OpenAI and Anthropic now out-lobby Nvidia in Washington
The AI industry is buying a bigger seat at the table. OpenAI and Anthropic set records for federal lobbying in the second quarter of 2026
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Oracle says one AI data centre could cost it a $7bn power guarantee
Oracle is building a huge AI data centre in Port Washington, Wisconsin, with Vantage and OpenAI. The nearly one-gigawatt Lighthouse Campus is a roughly $15
10 cool things Copilot can do in PowerPoint
Building a presentation can take lots of time. There are design choices to figure out: the slide layouts, fonts, theme colors, and so on. You
Your instant Android backup upgrade
Here in this high-tech era of 2026, keeping important info backed up and synced should be effortless and something that just happens on its own
Sony releases one last trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Odyssey might be cleaning up at the box office at the moment, but in two weeks another mega-blockbuster hits theaters: Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms
Federal officials on Monday reaffirmed that iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms still appears to be the source of Cyclospora, the microscopic parasite behind a multi-state
BlackRock is raising $12bn to build Meta a data centre it will own, lend to, and rent out
On Monday, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley began pitching investors on a bond sale of at least $12 billion, as The Wall Street Journal reported. The
Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do
The four companies announced the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades on Tuesday. The pitch is a labour shortage. The subtext is harder to miss. The
Range Rover answers the question: “What if we built a not-SUV?”
Range Rover provided flights from Washington, DC, to London and accommodation so Ars could see the RR GT, as well as some other things you
On the run for 20 years, most-wanted fugitive caught hiding as a biotech exec
One of Rhode Island’s most-wanted fugitives was arrested in New York last week after being on the run for more than 20 years, which was
Intel Foundry lands its first named outside customer: Fortinet
The two companies announced a strategic collaboration to build the Fortinet Security Processor 6, the custom silicon inside its FortiGate firewalls. Intel will handle the
Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron
Look at what Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle officially owe, and the numbers seem large but manageable. Look off the books, and a second
Sila raises $300M to fast-track gigascale anode production and shore up US battery supply chains
Sila, the battery materials company formerly known as Sila Nanotechnologies, has raised $300 million in a private equity round led by Atreides Management and Sutter
London robotics startup Humanoid raises $152M Series A, with Bosch set to manufacture its wheeled robots at scale
London-based robotics startup Humanoid has raised $152 million in a Series A round led by Prime Movers Lab, the venture firm behind Figure AI’s $39