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Automattic’s Mullenweg names a new board after the failed bid to oust him

Automattic chief executive Matt Mullenweg has named a new board, weeks after the previous directors tried to put him on leave. The board includes science-fiction author Hugh Howey and two co-founders of the defunct social app IRL, Sarah Perez reported for TechCrunch. Mullenweg confirmed the appointments to TechCrunch after publication. Mullenweg told staff about the […]

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Hyundai says solid-state cars are five years away, and still too expensive after that

Hyundai research chief Manfred Harrer says carmakers cannot give up on solid-state batteries and expects small-volume halo cars within five years, but does not believe the raw material cost problem can be solved in that time. LG Energy Solution puts solid-state in electric cars roughly a decade away, and France is already subsidising a solid-state […]

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SpaceX’s Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then returns early

SpaceX’s Starship reached orbit for the first time on Monday, on its 14th test flight. The rocket lifted off from Starbase, Texas, at 7:48am local time and entered orbit about 25 minutes later. It then released 26 Starlink V3 satellites. The flight nearly stopped short. One of the six engines on the upper stage shut […]

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Walmart’s CEO rules out personalised pricing, including by its AI assistant

Walmart will not use a shopper’s income, shopping history or urgency to charge them more, chief executive John Furner said in a letter to customers posted on 25 September. The pledge also covers Sparky, the retailer’s AI shopping assistant. “I want to tell you where we stand: We price the product, not the person,” Furner […]

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The SaaSpocalypse that wasn’t, with Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes

Today, I’m talking with Mike Cannon-Brookes, who is cofounder and CEO of Atlassian.  Atlassian is one of those companies that every other company runs on — it makes important platform tools like Jira and Trello that allow people to organize and manage big teams, create shared databases of company information, and generally allow work to […]

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Raspberry Pi’s revenue jumps 90% as its memory stockpile pays off

Raspberry Pi nearly doubled its revenue in the first half of 2026, helped by memory chips it stockpiled before prices soared. Revenue rose 90% to $256.9 million in the six months to 30 June, the company said in its interim results on Thursday. A year earlier it was $135.5 million. Pre-tax profit rose 216% to […]

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Tesla’s Optimus production hits snags with hands, The Information reports

Tesla has increased Optimus production about tenfold in recent months. It is still struggling to build the humanoid robots reliably at scale. Qianer Liu and Grace Kay reported for The Information on Friday, citing people familiar with the project, that the hands, factory equipment and suppliers are holding it back. Tesla made several hundred robots […]

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