The CEO of EngineAI let his company’s T800 robot kick him in the stomach to prove it wasn’t CGI. The startup just raised $180 million, but the stunt raises serious questions about its tech and strategy.
AMD has launched FSR Redstone, but it’s largely a rebrand of existing FSR4 tech. The new Ray Regeneration feature is only in one game, and you need a pricey new GPU to use any of it.
In a surprising pivot, Boom Supersonic is adapting its Symphony supersonic jet engine into a power turbine for AI datacenters. The company has already secured a deal for 1.21 gigawatts of capacity and $300 million in funding, aiming to self-fund its supersonic airliner project.
The new Agentic AI Foundation aims to create standards for autonomous AI agents. This comes as analysts warn that current agent tech, like AI browsers, poses serious security vulnerabilities.
A new report from Pew Research reveals a significant portion of American teens are integrating AI chatbots into their daily lives. While social media habits remain steady, nearly one-third of teens report using tools like ChatGPT on a daily basis or more often. The data provides a crucial snapshot o
A brand-new AI chip startup, Unconventional AI, just landed $475 million in seed funding, valuing the company at $4.5 billion after only two months of existence. The round was led by Andreesen Horowitz and Lightspeed and includes Jeff Bezos. The company is betting on brain-inspired, analog neuromorp
Thunderbird 146 is now available, featuring a new OpenPGP keyserver setting and modernized account cryptography. The bigger story is the long list of bug fixes and the parallel update to the stable ESR version.
H3C has launched the LinSeer MegaCube, a compact mini PC powered by NVIDIA’s GB10 Superchip. It features 128GB of memory and can run AI models with up to 200 billion parameters. The price in China converts to over $5,000 USD.
A new robot model shifts from simple detection to evaluating the ‘ease of harvesting’ for each tomato. The system achieved an 81% success rate in tests by choosing the best approach angle. This research aims to tackle farm labor shortages through human-robot collaboration.
A hardware hacker successfully booted Windows 11 from a USB drive on a PlayStation 5 APU. The CPU and RAM were detected, but the integrated GPU was completely unrecognized, requiring a separate graphics card.
