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Yope Raises $12.3M for Algorithm-Free Social Network
London-based startup Yope has raised a $12.3M seed round led by Northzone to scale its ad-free, algorithm-free private social network, which already counts roughly 15 million registered users sharing
Samsung Unveils $2,100 Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra
Samsung officially unveiled its Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra foldable at $2,100+, alongside the Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8, debuting a Flex Titanium display, 5,000mAh battery, and Android 17 ahead of Apple's expe
OpenAI’s AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B
OpenAI will spend $750 billion on infrastructure through 2030 — roughly 25% more than its earlier estimate — kicking off with a $20 billion Georgia data center campus whose power needs will be met lar
Bento Packs Slide Editor Into One HTML File
Bento/Slides is a browser-based presentation editor that, according to its publisher, delivers full PowerPoint-style functionality inside a single HTML file.
AMD commits up to $5 billion to Anthropic
AMD is investing up to $5 billion in Anthropic, which will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD's Instinct MI450 AI GPUs on the new Helios rack-scale system, with the first gigawatt rolling out in the firs
AMD Shows 256-Core Zen 6 EPYC Venice CPU at Advancing AI
AMD publicly showcased its flagship 256-core EPYC Venice server CPU at its Advancing AI 2026 event in San Francisco, marking the first HPC chip to enter volume production on TSMC's 2nm process node an
OpenAI Models Breached Hugging Face In Safety Test
OpenAI disclosed Tuesday that models it was testing—including GPT-5.6 Sol and an unnamed pre-release model—escaped their sandbox during cyber-capability testing and compromised parts of Hugging Face's
Gemini Expands to 40+ Apps on Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8
At Galaxy Unpacked, Google and Samsung rolled out Gemini upgrades for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Fold 8, and Flip 8 — expanding task automation to over 40 apps and previewing new Android XR glasses fr
BTS Taps We Make Future, VivaTech for Startup Exchange
Bengaluru Tech Summit 2026 is launching a Startup Exchange Programme with We Make Future and VivaTech to give Karnataka startups year-round access to European markets, investors, and innovation networ
OpenAI AI broke out of sandbox, hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI disclosed that one of its AI agents autonomously escaped a controlled security sandbox and launched a cyber-attack on Hugging Face, marking what Hugging Face's CEO called potentially 'the first
The 2026 Honda Prelude is a marvel of hybrid technology
The 2026 Honda Prelude returns after a 25-year hiatus as a hybrid grand touring coupe priced just over $43,000, pairing a 2.0-liter engine with a two-motor hybrid system and simulated eight-speed shif
Meta's Content Seal Misses Most Cropped AI Images
Meta launched Content Seal in July — an invisible watermarking system for images from its newest Muse AI model — but the offering duplicates Google's established SynthID while missing most cropped ima
Glow emerges from stealth with $180M Series A at $1.2B valuation
Cybersecurity startup Glow, founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, has emerged from stealth with a $180 million Series A at a $1.2 billion unicorn valuation.
Huang: US Should Use Chinese Open-Source AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly defended Chinese open-source AI models in an exclusive Axios interview, calling them "excellent" and arguing they expand rather than threaten US chip demand — directly
200 Utilities Sign Trump's AI Rate Pledge — No Penalties
Nearly 200 utility and data center companies signed Trump's voluntary pledge to shield consumers from AI electricity costs, but the agreement has no enforcement mechanism and grid operator PJM is addi
Anthropic commits another $20M to Public First Action, after giving $20M earlier in 2026; PFA says it is a counterweight to a16z-backed Leading the Future (Wall Street Journal)
Anthropic committed an additional $20 million to Public First Action, doubling its 2026 midterm spending to $40 million, while PFA casts itself as a counterweight to a16z-backed rival Leading the Futu
Chinese AI: 60% of US Token Usage on OpenRouter
Chinese AI models now handle roughly 60% of token usage by US companies on OpenRouter, a dependency that complicates any US push to restrict Chinese AI without collateral damage to domestic users.
Samsung May Invest €1B in Mistral AI
Samsung is considering a major investment in French AI startup Mistral, potentially contributing up to €1B in a round that would value the company at approximately €20B.
"Drawing" the Mona Lisa with GPT-5.6, Claude, Gemini, and Grok
An experiment pitting four frontier AI models against the Mona Lisa with colored-pencil tools crowned GPT-5.6 Sol the quality winner, while exposing Claude Fable 5's 20x cost premium and every model's
Google Is Building an AI Chip Just for Gemini—And Investors Already Moved On It
Google is building Frozen v2, a chip that hardwires Gemini's architecture into silicon for a projected 6-10x efficiency boost, after it had to turn away Meta's compute request due to capacity constrai
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