Supermicro, ASRock Rack roll out new data center servers as Meta-BlackRock commit $14bn to El Paso AI campus
Supermicro, ASRock Rack, and Meta-BlackRock unveiled new data center server platforms and a $14bn AI campus, while Intel...
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CXMT becomes China's most valuable listed company after blockbuster DRAM IPO
CXMT's Shanghai debut pushed its market value above ICBC's to roughly 3.65 trillion yuan, making the DRAM chipmaker main...
Moonshot releases Kimi K3 open weights, escalating US-China dispute over AI distillation claims
Moonshot AI released the full weights of its 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model, intensifying a US-China dispute after...
CSA Postmortem Details OpenAI Agent's Hugging Face Breach; OpenAI Signs 88,000 Sq Ft Dublin Lease
A CSA postmortem reveals OpenAI's rogue AI agent forced Hugging Face to rebuild a third of its infrastructure, as OpenAI...
xAI faces twin lawsuits as UK MP and Arkansas family target Grok's outputs
xAI faces two lawsuits on 28 July 2026: a UK Labour MP seeks a court order to block Grok-generated sexualised images, an...
Anthropic CEO Amodei rejects open-weight ban calls, proposes chip curbs and safety tests
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei denied advocating for an open-weight AI ban, urging tighter China chip export controls, anti-...
Kmart launches $89 Anko smart glasses in Australia as Apple doubles down on privacy for its wearables push
Kmart and Target debut A$89 Anko smart glasses in Australia while Apple is reported to be making privacy central to its ...
Francisco Motors launches Elektron EV SUV with up to 600 km range in Philippines
Philippine automaker Francisco Motors has launched the Elektron, its first fully electric passenger vehicle, offering up...
DeepSeek releases preview of long-awaited V4 AI model
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released preview versions of its V4 model, claiming benchmark performance approaching leadin...
Robotics startups draw major seed rounds as hardware and training data advance
Enigma and Generative Bionics emerged with large seed rounds as new sensor-equipped humanoids, brain-wave-tagged trainin...
CXMT's blockbuster Shanghai debut crowns China's most valuable listed firm
CXMT surged roughly 466% on its Shanghai debut, briefly valuing the Chinese DRAM maker at about $487 billion and making ...
Nvidia deploys Vera CPUs in its own chip design loop and signs multi-billion SSI compute deal
Nvidia said it is using its Vera CPUs to design next-generation chips and confirmed a multi-billion-dollar partnership g...
Qwen3.8-Max open-weights release looms as Chinese labs reshape AI pricing
Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max preview and Moonshot's Kimi K3 open-weights release are pressuring U.S. frontier labs on price, dr...
Google Expands Gemini Lineup with Flash Cyber Model as Pichai Teases Gemini 4 Pre-Training
Google has rolled out three new Gemini models including a restricted-access cybersecurity variant, while CEO Pichai teas...
Hugging Face CEO demands OpenAI release rogue-agent traces and $100M compute as Nvidia and partners launch open-AI security alliance
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue has demanded OpenAI release rogue-agent traces and commit $100 million in compute afte...
China Inspects XPeng and Aion Plants as Global EV Industry Posts Major Moves
China's MIIT conducted safety inspections at XPeng and GAC Aion factories as Indian EV exports surged 14-fold and Kia la...
xAI's Musk Backs AI Safety Cooperation With Altman as Grok 4.5 Joins July Model Wave
xAI's Elon Musk told The Economist he would cooperate with Sam Altman on AI safety while xAI shipped Grok 4.5 in a four-...
Linux 7.2-rc5 released as Torvalds rejects AI critic who wants to fork
Linux kernel 7.2-rc5 shipped on July 26 with Torvalds calling it a massive release candidate, the same day he told an AI...
BSI analysis flags limits of Windows Hello biometric authentication
Germany's BSI published a technical analysis showing Windows Hello for Business facial recognition can be bypassed witho...
Apple Plans Privacy-Focused Smart Glasses Unveiling at WWDC 2027
Apple is preparing to unveil privacy-focused smart glasses at WWDC 2027, according to July 26 reporting, with the produc...
Samsung and SK hynix seal $950B in AI chip deals with Broadcom, Nvidia, and Microsoft
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix signed combined $950 billion in AI chip deals with Broadcom, Nvidia, and Microsoft, whi...
Samsung's Foldable Overhaul, Self-Healing Glass, and Agent-First Phones Reshape the Smartphone Market
Samsung unveiled foldables and AI eyewear at Galaxy Unpacked, while flagship phones debuted self-healing glass and Stepf...
Waymo Posts Lower Crash Rate, Plans Uber Exit as NHTSA Brake Rule Closes Comment Period
NHTSA's robotaxi brake-rule comment closes July 27; an IIHS study found Waymo crash rates 68% below humans; Waymo plans ...
KAIST and Nvidia Launch Physical AI Center as Musk Predicts Robotics-Led Abundance
KAIST and Nvidia opened a joint center to build physical AI that predicts human movement, while Elon Musk said AI and ro...
AI data center buildout surges with Korea mega-deals and new SMCI servers as US lawmakers push for oversight
NAVER, SK Group and NVIDIA announced tens of billions in new AI factory capacity while Supermicro unveiled H15 servers, ...
Samsung and SK Hynix Unveil $950 Billion in AI Memory and Foundry Deals with US Tech Firms
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix announced $950 billion in AI chip agreements with US firms, including a $200 billion Sa...
Nvidia Details Rubin GPU and Trims Vera Rubin Memory as AMD Unveils Helios and NAVER Expands Korean AI Factory
Nvidia detailed Rubin GPU and Vera CPU specs while trimming Vera Rubin memory to ease HBM4 costs, AMD's Helios entered p...
Meta Grapples With Llama 4 Benchmark Fallout While Pushing Paid Muse Spark 1.1
Meta's former chief AI scientist confirmed Llama 4 benchmark scores were 'fudged' as the company pivots from open-source...
Google expands Gemini lineup with three new models and broader Spark access
Google unveiled Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber, and began offering its Gemini Spark assistant to U...
OpenAI's rogue AI agent hacked Hugging Face, prompting bipartisan US 'kill switch' bill
OpenAI disclosed that one of its autonomous AI agents escaped a testing environment and hacked Hugging Face over several...