Google DeepMind Releases a Map of 9 Billion Genetic Variants
Every human genome carries millions of small differences, single-letter changes in the code of DNA, and for most of them no one knows what they do. On September 9, Google…
Massachusetts Tells Big Data Centers to Bring Their Own Clean Power
For a few years, cities and states competed to lure data centers with tax breaks, cheap land and fast permits, treating the sprawling buildings as an economic prize. On September…
Harvey Raises $550 Million at a $15.5 Billion Valuation
A lawyer at a major firm drafts a contract clause, and a piece of software rewrites it in seconds. Another sifts a mountain of documents for the one passage that…
Justice Department Extends Review of Fox’s $22 Billion Roku Deal
Roku began as a way to put Netflix on a box next to the television, and it grew into a platform that sits between millions of Americans and whatever they…
Analog Devices Buys Edge-AI Chip Maker Alif for $1.35 Billion
The next generation of sensors will not just measure the world; they will think about it on the spot. A microphone that recognizes a command, a camera that counts people,…
Waymo Opens Its Robotaxis to Lyft Riders in Nashville
A rider in Nashville who opens the Lyft app and taps a destination may now find a car pulling up with no one behind the wheel. On September 9, Waymo’s…
Tesla Says It Has Tens of Thousands of Cybercab Orders; Regulators Want Answers
The form went up quietly before Tesla’s September 3 event in Austin, asking businesses whether they wanted to buy robotaxi fleets, mobility hubs or charging infrastructure. By September 9, the…
Bending Spoons Buys Miro for $1.36 Billion in Cash
During the pandemic, when offices emptied and teams scattered, the whiteboard became the shared desk. Miro built a business on that shift, turning a blank digital canvas into a tool…
Salesforce Buys Customer-Service Startup Fin for $3.6 Billion, Then Sets Its Sights on Listen Labs
A customer sends a question to a company’s help desk and gets an answer within seconds, with no human ever opening the thread. That is the outcome Fin sells: the…
Microsoft Skips the Grid and Builds Its Own Power
The power deal Microsoft announced on September 9 bypasses the part of the system where data-center projects usually stall. Energy Forge One, a Chevron subsidiary, signed a 20-year power purchase…

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