An AI chip startup called Etched has emerged from stealth with numbers that would have seemed implausible two years ago: $800 million raised, a $5 billion valuation, and $1 billion already booked in contract orders — before its chip has even shipped to customers at scale. The company is building specialized AI inference chips designed…
The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions on Anthropic‘s Mythos and Fable AI models, ending a three-week ban that had cut off public access to what are widely considered the most powerful AI models ever released to the public. Anthropic said it began restoring access on July 1, 2026. The reversal marks the end of…
Claude Sonnet 5 is here, and Anthropic is positioning it as the model that makes powerful AI agents affordable. Launched on June 30, 2026, Sonnet 5 is the latest midsize model in Anthropic’s lineup, and it arrives at a moment when every major AI lab is racing to make agentic AI — software that plans,…
Tesla‘s Cybercab has officially hit the streets of Austin, Texas — and this time, there is no steering wheel and no brake pedals. The Tesla Cybercab began real-world road testing on June 30, 2026, with a safety monitor riding in the right passenger seat of the two-seat vehicle. The milestone comes nearly two years after…
For decades, humanoid robots were a Hollywood fantasy — something you’d see in a sci-fi film but never in a real factory, warehouse, or office. That era is over. Right now, companies like Tesla, Figure AI, Boston Dynamics, and Agility Robotics are deploying bipedal robots in real work environments, doing real jobs, for real companies….
If you’ve ever been reluctant to share your phone number with someone just to stay in touch on WhatsApp, that friction is about to disappear. WhatsApp usernames are officially on the way — and for the app’s over two billion users worldwide, this could be one of the most meaningful updates in the platform’s history….
If you are thinking about permanent hair reduction, you have two main options: IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) and laser. Both use light energy to disable hair follicles. Both work. But they use different approaches to get there, and understanding those differences matters, especially now that effective consumer devices are available for home use. This is…
WhistleBlowNG, a secure platform for reporting corporate and public sector misconduct, operates with documented outcomes across banking, consumer goods, and energy sectors. The coalition of lawyers behind it may be the largest of its kind in the country.
There’s a saying that’s become almost a cliché in tech circles: “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.” Like most clichés, it became one because it’s true — but most people still don’t fully understand what that means in practice. Free apps aren’t a charitable gesture from billion-dollar companies. They are…
For decades, the promise of connecting rural Africa to the internet was stuck in the same loop: too expensive to build, too far from fibre routes, too low a return on investment for telecoms. Satellite internet in Africa is finally breaking that cycle — and the pace of change over the last two years has…
AI data centers are driving record electricity demand, and regular households are helping pay for it. Here’s what’s happening to power bills in 2026.
AI data centers are pushing electricity demand to record highs, and your power bill is feeling it. Here’s what’s going on in 2026 and what it means for you.
Waymo’s robotaxi recall covers nearly 3,900 self-driving cars after a freeway work-zone software bug. Here’s what happened and what it means for riders.