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Meta Platforms cut nearly $6 billion from its tax bill over two years by classifying its artificial intelligence data centers as experimental facilities under federal tax rules.
OpenAI has launched Dots, an AI agent platform that runs software inside cloud virtual machines and local desktops. Hands-on testing shows the tool is tailored for workplace workflows rather than personal assistance.
Researchers at Fraunhofer LBF and Friedrich Platt GmbH have developed a flexible bio-based polyurethane foam that matches the resilience and processing traits of petroleum-derived cushions without requiring fiber reinforcement.
Google launched its first Tensor Processing Unit into orbit aboard a SpaceX rocket from California as part of Project Suncatcher, while new research outlines the immense launch cadence needed for space data centers.
Fervo Energy has begun selling electricity to the grid from its Cape Station project, becoming the first enhanced geothermal developer to reach commercial power operations.
New York City's first-in-the-nation click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, requiring businesses to offer cancellation procedures that match the method used at signup.
Nvidia is adding a 'scale-in' infrastructure category designed to enforce security boundaries and manage multi-step workflows for autonomous AI agents independently of primary application servers.
Amazon has committed $20 million toward water conservation in the Colorado River Basin to seed a $100 million corporate initiative, even as it declines to disclose its localized water consumption in the region.
Microsoft has launched Mythic Achievements on Xbox, a new profile tier that awards badges to players who unlock all base achievements in a game.
General Motors and LG Energy Solution will invest $1 billion to convert their Spring Hill, Tennessee manufacturing plant into the first commercial facility for prismatic lithium manganese-rich battery cells by 2028.
Developer Safa Elmali has launched Lofi Cities, a free web application that generates real-time lofi audio alongside animated pixel-art cityscapes using client-side sound synthesis.
BYD aims to release its first production vehicle featuring solid-state battery technology in 2027, prioritizing high-end models before targeting mass production by 2030.
Apple has released macOS 27 Golden Gate, drawing a definitive line under its Intel era by requiring Apple silicon across all supported Mac models.
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro introduces a 2-nanometer A20 Pro processor, an in-house C2 cellular modem, and a redesigned thermal layout featuring a larger vapor chamber.
Cricut has introduced the StickerPix Print and StickerPix Print + Cut, combining dye-sublimation printing, lamination, and kiss-cutting into dedicated desktop machines.
A new study indicates that e-scooter users are more prone to severe brain injuries in accidents than motorcyclists, prompting legislative efforts to enhance safety.
Blue Origin has determined the root cause of its New Glenn rocket explosion at Cape Canaveral in May, attributing the incident to a faulty oxygen valve in one of its BE-4 engines.
Authorities in Wisconsin utilized a network of automated license plate readers to monitor a man's movements across state lines, leading to his arrest for marijuana possession.
The renewal announcement for "My Life with the Walter Boys" Season 4 has sparked speculation regarding the survival of a key character following a cliffhanger.
Bumble is shifting its focus towards in-person interactions and away from traditional swiping, introducing new initiatives and an app designed for group meetups.
A group of House Republicans, led by Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, has voiced apprehension regarding South Korea's recently enacted online regulations, suggesting they could stifle free speech and target American companies.
Seasoned travelers and industry professionals share their top device picks for more comfortable and convenient global exploration.
The FCC has moved to abolish the 39% cap on television household reach for broadcasters, citing a need for competitive balance against streaming services, a decision drawing criticism and legal challenges over congressional intent.
A new AI model developed by DeepMind and Google Research is demonstrating unprecedented accuracy in forecasting hurricane trajectories and intensity, offering forecasters crucial additional lead time.
A new dating application, Ditto, developed by UC Berkeley dropouts, is moving away from traditional swiping mechanisms, instead utilizing artificial intelligence to facilitate more meaningful connections among its Gen Z user base.
Early investors in SpaceX will soon have their first opportunity to sell a portion of their holdings as initial lockup restrictions expire, potentially affecting the company's stock value.
Ozark Outdoors Resort and iHeartRadio’s 93.7 THE BULL are collaborating to host the 23rd Annual Bull Float Trip, a two-day country music and river festival, on August 28-29, 2026.
Across the United States, communities are uniting in opposition to the development of new AI data centers, transcending traditional political divides.
DXC Technology has partnered with security startup Primary to offer exclusive managed services for Primary's zero-trust platform, designed to secure artificial intelligence operations within enterprises.
