Altman, Musk and the A.I. Spectacle Come to Oakland
Oakland, Calif., where Elon Musk’s trial against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, starts on Monday, is not exactly known as a hub of
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China Will Require Meta to Unwind Acquisition of AI Start-Up Manus
The impact of the ruling was not immediately clear, but it could send a chilling signal to Chinese tech founders seeking to team up with
Meta signs a deal to beam solar energy from space to its AI data centres
Overview’s satellites will collect sunlight continuously in geosynchronous orbit and beam it as near-infrared light to existing ground solar installations, which convert it to electricity.
Spotify expands from soundtrack to sweat session: Peloton partnership puts 1,400 classes inside the app
Available from today in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Austria, Canada, Mexico, Sweden, and Spain.Peloton bike workouts are not included, the classes cover strength, cardio
Sereact raises $110 million Series B to build robots that simulate the consequences of their actions before they act
The round is led by Headline, with new investors Bullhound Capital, Felix Capital, and Daphni. Valuation is undisclosed. Sereact’s vision language action models already run
China orders Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of Manus
The NDRC’s Office of the Working Mechanism for Foreign Investment Security Review issued a formal cancellation order on Monday, four months after the deal was
As electric aspirations fade, Porsche sells its stake in Bugatti
A new chapter in the Bugatti story begins today. Twenty-eight years after bringing the storied luxury brand back from the dead, Volkswagen Group no longer
Six things I’ll remember when I think about Tim Cook’s version of Apple
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced this week that he’s stepping down from his position in September and handing the reins to John Ternus, currently the
Your AI strategy is all wrong
Every CEO and executive enthusiastically slashing headcount in anticipation of an AI-driven productivity boom should read a new meta-analysis from the UK’s Royal Docks School
Strange New Worlds S4 teaser strikes a more serious tone
. Paramount+ unveiled a new teaser for the upcoming fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds at CCXP in Mexico City over the weekend. (Some
Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time
Selling smartphones used to be easy—everyone wanted one, and every new phone was a lot better than the one that came before. Things are different
Kubuntu 26.04 LTS Drops X11 Support and Goes All in On Wayland
Kubuntu is one of the longest-running Ubuntu flavors and also one of the more sensible ones to recommend. It ships the KDE Plasma desktop on
The Awesome New Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is Here
Ubuntu doesn’t need much of an introduction. It has been a reliable starter distro for people finding their way into Linux for years, and for
After Correspondents Dinner Shooting, Rumors and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Online
Influencers jumped to fill the information void with conspiracy theories about the attack at the White House Correspondents’ dinner on Saturday.