Smart devices have become a regular part of life in many U.S. homes, from smart speakers and thermostats to automated floor cleaners. As newer cleaning robots increasingly rely on built-in cameras to navigate more efficiently, questions about privacy and data [β¦]
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Icon, the AI advertising startup that spent $12 million to acquire the premium domain Icon.com, appears to have quietly shut down, leaving behind a trail of user complaints, a locked website, and a cautionary story about the limits of AI [β¦]
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Anthropic is back at the negotiating table with the U.S. Department of Defense, scrambling to salvage a relationship that only days ago looked finished. The talks restarted after a dramatic breakdown last week that triggered a chain reaction across Washington [β¦]
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NVIDIAβs relationship with OpenAI has been one of the defining partnerships of the AI boom. Billions of dollars have flowed into building the computing backbone that powers large language models. Now, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the chipmaker may already [β¦]
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Walmart-backed fintech startup PhonePe is preparing for a public debut that could rank among the largest listings in Indiaβs fintech sector. The digital payments giant is targeting an IPO valuation between $9 billion and $10.5 billion, according to two people [β¦]
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Apple just took a sharp turn in its laptop strategy. The company on Wednesday unveiled the MacBook Neo, a new entry-level laptop starting at $599, marking one of the lowest price points Apple has ever offered for a Mac. The [β¦]
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JetStream has entered the AI governance race with fresh capital and a familiar cast of cybersecurity veterans. The San Francisco AI startup announced a $34 million seed round led by Redpoint Ventures, with backing from CrowdStrikeβs Falcon Fund and a [β¦]
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A wave of outages swept across the United Arab Emirates this week after drone strikes damaged key Amazon Web Services infrastructure, knocking major apps, banks, and fintech platforms offline and exposing how tightly the regionβs digital economy is tied to [β¦]
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The U.S. Supreme Court just sidestepped one of the biggest legal questions hanging over generative AI. On Monday, the justices declined to hear a closely watched case that asked whether artwork created entirely by artificial intelligence can qualify for copyright [β¦]
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Akave thinks the real choke point in AI isnβt models. Itβs data. The Austin-based AI infrastructure startup has raised $6.65 million and is entering the cloud storage market with Akave Cloud, a decentralized, S3-compatible platform built for AI and analytics [β¦]
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Nvidia is opening its wallet again, this time to secure a key piece of the AI infrastructure stack that most people rarely see: photonics. The chip giant said Monday it will invest a combined $4 billion across two U.S. photonics [β¦]
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