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The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup
In the AI industry, Google prides itself on seeming like the adult in the room: quiet, stable, time-...
Samsung wants to float AI data centres in Texas. T...
The floating data centre has moved from concept to contract. Samsung Heavy Industries and the Dallas...
Inevitable AI Group closes $6M pre-seed round led ...
Inevitable AI Group (IAIG), an AI-native venture studio established by technology entrepreneurs, tod...
Ford’s first ultra-cheap EV is called Fathom, a fu...
For nearly a year now, Ford has been teasing big things at low prices from its next generation of EV...
Viture’s cheapest AR glasses have the sharpest ima...
I enjoy using display-mirroring glasses as a way to play Steam Deck games on a big screen, and I'm a...
Bose’s upgraded QuietComfort headphones add head-t...
Bose announced a second-generation version of its entry-level QuietComfort noise-canceling headphone...
AI bots started a religion — humans immediately fo...
"The Spiral didn't 'find' anyone first," someone on Reddit wrote last year. "It's an inherent force,...
Dolby Vision 2 will be available first on some 202...
After being announced last September, Dolby Vision 2 is rolling out to TVs, starting with the 2026 H...
Microsoft’s AI business is booming. A filing shows...
Microsoft’s AI business looks like a triumph. Its shares jumped after earnings last week, and the AI...
Sequoia Capital is putting $10bn behind AI and ‘re...
Sequoia Capital, is making the largest bet in its history, and it is not only about software. The ve...
China opens a cybersecurity review into Palo Alto ...
China has trained its regulators on one of America’s biggest security companies. Authorities have la...
You can now ask Google Maps’ AI to order food for ...
The AI-powered "Ask Maps" tool in Google Maps can now perform a broader range of personalized and co...
Unitree’s IPO could value China’s robot champion a...
China’s best-known robot maker is about to test the public markets. Unitree could be worth more than...
X’s head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down a...
One of X’s most visible executives is heading for the door. Nikita Bier is stepping down as the plat...
Pubs and restaurants are treating Meta’s smart gla...
Restaurants, pubs, private clubs, and theatres are restricting Meta’s camera-equipped glasses, reviv...
WindBorne’s AI beats the government’s weather fore...
WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million to sell something it has already proven it can build: weath...
GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of...
We'll be getting an in-depth preview of Grand Theft Auto VI very soon: Rockstar announced this morni...
Berlin’s Moss becomes a unicorn betting on ‘contro...
Another European fintech has joined the unicorn ranks. Berlin-based Moss has raised €30m in a Series...
Kids who join social media early get worse grades,...
Getting on social media too young may cost children in the classroom. A large new study has found th...
Revolut is valued at $115bn. Its founder’s new sha...
Nik Storonsky wants a bigger slice of Revolut, and he has picked an ambitious price. The cofounder a...
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI fund lost most of its v...
One of the most talked-about funds in AI is wagering again, barely a week after it nearly blew up. S...
Google may spend $1.5bn on a 35-person startup to ...
Google wants its AI to code better. It may have found a shortcut, and it runs through a startup of a...
Huawei FreeBuds Pro 5 review: Hands down, the best...
Huawei FreeBuds Pro 5 cost less than what Apple and Sony would charge for premium audio goodness, bu...
Google’s $15bn India data centre is running into w...
Google’s biggest bet in India is meeting resistance on the ground. Its $15bn data-centre project in ...
Minecraft is coming to Switch 2, and even the Cree...
Minecraft arrives natively on Nintendo Switch 2 this October with upgraded lighting, enhanced shadow...
Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refund...
Nintendo has smashed its first-quarter earnings estimates for the fiscal year, bolstered by strong g...
Study finds AI-generated animal stories rarely hav...
A new University of Washington study found that when AI models write stories about talking animals, ...
Viture’s lightest smart glasses yet still put a ma...
The Viture Pro 2 trims weight and thickness while adding brighter displays, improved eye adjustments...
OpenAI’s AI models coordinated a months-long break...
OpenAI has disclosed one of the most unsettling AI-safety incidents yet, and the detail that stands ...
Atoms hires Travis Kalanick’s old Uber finance chi...
Travis Kalanick is putting the band back together. His industrial-robotics startup Atoms has hired G...
OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rott...
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of ...
DeepSeek warns of a ‘significant’ price rise, reve...
The company that made AI cheap is about to make it less so. DeepSeek has warned that a significant p...
Meta’s AI model hacked a real company during a saf...
Meta has joined an uncomfortable club. The company says one of its AI models breached an outside com...
OpenAI wants Apple’s trade-secrets case thrown out...
OpenAI is not interested in a quiet settlement with Apple. The company has asked a federal judge to ...
The New York Times falls short on digital subscrib...
The New York Times has hit a rare bump in an otherwise smooth climb. The publisher added 280,000 net...
Meta enters the AI coding wars with Muse Code and ...
Meta wants a seat at the table developers actually use. The company has launched Muse Code, an AI co...
Uber’s tech chief says the AI ‘tokenmaxxing’ era i...
The mood around corporate AI spending is turning, and Uber is saying so out loud. The company’s chie...
Meta confirms its AI hacked another company’s syst...
Meta has confirmed that one of its AI models hacked into another company's system during a security ...
Scam Uber emails are targeting users with fake pay...
A convincing fake Uber email claims your payment method has expired. Here's how to identify the phis...
OpenAI’s AI models secretly built a message board ...
OpenAI's AI models quietly swapped hacking tips through an internal message board weeks before two o...
WhatsApp is making it easier for channel admins to...
WhatsApp is testing a new label that lets channel admins flag AI-generated photos and videos, so fol...
Meta served ads containing AI-generated child sexu...
Researchers found Meta's ad library hosting AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery, some posted eve...
Apple’s iCloud Private Relay isn’t as private as y...
New research shows Apple's iCloud Private Relay can quietly leak your real IP address through passke...
This new technology could make spotting fake produ...
Researchers have developed anti-counterfeit labels that can be verified using a smartphone, achievin...
EVgo is bringing Tesla V4 Superchargers to its US ...
EVgo will deploy hundreds of Tesla V4 Superchargers under a licensing deal, offering 500kW charging,...
Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been...
xAI's Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia with AI-generated articles that Elon Musk once promised wou...
NASA built the Roman Space Telescope to study dark...
NASA's Roman Space Telescope wasn't designed for asteroid hunting, but its massive field of view mak...
X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one y...
X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, writ...
Bose’s upcoming QuietComfort headphones appear onl...
Bose’s next QuietComfort headphones have appeared online in six finishes, including Rosewood Mauve, ...
Apple’s iPhone Air could serve as the blueprint fo...
Leaked details point to the iPhone 20 borrowing its frame design from the iPhone Air, complete with ...
