Yann LeCun’s second attempt at a VC fund lands with $100M and Gemini’s co-lead as a partner
Yann LeCun has found a VC fund that will actually launch. The Meta former chief AI scientist is joining 224 Ventures, a new firm that
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Google Names Demis Hassabis to New AI Role in a Leadership Shake-up
Minutes after four top researchers said they were leaving, Google said that Demis Hassabis, the Nobel-winning scientist who led the company’s A.I. lab, was stepping
GPU prices are approaching 2.5x their launch cost. Asus and Gigabyte just made it official with a second 2026 price hike.
Asus and Gigabyte have raised prices across their entire Nvidia RTX 50-series and AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPU lineups, the second round of increases this
The US wants Chinese optics out of its AI data centres. Amazon and Microsoft pay first.
China’s two biggest optical module makers took a beating on Wednesday. Zhongji Innolight fell as much as 16%, according to the South China Morning Post.
Four Top Google A.I. Researchers Form New Start-Up
Jeff Dean, who for years was one of Google’s most important executives, is leading the new artificial intelligence company with the backing of Google.
How China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa
In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.
SpaceX spooks investors with debut earnings report
SpaceX shares dropped on Wednesday after Elon Musk’s plans for blockbuster spending to position his AI and rocket company as a data center developer spooked
Pushing the limits: Infinite Machine’s Olto is barely a bicycle
The Infinite Machine Olto is a great electric scooter, one with an overall layout that echoes the classic Vespa. It’s comfortable, and it accelerates well
The biggest leveraged buyout in history just took EA private
The largest leveraged buyout in history has closed. Electronic Arts is now private. A group led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund bought it for
Chinese carriers were pushed out of US networks. A House report says they never left
The Salt Typhoon hack that breached America’s biggest phone carriers had a back door hiding in plain sight. A bipartisan House report has a blunt
6 things you should know about Google’s new selfie sign-in system
Losing access to your Google account might just be the epitome of a modern-day nightmare. Especially if you’re using Android and even more so if
$26,000 lab monkeys are the strange measure of China’s biotech boom
The clearest sign of China’s drug-development surge is not a molecule but a monkey. The price of a research primate there has climbed toward 150,000
Moove raises $250m at a $2.1bn valuation to run robotaxi fleets
Moove has quietly become one of the more valuable names in autonomous mobility. The company has raised $250m in a Series C round that values
SpaceX aims to catch a Starship out of the sky this month
SpaceX wants to catch a skyscraper falling out of the sky. The company plans to launch its next Starship as soon as this month and