Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A look at the AI nonprofit METR, whose time-horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems  —  A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems.

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE:
Expo, which develops an eponymous React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform apps, raised a $45M Series B led by Georgian  —  Expo, the developer of a popular open-source tool for building cross-platform applications, today announced that it has raised $45 million in funding.

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
Binance and Bitget to probe a rally in RaveDAO's RAVE token, which surged 4,500% in a week, after ZachXBT alleged RAVE insiders engineered a large short squeeze  —  Nearly 90% of RAVE's supply was concentrated in just three wallets, and millions of tokens were transferred to exchanges before the price surge.

Reuters:
At the Beijing half-marathon, several humanoid robots beat human winners by 10+ minutes; a robot made by Honor beat the human world record held by Jacob Kiplimo  —  Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills …

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Tesla expands its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston after launching in Austin last year and starting to offer rides without safety drivers in January 2026  —  Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company.