Pony.ai and Uber scale Level 4 robotaxi plan to more than 2,000 vehicles across five European cities
Pony.ai and Uber are expanding their alliance to deploy more than 2,000 Level 4 robotaxis across five European cities, b...
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Trane Technologies and Eaton unveil AI data center reference design built on NVIDIA DSX
Trane Technologies and Eaton unveiled an AI data center reference design built on NVIDIA DSX, claiming up to 15% better ...
US administration pressures Apple over Chinese memory-chip sourcing
The US administration pressed Apple to avoid Chinese memory suppliers as it seeks alternatives amid a global shortage an...
Alibaba launches laptop-ready Qwen3.8-27B to challenge Meta's on-device push
Alibaba released Qwen3.8-27B, a 27-billion-parameter open-weight AI model designed to run on consumer laptops, days afte...
Saudi and Chongqing Students Earn Historic Firsts at IOI 2026
Saudi Arabia and Chongqing each secured historic firsts at IOI 2026 in Tashkent: Saudi Arabia its first-ever silver meda...
Fourth plaintiff joins class action against xAI over Grok-generated CSAM
A Wyoming woman has become the fourth plaintiff in a federal class action accusing xAI's Grok chatbot of generating thou...
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI must "actually cure cancer" to win over the public
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted on X that only tangible scientific breakthroughs, not promises, can overcome public sc...
Linus Torvalds releases Linux kernel 7.2 with initial Apple M3 support
Linus Torvalds has officially released Linux kernel 7.2, calling the late-stage churn driven by AI-assisted contribution...
Rednote's Dots Studio Releases First Open-Weight dots3 Model, Targeting Long-Horizon Real-World Tasks
Rednote's Dots Studio released the open-weight dots3 note preview on August 14, 2026, the first in the dots3 series, tar...
Uber and Pony.ai plan more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe
Uber and Pony.ai will deploy over 2,000 robotaxis across Europe under an expanded partnership, extending service beyond ...
SpaceX closes $60 billion Cursor acquisition, deepening AI computing push
SpaceX has officially closed its acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor, extending its AI computing buildout that alrea...
SpaceX sets new launch-cadence record with back-to-back Falcon 9 missions for Globalstar and U.S. Space Force
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets 38.5 minutes apart on Saturday for Globalstar and the U.S. Space Force, setting a n...
Alibaba releases open weights for Qwen3.8 models, including a 27B multimodal variant under Apache 2.0
Alibaba's Qwen team has released open weights for Qwen3.8 models, including the 27B multimodal Qwen3.8-27B and the large...
SpaceXAI completes $60 billion acquisition of Cursor, folding coding startup into Grok operation
SpaceXAI has closed its $60 billion acquisition of Cursor, integrating the AI coding startup's team into its Grok operat...
Google Rolls Out Gemini 3.7 Flash for Coding and Agent Workflows, Three Weeks After 3.6 Flash
Google launched Gemini 3.7 Flash on August 13, 2026, a coding- and agent-focused model priced at half the rate of its pr...
IASO Bio completes acquisition of MediSix to extend CAR-T into T-cell malignancies
IASO Biotechnology has acquired Singapore-based MediSix Therapeutics, adding a CD7-targeted CAR-T program and a fratrici...
SteamOS Beta Adds Wireless Adapter Support, Pointing to Steam Frame Launch
Valve's latest SteamOS beta adds preliminary support for the Steam Frame wireless adapter, signaling the standalone VR h...
Oracle's Kubernetes Engine Adds Three Optional GPU Workload Add-ons
Oracle added three optional OKE add-ons for managing NVIDIA GPU, network, and node-discovery components.
SpaceXAI unveils Grok Bot to coordinate teams of AI agents across apps
SpaceXAI launched Grok Bot in early beta on Aug. 11, 2026, giving each bot its own cloud computer to autonomously log in...
Valve expands SteamOS beta to MSI and OneXPlayer handhelds
Valve's SteamOS 3.8.25 beta adds support for MSI Claw and OneXPlayer handhelds and fixes a Steam Machine post-sleep CPU ...
Uber exits Serve Robotics with surprise full stake sale
Uber has sold its entire stake in sidewalk delivery robot maker Serve Robotics without notice, ending a partnership begu...
Meta releases Muse Glimmer, a 30B-parameter open-weight AI model for consumer hardware
Meta released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight AI model that runs on a single consumer GPU, as CEO Mark ...
Alibaba expands Qwen app with scheduled tasks, office assistant and Qwen3.8-Max support
Alibaba's Qwen app added five features, including scheduled tasks and an office assistant, while adding support for the ...
Lenovo cuts 120Hz Legion Go S SteamOS handheld by up to 44% in Back to School sale
Lenovo cut its 8-inch Legion Go S SteamOS handheld by up to 44%, pricing the 16GB/512GB model at $759.99 after a $340 di...
Waymo opens Dallas robotaxi service to all riders
Waymo has ended the waitlist for its Dallas robotaxi service, opening it to all residents and visitors as the Alphabet-o...
AMD forecasts data-center growth as Wall Street frets over AI concentration
AMD projected 2027 data-center revenue to more than double year over year on Helios and MI450 orders, yet shares fell ne...
NYC DOT Expands Citywide Curbside Electric Vehicle Charging, Solicits Public Feedback on Locations
NYC DOT expanded its curbside EV charging program across all five boroughs and is soliciting public input on charger loc...
SpaceX shares drop 9% as Wall Street questions AI spending following first post-IPO earnings
SpaceX shares fell 9% after its first earnings report since its June IPO, as a more-than-sixfold jump in capital expendi...
Tencent opens Hy3 large language model to global users across products and cloud
Tencent opened its Hy3 large language model to global users on August 5, 2026, expanding access via WorkBuddy, Miora, an...
Poco M8 Power debuts in India with 8,000mAh battery and Snapdragon 4 Gen 4
Poco has launched the M8 Power in India, pairing an 8,000mAh Silicon-Carbon battery with the Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 chipset ...