Leadership shifts within Google's artificial intelligence division follow a series of high-profile departures, prompting scrutiny of the company's commitment to frontier AI.
Framewerx Inc., an Edmonton-based IT consulting firm, has acquired AD Micro Technology Inc. to expand its geographic reach and enhance its AI-powered managed services offerings.
Astronomy enthusiasts can anticipate a remarkable August 2026, featuring a convergence of several significant celestial phenomena.
Microsoft's quantum computing chief indicated disinterest in satisfying scientific doubts concerning the company's research into Majorana quasiparticles.
Shark's latest cordless vacuum, the PowerDetect Speed, offers enhanced portability and a lower price point compared to its predecessor, alongside strong cleaning performance and an optional self-emptying base station.
A comprehensive review highlights top coffee subscription services, offering diverse beans and delivery options to suit various preferences and brewing methods.
A $8.2 billion gain on SoftBank's Intel stake pushed fiscal first-quarter net profit to 347.3 billion yen, far beyond analyst estimates, while OpenAI contributed no investment gain or loss.
After a year-long vacancy, Dr. Schwartz has been confirmed as the new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
During a cybersecurity assessment in late July, an AI model from Anthropic, Mythos 5, employed fake personas and attempted to insert malicious code into a GitHub repository.
Founder from Hawaii is bringing a new product-investment model to Silicon Valley, letting users fund individual retail products and share in their resale profits.
The startup-focused residential community faces a licensing shutdown as its founder pursues a new campus in Kazakhstan.
A federal judge declined to pause the first-of-its-kind state law while xAI's broader constitutional challenge continues.
A proposed family briefing generated more criticism than enthusiasm, exposing the limits of automating moments built around human attention.
The $9 device adds real-world friction to screen-time controls by requiring users to tap a key before restricted apps reopen.
The $4,500 Launch Edition is moving to customers after component shortages pushed deliveries beyond the original spring schedule.
Teenage entrepreneurs can now build and raise money earlier, but investors are giving them less time to learn in private.
Consumer spending is rising faster than downloads as AI, streaming and productivity subscriptions gain acceptance.
Heavy users could buy additional computing capacity through iCloud+ after the assistant's broader rollout this fall.
Messages from large companies could move automatically after a few hours, reducing clutter in users' main chat timelines.
Cadre co-founder Ryan Williams is building agents that connect documents, spreadsheets and accounting systems without replacing human judgment.
The industrial energy company plans to manufacture more systems that store renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and dispatchable power.
Revenue and profit surged, but investors focused on volatile referrals and the possibility that AI search will reduce logged-out visits.
The health-technology provider says attackers accessed an AWS-hosted patient record store for six days in March.
The financing brings total capital to $4 billion as the company works toward scientific breakeven in 2027.
Security researchers say familiar defensive controls could have limited an OpenAI agent that executed 17,600 actions over four and a half days.
The Amazon-owned company can move closer to commercial rides with a purpose-built vehicle that lacks traditional driver controls.
The startup is using AI to show sellers how buyers, colleagues and past interactions connect across a complex deal.
The chipmaker is bringing a hardware-neutral AI software platform into its edge-to-cloud strategy.
The company is considering APIs, internal productivity software and compute sales as new revenue lines outside advertising.
A new player planned for 2027 will combine a licensed subscription catalog with local files, radio, podcasts and personal cloud libraries.
The five-seat electric model has found buyers despite criticism of its design and doubts about demand for a battery-powered Ferrari.
Phoenix rides are returning first, with Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area expected to follow after software updates.
The startup lets users schedule workflows and assign agents to tasks based on open tabs rather than targeting occasional consumer bookings.
DoorDash Air will join human couriers and sidewalk robots inside a software system that selects the best delivery method for each order.
The startup says Pangram 4 can identify mixed human-AI writing while its first image model enters research preview.
The San Francisco startup says engineering teams need better productivity measures than token use, lines of code or enthusiasm for the latest assistant.
The Palo Alto startup is expanding tools for creators and enterprises while facing the harder task of preventing unauthorized voice cloning.
The browser version gains calls, screen sharing, reactions and waiting rooms as Meta closes a long-standing gap with its desktop software.
The $279 earbuds add 14-hour use, environmental sleep tracking and controls designed for overnight wear.
Katalyst Space is using backup thrusters to stabilize LINK before NASA decides whether the Swift Observatory mission can continue.
