Airbnb limits chores for guests, sparking backlash from hosts: Hosts are threatening to leave the platform after Airbnb says that they can no longer require guests to strip beds or do other time-consuming cleaning chores. Read More
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Tesla starts Optimus robot production in California as profit falls 43%: Tesla's revenue was flat and its expenses skyrocketed as it pressed the accelerator on its Optimus robots, AI, and autonomous driving. Read More
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Claude Duet app is Anthropic's bet on agents: Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users Read More
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North.cloud unifies spend intelligence and enables full automation across cloud, AI, and data providers. Finance and engineering can now understand, optimize, and automate infrastructure spend. Understand every dollar, manage AI usage, and forecast with confidence. We just raised a $60M Series B to help every team spend smarter. Start saving. 
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Year-old AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation: Just 9 months after raising a $180 million seed round, Flapping Airplanes has landed a $1 billion Series A for its mission to build AI models "without ingesting half the internet." Read More
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Developer platform Railway urges 'all users' to revoke secret keys after cyberattack: The vibe-coding platform said all of its customers should revoke and rotate their private keys, after hackers were able to decrypt some customer secrets. Read More
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Automattic begins layoffs following board upheaval and executive departures: Sources say more cuts could follow as the company looks to improve its finances. Read More
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Tesla says it will start selling Cybercabs by end of year: Tesla said Wednesday it will start selling its Cybercab to customers by the end of the year, even as federal regulators investigate whether the vehicle meets vehicle safety standards. The gold-hued, autonomous two-seater lacks a steering wheel and other traditional controls. During the company's third-quarter earnings call, Lars Moravy, vice president of engineering at Tesla, said the Cybercabs produced today are all destined for the company's own robotaxi fleet. As that fleet grows, the company will "mainly deliver fully designed autonomous vehicles to our customers," he said, noting that it will start small. The company will scale as it learns about delivery, ownership, and fleet management of autonomous vehicles, Moravy added. Tesla first floated the idea of selling the autonomous vehicle to third parties last month around its Cybercab event in Austin and even posted a form for people interested in buying robotaxis. But it wasn't clear if Tesla would follow through, or how. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has talked for years about building a massive fleet of low-cost robotaxis, but until recently, those plans centered on turning privately owned Tesla vehicles into self-driving taxis with a software update. That plan has yet to materialize, and Musk's comments on the call show how his views have shifted. Today, Tesla owners can subscribe to Full Self-Driving (Supervised), an advanced driver-assistance system that automates many driving tasks but still requires the driver to take control. The company continues to push out software updates to the system to improve its capabilities, but a Read More
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Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity: Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during its Q3 earnings call. The AI app now has over 10M users. Read More
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Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock: The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services. Read More
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