Ford admitted its AI couldn't replace experienced engineers and rehired 350 veterans, then climbed to No 1 in JD Power's quality ranking for the first time in 16 years.

TikTok Shop hit nearly $16B in US sales. Now the app adds hotel bookings, fintech licences, a World Cup hub, and games as it chases the super app model.

OpenAI launched Sol, its most powerful model, to about 20 partners approved by Washington under Trump's AI executive order. Broad access comes later.

Russian hackers carried out the JLR cyberattack that shut production for six weeks and triggered a $2B UK bailout, the New York Times reports.

California has launched a first-in-the-nation AI job-loss tracker. The early data shows no mass layoffs, but warning signs in the Bay Area.

Diamandis joins Larry Ellison in arguing that global surveillance builds trust. Cities covering cameras with trash bags suggest people disagree.

Patronus AI raised $50m to build simulated digital worlds that stress-test AI agents before they reach production. Investors call demand insatiable.

Y Combinator-backed Aseon Labs raised $10M to build automated pods that charge, clean, and inspect robotaxis, cutting the deadhead miles bleeding fleets dry.

The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger GPT-5.6’s release, approving access customer by customer over security concerns.

TikTok and YouTube have deactivated about 4.7 million under-16 accounts in Indonesia after a March regulation on high-risk platforms.

Malaysian customs intercepted 72 servers packed with AI chips worth $13m at KLIA, declared as computer parts and bound for re-export to another Asian country.

Elroy Air, maker of the autonomous Chaparral cargo drone, is in advanced talks to go public via a SPAC merger valuing it at about $1bn.