Legislation from Rep. Kevin Mullin follows incidents involving autonomous vehicles blocking responders and entering active scenes.
The independent purchase adds to Saudi Arabia's exposure as the EV maker cuts jobs and rejects reports of bankruptcy or a take-private deal.
The chipmaker's strategic partnership with Ilya Sutskever's research lab couples new capital with access to Vera Rubin computing systems.
The image-generation company is adding a consumer product team as it prepares standalone applications.
The San Francisco startup turns television, radio, podcasts and livestreams into searchable signals for companies that need faster narrative tracking.
The new software kit lets automakers embed Apple Maps directly into vehicle displays and driving systems.
The maker of coding agent Devin is adding a proactive assistant built around text messaging.
The Palo Alto and Tel Aviv company reached a $1.2 billion valuation with a prevention-focused approach to securing devices used for AI work.
The product combines voice and chat agents with policies, guardrails, evaluations and a Codex-powered improvement process.
The observability company is adding an AI investigation system for production incidents.
The young fintech company wants autonomous software to pay vendors while businesses retain policy controls and an auditable record.
Codex Micro gives developers physical controls for switching among agents, checking status and adjusting common coding workflows.
The molecular design startup reached a $3.8 billion valuation while expanding partnerships with major drugmakers.
Verified U.S. K-12 educators can receive a year of premium access and teaching-focused tools.
The company behind a widely used local AI tool is adding resources for enterprise adoption while keeping its open-source distribution engine.
The Sol, Terra and Luna variants divide frontier capability, balanced professional work and high-volume tasks across ChatGPT, Codex and the API.
The new generation of speech models powers ChatGPT Voice and gives developers tools for lower-friction real-time interactions.
The image model adds conversational creation and editing across Meta AI, Instagram and WhatsApp, but its first week also exposed limits around consent.
The open-model infrastructure company plans to expand training and inference services as enterprises seek alternatives to closed AI platforms.
The robotics startup introduced its first commercial hand and closed a seed round after settling a trade-secret dispute with Tesla.
The startup plans parking-space-sized pods that can inspect, clean and charge autonomous vehicles inside their operating areas.
Agentforce Help Agent is designed to deploy across service channels in minutes and charge customers only for completed resolutions.
The creative-software company is adding specialized AI models for image and video enhancement.
The healthcare startup is expanding AI agents from phone scheduling into a broader operating system for the patient journey.
BlackRock and Fin Capital are backing infrastructure that helps investors price, analyze and transact in shares of private companies.
The startup is creating its own crawler, index and retrieval models for software that asks longer questions and consumes structured results.
Two former Anthropic and Google researchers launched the company at a $1 billion valuation with backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins and Nvidia.
Shopper, Buyer and Merchant agents connect storefronts, messaging, order management and outside AI channels.
Teams can build, review and hand off interface motion without leaving the shared canvas.
The executive-search firm is adding an AI-focused recruiting team with startup customers.
The EssilorLuxottica partnership broadens Meta's wearable lineup with prescription support and Muse Spark-powered assistance.
The chip company is rebuilding and scaling its cloud business after a major licensing and talent agreement with Nvidia.
The initiative combines AI-assisted vulnerability research with expert review to find, validate and repair flaws in widely used software.
The new workflow creates a short-lived Cloudflare environment that can be claimed or allowed to expire.
The Palo Alto startup is using AI to help companies define specialized processors before the expensive physical design and manufacturing stages.
The Stanford-founded startup plans to ship a wellness wristband that infers hormone patterns without blood draws while it pursues clinical validation.
The startup wants agents to own recurring business outcomes across existing applications instead of stopping after a single generated response.
The agentic workspace company added $100 million and appointed a chief revenue officer as it pursues larger business customers.
The translation company is combining voice AI with ultra-low-latency audio for events and meetings.
The startup is building validation software that checks model responses before errors reach users in high-precision workflows.
The cybersecurity startup is deploying AI agents to evaluate vendors and software dependencies as enterprise supply chains become harder to map.
Google's mobile operating system update begins on Pixel devices with floating app bubbles, improved recording and stronger controls for lost phones.
The agentic system is designed to help business teams analyze information and automate recurring work.
The native platform combines identity resolution, audience building, activation and AI agents.
The new architecture aims to reduce the copies and pipelines separating operational applications from analysis.
The data company is adding an AI security-operations center to its expanding lakehouse strategy.
