award. Fungai Ndemera, Managing Director of The Flame Lily Healthcare and founder of CheckUp Health, was awarded the Advances in Digital Healthcare category at the Medilink Midlands Business Awards 2026. The award recognises organisations delivering impactful innovation that improves patient outcomes and supports healthcare systems. The recognition reflects the work being delivered across both organisations, combining frontline care experience with digital innovation. Through The Flame Lily Healthcare,…

Researchers led by metabolism expert Prof Timo D. Müller at Helmholtz Munich have developed a new strategy to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes. Their approach uses a specially designed hybrid molecule that takes advantage of the well-known GLP-1/GIP signalling pathway as a kind of entry point into cells. Once inside, it delivers an additional metabolic compound directly where it is needed. In laboratory tests, mice treated with this compound ate less food, lost more weight, and showed better blood-glucose control than those given standard comparison treatments. The findings were published as a preclinical study in the journal Nature. Limits…