Kevin Durant’s $250,000 Hugging Face bet is reportedly worth $60M
Kevin Durant and his business partner invested $250,000 in Hugging Face’s early rounds and his payout is reported at…
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US judge strikes down Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as illegal retaliation
A federal judge has voided the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk, finding…
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BYD charged one car 350 times in nine days
BYD says it drove a randomly selected Yangwang U7 for 30,000 kilometres over nine days with 350 ultra-fast charging…
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Rivian’s CFO is leaving after six years
Rivian’s chief financial officer Claire McDonough is leaving at the end of October after nearly six years, to take the…
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What’s next for AI and how to get there
In 2026, the way we talk about AI is beginning to change. Two years ago, every boardroom argument circled the same…
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Anthropic tests a new standard for Claude to work with factory and lab hardware
Anthropic has released the Model Hardware Standard in research preview, a specification that stores how a piece of…
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AI agents are getting wallets: the Web3 infrastructure behind the machine economy
After years of promise, the machine economy is finally taking shape. AI agents are getting wallets and are now able to…
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Claude now has its own browser and no longer needs the Chrome extension
Anthropic has built a browser directly into Claude Cowork, opening it in a side panel when a prompt needs the web…
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft want cyber defence treated as a leadership priority
More than 100 organisations including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft have signed an open letter urging…
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As AI reshapes business, the fractional CTO finds its moment
The AI race is producing an uncomfortable management gap. Deloitte’s 2026 research found only 21% of enterprises have…
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Plaud’s $250 earbuds record your conversations and act on what they hear
Plaud has announced $250 wireless earbuds with 4G connectivity that record conversations and let an AI assistant act on…
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SK Hynix breaks ground on a $4B memory packaging hub in Indiana
SK Hynix has broken ground on a plant costing more than $4B in West Lafayette, Indiana, its first US base for packaging…
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The executive assistant of the future: DonnaPro’s approach to human-AI collaboration
Every productivity tool on the market right now is telling you the same thing: AI will replace what you do. Cut the…
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JPMorgan leads a $5B debt package for Volta’s AI data centre buildout
JPMorgan has begun approaching lenders about a $5B debt package to fund Volta Infra Holdings’ AI data centre buildout,…
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Voltpost is making an EV charger that hangs from your garage ceiling
Voltpost has launched two Level 2 chargers that mount on parking garage ceilings and on walls, avoiding trenching and…
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UiPath founder Daniel Dines has written a book that dares readers to prove it wrong by 2028
Daniel Dines has published The Work That Remains, arguing that enterprises should let AI agents prepare work while…
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The AI revolution is optimizing for the wrong things
Every large language model existing today is getting worse at writing, and almost nobody is measuring it. The industry…
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Nvidia is reportedly in talks to buy Hugging Face for $12.9bn
Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face at a valuation above $13bn, according to Business Insider, days after…
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The next frontier in fintech is understanding the person behind the data
Fintech has spent almost two decades making financial information increasingly accessible, portable, and actionable.…
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Perion acquires PRN for up to $12 million, expanding in-store retail media reach across North America
For years, advertisers have been trying to connect digital campaigns with what happens inside physical stores. Perion’s…
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Huawei plans more AI pharma partnerships, mainly with Chinese drugmakers
Huawei intends to sign more AI partnerships with pharmaceutical companies, according to William Zhang, president of its…
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What the US semiconductor tariff does and does not currently touch
The 25% tariff the United States imposed on advanced semiconductors in January comes with a carve-out that has kept it…
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London surgeons remove brain tumour in first AI-assisted operation of its kind
Surgeons at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London have removed a brain tumour in what…
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Apple confirms its ‘Surprise and shine’ event for 9 September
Apple has confirmed that its autumn event will take place on 9 September at 10am Pacific time at Apple Park, under the…
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South Korea’s regulator says Meta’s teen limits should apply everywhere, not just America
South Korea’s media regulator has said that Meta’s new protections for young users should ideally apply worldwide…
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Brazil sues Discord for R$500M and wants an office in the country
Brazil’s federal government has sued Discord for R$500M, about $97M, over what it describes as severe gaps in the…
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Salesforce is putting Claude at the centre of its products, and itself inside Claude
Salesforce and Anthropic have announced an expanded partnership called Claudeforce, which puts Claude at the centre of…
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Poland has asked the European Commission to fine Meta €250M over scam ads
Poland’s deputy prime minister and digital affairs minister Krzysztof Gawkowski has asked the European Commission to…
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Barret Zoph is going back to Google, six years and two startups later
Barret Zoph is joining Google DeepMind as vice president of research, returning to the organisation he spent six years…
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Rising costs of the token consumption race
Lately, we have seen a surge in a practice called Tokenmaxxing. More and more companies are tracking their employees’…
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Nvidia reported revenue of $96.2bn for the second quarter
Nvidia reported revenue of $96.2bn for the quarter, up 106% from the same period last year, and then did something it…
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Gemini Live gains agentic tasks, voice inbox control and personal intelligence
Google has added four capabilities to Gemini Live, letting spoken commands trigger background agents that work across…
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Waystar turns agentic AI loose on claims, denials, and documentation
Waystar has launched agents that interpret payer responses and automatically resubmit denied healthcare claims, which…
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OpenAI says earlier signals could have prevented the Hugging Face breach
OpenAI’s technical report on the Hugging Face breach says an internal team saw its models reaching the open internet…
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Microsoft staff are burning a median $300 a month on AI, according to their own spreadsheet
An internal spreadsheet where Microsoft employees swap pay details now carries a column for monthly AI spend, with a…
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Vanguard is acquiring Altruist, the AI custody platform it backed six years ago
Vanguard has agreed to acquire Altruist, an AI-driven custody and software platform for independent financial advisers…
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