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Google made a sturdy phone, but there is increasing competition in the foldable world.

Startup Everbloom’s new material, renoa, is the first new fiber in 25 years, and it feels very familiar.

At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.

Apple’s new CEO defended the company’s current position in the AI landscape.

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An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.

OpenAI’s latest funding round doesn’t seem to be living up to expectations.

The iPhone Duo has its frustrations, but it’s also fun and engaging enough that I didn’t want to switch back to my Pro Max.

The money behind the money is thrilled, mostly.

When investors get nervous about AI spending, it helps to have the chipmaker that sells the chips offer to cosign the loan.

The AI logistics startup will bolster the CRM giant’s Missionforce defense platform.

As an increasing number of AI assistants flood the market, the founder of Ollie, an assistant that respected its users’ privacy, says it will be shutting down in a week.

Intel is being hurt by PC sales as the AI industry gobbles memory and other components causing PC prices to rise.

Blackstone’s forecast is just a prediction, but naturally, a high junk rating would make it more difficult and costlier for Anthropic to raise the money to keep funding its massive spending that has undergirded its business.

EXCLUSIVE: A security researcher discovered the hardcoded credential in Applebee’s app, allowing unrestricted access to customers’ personal data.

No Halloween costume? Just be a deceptively cute AI agent icon, a PHP vulnerability, or sleepy time Bryan Johnson.

Big Tech is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but mounting debt, negative cash flow, and growing investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of the AI spending boom.

Like a real-life episode of Suits, the demise of famed white-shoe Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has been the talk of the legal industry. And now, an AI firm has entered the picture.

Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers.

Can’t agree on where to eat? Zest’s AI concierge can combine everyone’s tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.

The first TPU in space is a running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.

The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.

Hackers working for North Korea are suspected of hacking a Binance employee’s laptop, which allowed the theft of billions in crypto.

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DoorDash said that it is open to working with third-party agent makers

Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale.

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Waymo will begin testing self-driving versions of Toyota’s electric bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year as part of a broader partnership with the automaker.

David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.

The success of blockbuster hits like Project Hail Mary and Verity is only part of the story, Amazon’s CEO says.