onsemi to buy Synaptics in $7bn bet on ‘physical AI’
onsemi is buying Synaptics in an all-stock deal worth about $7bn. The onsemi Synaptics deal bets that AI’s next wave lives not in the cloud
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Volkswagen reportedly plans to cut 100,000 jobs
Volkswagen reportedly wants to cut 100,000 jobs, about 15% of its workforce, and close German plants. It would be the biggest overhaul in the carmaker’s
U.S. Loosens Restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos A.I. Model
The move de-escalates a clash between the Trump administration and the company over its cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems.
Om Malik, Whose Blog Shaped How Silicon Valley Saw Itself, Dies at 59
Gigaom, which he started in 2001, established him as a leading voice in the tech world and signaled a shift in how the media covered
A single config file in a cloned repository could steal your AWS credentials through Amazon Q Developer
A high-severity flaw in Amazon Q Developer allowed a malicious code repository to silently execute commands on a developer’s machine and steal their AWS credentials.
Xprize founder says global surveillance is a good thing because humans behave better when they are being watched
Xprize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis has joined a growing list of tech executives who believe global surveillance is a good idea, writing on X this
Banking Apps, No Google, and a Locked Bootloader: How iodé Makes Privacy Android Work for Everyone
A few weeks back, I invited Brian from the iodé, a de-googled Android project, to have a quick discussion on the project, its achievements and
Terramaster F4-425 Pro: An Hardware Upgrade for an Already Solid NAS
Terramaster F4-425 Plus was the first NAS I ever used in my hoemlab setup. It’s a solid device for a NAS. Not too expensive, silent
Ford had to rehire 350 engineers after its AI got vehicle quality wrong
Ford has admitted that it had to rehire experienced engineers after its AI systems failed to deliver the quality the company expected. Charles Poon, Ford’s
TikTok is building a super app, and most of its users have not noticed yet
TikTok is no longer just a video app. The platform has spent the past year adding hotel bookings, in-app commerce, sports hubs, casual games, microdramas
US tells OpenAI to restrict access to its most powerful AI model
US authorities are getting decidedly twitchy about frontier AI models. Just a couple of weeks after ordering Anthropic to prevent foreign companies from getting hold
AI agents are coming to China’s workplaces too
Chinese tech giant Tencent is set to launch an AI assistant inside WeCom, its Slack-like collaboration tool for enterprises. The new tool, Dayuan, is built
Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He actually had worms.
A 60-year-old man in Spain went to the doctor complaining of a headache that he couldn’t shake. It had started two weeks prior and was
Streaming services’ obnoxiously loud ads become illegal on July 1 in California
On July 1, it will be illegal for streaming platforms to play ads louder than the content being watched in California. As The Hollywood Reporter