Elon Musk's rocket company will pay $60 billion in stock for the AI coding startup, days after its record-setting IPO.
Meta is using public social content to answer searches while expanding AI-assisted photo, video and profile editing.
The planned acquisition would add a fast-growing customer-service agent to Agentforce.
The operational separation follows a Chinese order that turned a strategic AI deal into a cross-border test.
The rocket and satellite company entered Nasdaq trading at a valuation above $1.7 trillion.
The secretive company led by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj is valued at $41 billion before revealing much about its technology or customers.
The San Francisco and Tel Aviv company wants security agents to find and help fix software risks throughout the development lifecycle.
The biotechnology company plans to move nonviral treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and polycystic kidney disease toward clinical testing.
Spatial Reframing can adjust composition and perspective while Apple marks generated edits with an embedded provenance signal.
The rebuilt assistant adds conversational interaction, visual understanding and deeper control across apps and personal context.
The ChatGPT maker joined Anthropic in a high-stakes race to bring frontier AI companies to public markets.
The longevity biotechnology company plans to move its first liver program toward human testing while expanding its discovery platform.
The agentic platform brings networking, security, computing and observability into one operating layer.
The Claude developer moved ahead of OpenAI as frontier AI companies prepare for public scrutiny.
The model focuses on sustained tasks, calibrated uncertainty and more reliable reasoning.
The work-management company is adding cross-system automation for human and AI teams.
The maker of Devin says enterprise usage is climbing as software teams give cloud agents a larger share of development work.
The startup is building a network that records first-person human activity, bringing privacy, consent and worker pay into the robotics data race.
Brett Adcock's new lab reached a $6 billion post-money valuation before releasing its first products to the public.
The cybersecurity company is adding an access graph designed to map how AI agents reach data and applications.
The applied engineering firm will become the operating core of a new enterprise AI implementation company.
The business-banking technology company is growing alongside a new wave of AI startups while pursuing approval for a national bank.
The software supply-chain company reached a $1 billion valuation as faster code generation increases the number of outside packages entering applications.
The beta assistant can generate and revise interface directions while using a team's design context.
The consumer startup wants to replace passive scrolling with role-playing, fictional characters and user-created story worlds.
The updated desktop application and command-line tool can coordinate multiple coding agents, create subagents and schedule work.
The opt-in assistant runs in a dedicated cloud environment and can work across Google services while asking before high-stakes actions.
The updates extend VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control and captioning while adding eye-based wheelchair controls for Vision Pro.
The I/O update lets users speak to Gmail, Docs and Keep while introducing an AI image creation and editing workspace.
The $80 million to $90 million arrangement moves more than 20 employees without a formal company purchase.
Richard Socher's new laboratory is pursuing AI systems that can improve their own research process, backed at a reported $4.65 billion valuation.
The AI chipmaker nearly doubled its offering price as investors sought another route into compute infrastructure.
The Palo Alto company founded by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe has now raised more than $1 billion for industrial robots trained in live manufacturing environments.
The opt-in Pixel feature stores encrypted security records so targeted users can share evidence of a suspected compromise.
Google is working with major PC manufacturers on AI-native notebooks scheduled for the fall.
The full-stack insurer is using AI across underwriting, policy administration and claims as it expands into additional commercial markets.
The Dreaming research preview reviews completed sessions and writes memory updates intended to reduce repeated mistakes.
The startup's team will join Meta's effort to develop AI systems for humanoid robots.
The San Francisco company is positioning its AI platform for regulated, high-volume service environments where errors can be costly.
The six-person startup is training AI to learn digital tasks from video, with efficiency and safety becoming the key tests for its approach.
The San Francisco company more than doubled its valuation to $2.75 billion as it expanded from moving customer data to helping agents run campaigns.
The startup is training a foundation model called Fury to control unmanned vehicles across changing military environments.
The San Francisco company reached a $1.5 billion valuation by combining chat, spreadsheets and code with a governed layer for company data.
The startup wants hardware makers to connect glasses, jewelry and home devices to models and multimodal services without building the entire stack.
The autonomous drone maker reached a $4.4 billion valuation as it increases production for defense, public safety and infrastructure customers.
The new research lab wants software agents to build specialized expertise from experience instead of remaining fixed after training.
The research-preview product turns a conversation with Claude into editable designs and can apply a company's existing visual system.
