Disney signs original content deal with Dhar Mann Studios for 20-episode order
Disney announced an original content deal with Dhar Mann Studios for an initial 20-episode order aimed at kids, tweens, ...
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Ode with Anthropic Acquires Casper Studios to Scale Enterprise Claude Deployments
Ode with Anthropic has acquired AI services firm Casper Studios to broaden its ability to embed Anthropic's Claude acros...
Bazzite Linux 44 'Deck' image launches for handhelds with SteamOS-style overhaul
Bazzite Linux 44 has released its long-awaited "Deck" image for handheld gaming PCs and TV-attached consoles, aligning t...
Riot Games ending active development on 2XKO less than a year after launch
Riot Games will end active development on its League of Legends tag-team fighting game 2XKO in December, less than a yea...
DOJ backs xAI’s challenge to Minnesota’s AI nudification ban ahead of judge’s ruling
The DOJ backed xAI’s challenge to Minnesota’s AI nudification law, arguing it exceeds federal rules; Judge Donovan Frank...
Anthropic-backed Ode acquires Casper Studios to scale Claude deployments in enterprises
Ode with Anthropic has acquired AI consultancy Casper Studios, expanding its ability to deploy Anthropic's Claude across...
RPM 6.1 Released With Kernel-Inspired Release Model and Faster Installs
RPM 6.1, the package manager for RHEL and Fedora-based distros, ships with a Linux-kernel-inspired release model and rou...
Fairphone (Gen 6+) launches in the US at $649, emphasizing repairability and long software support
Fairphone officially launched its modular Fairphone (Gen 6+) smartphone in the United States at $649, marking the Dutch ...
Polar Power to Expand DC Power Systems into Military Drone and Robotics Markets
Polar Power announces a diversification push applying its DC power systems to military drones, robotics, USVs and relate...
Anthropic's quarterly revenue overtakes OpenAI's for the first time
Anthropic reported $11.6 billion in second-quarter revenue, more than double the prior period and above OpenAI's $6.7 bi...
University of Vermont launches tuition-free biotechnology technician certificate
The University of Vermont launched a tuition-free Biotechnology Technician Certificate funded by $2.7 million in congres...
xAI's bid to pause Minnesota's AI nudification ban goes before judge; no ruling on first day
A federal judge on Aug. 19 considered xAI's request to temporarily block Minnesota's first-in-the-nation AI nudification...
SpaceX logs 100th launch of 2026, two months ahead of its 2024 pace
SpaceX logged its 100th launch of 2026 on 18 August, hitting the milestone roughly two months faster than in 2024, with ...
Morgan Stanley projects 50% DDR4 price surge in Q3 as memory makers prioritize HBM
Morgan Stanley forecasts DDR4 prices will jump 50% in Q3 2026 as memory makers shift wafer capacity toward HBM and DDR5,...
Alibaba releases open-weight Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model
Alibaba released the open-weight Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter MoE model, on Hugging Face, marking its first Max...
OpenAI says new security monitoring will add 20 percent compute overhead on some workloads
OpenAI said expanded security monitoring will add roughly 20 percent compute overhead on monitored inference workloads, ...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with parental controls and study tools
OpenAI on Tuesday launched ChatGPT for Teens, a new mode with parental controls, age-appropriate content limits, and stu...
Anthropic adds /design command to Claude Code for in-terminal UI mockups
Anthropic added a /design command to Claude Code that generates editable UI artboards in the terminal and Desktop, letti...
Warren Spector announces retirement from game development
Warren Spector, creator of Deus Ex, has announced his retirement from game development via LinkedIn, citing age, health,...
M37Labs launches Saransh as first sovereign small language model in planned India-focused family
M37Labs launched Saransh, its first sovereign small language model built in-house for Indian news summarisation, as the ...
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...
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...