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Palihapitiya's 8090 Labs raises $135M, he takes CEO
Chamath Palihapitiya raised $135 million in Series A funding for his AI coding startup 8090 Labs and will take the CEO role, backed by Salesforce Ventures and multiple All-In podcast co-hosts.
Google's Gemini Personalized Image Gen Free in US
Google expanded Gemini's personalized Nano Banana-powered image generation to all eligible US users for free, dropping the paywall that previously restricted the preference-aware feature to paid subsc
OpenAI Teases Codex Hardware for July 15
OpenAI is teasing a square-shaped hardware device for its Codex AI coding tool, built in partnership with keyboard maker Work Louder and slated to launch July 15th.
California inks half-price Claude deal with Anthropic
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Anthropic have reached a deal letting all state agencies and local governments use Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot at a discounted price, with training and support i
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
Eight months after launching its commercial service, Arena — the company behind the popular crowdsourced AI model leaderboard — hit $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue, more than tripling from
California Cuts 50% Deal With Anthropic for Claude
California has agreed to a deal with Anthropic to expand Claude AI products across state agencies and local governments at a 50% discount, with a state official saying most departments intend to migra
Amazon Eyes OpenAI, Nova After Anthropic Price Hike
Amazon is exploring replacing Anthropic's AI models with OpenAI's and its own Nova models to cut costs after Anthropic raised prices for use within Amazon products.
SCOTUS Limits Geofence Warrants Over Cell-Phone
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Americans have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cell-phone location data, curbing law enforcement's use of geofence warrants.
New Bill Would Bar AI Firms From Selling Health Data
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon are reviving the Health and Location Data Protection Act with new provisions that specifically ban AI companies from selling Americans' health and lo
Straiker raises $64M Series A for AI agent security
Straiker raised a $64 million Series A for its enterprise AI agent security platform, bringing its total funding to $85 million, according to CEO Ankur Shah.
Microsoft Report Ranks 101 Agent Tasks by Tech
A Microsoft-sponsored MIT Technology Review report surveyed 300 global technology experts and ranked 101 agent tasks by confidence, identifying data workflows as the 'breakthrough domain' while flaggi
Proception Settles Tesla Suit, Raises $11M for Robot
Proception, the robotic hand startup founded by a former Tesla Optimus technical lead, has settled Tesla's trade secret lawsuit and closed an $11 million seed round as it begins shipping its dexterous
Samsung, SK Hynix Commit $590B Chip Buildout in South Korea
South Korea unveiled a sweeping semiconductor investment program with Samsung and SK Hynix committing to roughly $590 billion in new chip fabrication and packaging facilities, alongside a separate mul
Omen AI’s plan to optimize data centers is all wet
Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to scale its real-time spectrometer for monitoring bacterial growth in liquid-cooled data center systems, pivoting from its construction equipment origins.
Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks
Ford has rehired more than 300 veteran quality engineers after discovering its AI-driven quality checks couldn't match human expertise, with executives admitting the company lost critical institutiona
Sony Won't Sell PS6 at a Loss Amid Component Cost Fears
Sony signaled it won't subsidize PlayStation 6 hardware at a significant loss, saying it cannot absorb rising component costs, fueling concern that a $1000 price tag is now plausible.
Two China robotics startups hit $2.9B valuations
Two Chinese robotics startups — AI² Robotics and Alibaba-backed X Square Robot — have each been valued above $2.9 billion in recent funding rounds, underscoring continued investor appetite for the cou
Xbox Series X|S Prices Hike August 2026 Over Memory Costs
Xbox Series X|S consoles will see a price hike on August 1, 2026, driven by an ongoing AI-induced memory component crisis that analysts and Microsoft itself warn could continue rising through 2027.
PS6 Hardware Costs Estimated at $900+
Multiple outlets report PlayStation 6 hardware carries an estimated $900–$960 manufacturing cost, with memory prices tipped to double and Sony reportedly planning a cross-gen launch to retain its audi
Big Tech Megacaps Now Seen as 'National Plague' Over
A column argues Big Tech's five megacaps have lost their 'golden goose' status as data-center buildouts trigger political backlash and AI job fears, while OpenAI and Anthropic — funded by those megaca
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