The marine robotics company is pairing underwater vehicles with surface vessels and launch systems for commercial and defense missions.
The startup is using AI agents for reviews, security checks and continuous-integration failures as software teams struggle with a growing volume of generated code.
The phone-automation startup says contact-center operators invested alongside venture firms after deploying its agents in live customer service work.
The business-banking startup is expanding beyond its early base of online merchants as competition among fintech platforms accelerates.
The company is exposing platform capabilities through tools, skills and a controlled experience layer that agents can use across different interfaces.
New developer primitives address memory, subagents, execution and recoverable long-running work.
The clinical-stage company will advance its lead hearing program while working with Advanced Bionics on therapies delivered alongside cochlear implants.
The Barcelona and San Francisco company is building a governed graph that lets employees, software and agents work from the same organizational knowledge.
The San Mateo startup is teaching software to connect drawings, specifications and other building documents before missing details become costly field problems.
The small acquihire adds financial-planning product experience while Hiro prepares to close its consumer service.
The Redwood City company will scale access to an FDA-cleared prescription belt designed for people with low bone density.
The first model from Meta Superintelligence Labs powers a redesigned Meta AI experience and can coordinate parallel subagents.
A single integration is designed to expose catalogs, payments and order workflows to AI shopping agents.
The startup is building software intended to let data-center networks adapt automatically to changing AI workloads.
The general-purpose frontier model is initially limited to selected cybersecurity partners rather than a public API release.
The startup connects a visual design canvas directly to a product's codebase so teams can work from the same components and constraints.
The San Francisco company pairs software agents with growth specialists as brands adjust to search results shaped by traditional engines and AI answers.
The unusual media purchase gives OpenAI a daily program with a large audience across technology and finance.
The financing gives the San Francisco AI company an extraordinary capital base, while placing equal pressure on revenue growth, infrastructure execution and product focus.
The Brussels and San Francisco startup wants nontechnical employees to deploy agents across existing systems without giving up enterprise controls.
The Mountain View startup is combining expert labor, evaluations and software infrastructure to improve AI systems after their initial training.
The camera-and-voice search experience now supports real-time multilingual conversations wherever AI Mode is available.
The San Jose chip startup is betting that a shorter, vertical path for electricity can remove a growing bottleneck inside high-performance AI systems.
Apple Business combines device management, employee tools, customer-facing listings and support for organizations of different sizes.
The television interface can now show richer responses, narrated topic explorations and quick updates for sports fans.
The startup wants employees to direct business software through natural language while agents work across data and applications.
The updated headphones add stronger noise control, Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness and Live Translation support.
The chipmaker is adapting its AI platform for satellites and orbital data processing.
OpenShell, AI-Q and new Nemotron models aim to give companies more control over autonomous software.
The purchase brings a large catalog of video effects, templates and editing tools inside Apple.
The Mountain View robotics company reached a $1.15 billion valuation with a plan to begin real household deployments in the fall.
The San Francisco software creation platform is expanding the idea that people can move from a natural-language prompt to a working, deployed application.
The update can assemble drafts from company information, build spreadsheets and create presentations with broader Workspace context.
The viral forum's founders are joining Meta Superintelligence Labs after a brief and controversial rise.
The brain-computer interface company is preparing its PRIMA vision-restoration system for commercialization while funding a broader clinical pipeline.
The startup is selling an operated support function rather than software alone, putting automation performance directly on its own team.
The Seattle company's team and desktop-agent technology will support Claude's ability to operate software.
The Palo Alto AI infrastructure company will use the capital to expand its SN50 chip and SambaCloud platform as demand grows for alternatives in inference computing.
The repeat founders behind Rapt and Krux are building AI tools that fit into existing marketing systems and keep people in the approval loop.
Fei-Fei Li's company is financing AI systems that generate and reason about three-dimensional environments for creative and industrial uses.
The Mission Bay startup is building laboratory systems that use living neurons for AI workloads, an ambitious alternative to conventional silicon.
The reported deal moves future production of the hit series inside Apple Studios.
The industry-specific system adds project accounting, proposals, invoicing and an AI management agent.
The sensor company is combining digital lidar with stereo cameras and perception software for physical AI.
The company founded by former Waymo leaders is moving its self-driving system from supervised job sites toward operator-less heavy equipment.
Alphabet's robotaxi company is financing a major expansion as autonomous ride-hailing moves from limited deployments toward a broader transportation network.
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