Nvidia is pouring $1 billion into South Korea’s AI infrastructure through Naver and SK Group
Claude Opus 5 matches Fable on coding at half the price, and Anthropic says it is the most aligned model it has ever shipped
Oracle wins Pentagon software deal worth up to $7bn
AMD is investing $5 billion in Anthropic and deploying 2 gigawatts of Helios GPUs to run Claude
Canon registered three new cameras. One may be a digital tribute to the legendary AE-1.
People are quietly recording every conversation they have with AI, and the person across the table has no idea
New data shows EV batteries are lasting far longer than buyers think, yet US sales keep falling
China fines Trip.com $765 million for forcing hotels into exclusive deals and controlling their prices
Waymo to end Uber exclusivity in Austin and Atlanta, launching its own app in January 2028
OpenAI hit by another outage as ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs stumble together
Modi breaks Instagram’s Reel record with 300 million views as student protests sweep India
Samsung signs a $200 billion chip deal with Broadcom covering memory, foundry and advanced packaging through 2030
Remote worker with anxiety wins discrimination case after employer refused to let her turn off her camera
Two Volkswagen engineers charged with insider trading after buying Rivian stock before the joint venture they helped build was announced
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