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Fermi Names TerraPower Veteran to Lead Texas AI Campus Push

Lee McIntire takes the helm at the nuclear-powered data center startup three months after a leadership shakeup rattled investor confidence.

By Arjun S. Mehta·Aug 13, 2026·5 min read
Products

Google Pivots to Trevor Noah for Pixel 11 Launch Show

The tech giant's celebrity-led hardware events now feature a new host, as hands-on reviews arrive hours before the keynote itself.…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 4m
AI

Supply-Chain Breach Exposes AI Development Credentials at 2,500 Organizations

A 40-minute compromise of an open-source AI toolchain exposed terabytes of access secrets from Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, and thousands of ot…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

The Open Weights Dilemma: Three AI Luminaries Navigate Competing Visions of Control

Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng tackle the tension between democratizing AI and concentrating power in a handful of labs.…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

The Race to Scan Books for AI Training Is Destroying Physical Copies

Independent booksellers report unusual bulk purchases of rare and out-of-print volumes, followed by their likely destruction in the rush to …

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Products

Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold Reaches $1,900 as Foldable Ambitions Meet Tensor G6

The search giant's latest foldable pushes deeper into premium territory with a refined design, improved sensors, and Gemini AI woven through…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 7m
Startups

Europe's Lovable Doubles Valuation to $13.3 Billion in Seven Months

The vibe-coding platform's rapid climb reflects investor appetite for AI development tools, even as the company expands from hosting into mo…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 4m
AI

Twitch Rolls Out Opt-Out for Creator Content in Amazon AI Training

The platform's new control lets streamers exclude VODs, clips, and chat from future generative model datasets, though enforcement questions …

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

Why Most AI Agents Can't Access the Data They Need

A new survey of 300 data executives reveals that legacy infrastructure is starving enterprise AI agents of the information required to make …

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Startups

Japan's Chip Comeback Hits $37 Billion as Sony and TSMC Deepen Partnership

Foreign investment in Japanese semiconductor manufacturing reaches new milestone, driven by government subsidies and demand from AI infrastr…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 6m
AI

Twitch Finally Offers an Opt-Out for Amazon's AI Training After Two Years

Streamers can now block their content from feeding Amazon's generative models, but the default remains opt-in for material dating back to 20…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

Cognition Eyes $40 Billion Valuation Three Months After Billion-Dollar Round

The maker of Devin, an AI coding agent handling enterprise grunt work, is negotiating its next raise on the back of accelerating revenue gro…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
AI

Twitch Rolls Out GenAI Opt-Out After Quietly Feeding Creator Content to Amazon Models

The streaming platform has added a toggle to let users block their streams, clips, and chat data from training Amazon's generative AI system…

Priya Nair ·   · 4m
AI

OpenAI Lifts Text Limits for Free ChatGPT Accounts While Monetizing Through Ads

The company now allows unlimited text conversations at no cost but restricts access to advanced models and introduces advertising to non-pay…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Startups

Form Energy Secures $750 Million to Scale Iron-Air Battery Production

The West Virginia manufacturer's 100-hour storage systems are winning orders from Google and data center operators as U.S. electricity deman…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

When a $250 Million Exit Turns Into a Fraud Investigation

VideoVerse's acquisition by Minute Media promised to showcase Indian startup success. Instead, investors are chasing missing millions throug…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Products

Google's Passport Bet Pays Off as Samsung Follows Pixel Fold's Design Language

The Pixel 11 Pro Fold arrives as Samsung's Z Fold 8 adopts the wider form factor Google championed, reshaping the foldable landscape…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

Google's Pixel 11 Lineup Brings Back the LED Notification Era

The search giant's 2026 hardware refresh doubles down on AI features while reviving a forgotten smartphone staple - complete with a Bluetoot…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Policy

Twitch Streamers Can Opt Out of AI Training, But the Company Knows Few Will

Amazon's streaming platform admits it made the controversial feature opt-out by design, acknowledging creators' backlash while arguing other…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 6m
Startups

Thrive Holdings Raises $2 Billion to Embed AI Into Legacy Businesses

The OpenAI-linked firm now manages over 70 companies across accounting and IT, with a new vertical targeting regulatory bottlenecks in physi…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

Yulu's $93 Million Raise Signals Shift in India's Delivery Infrastructure

As quick-commerce redraws urban logistics, the Bengaluru startup moves from bike-sharing to becoming the subscription backbone for 750,000 d…

Priya Nair ·   · 7m
Startups

A Boston Startup Wants to Turn Your Water Heater Into a Grid Battery

Reservoir has raised $8 million to deploy heat pump water heaters that predict household demand, slash energy bills, and stabilize electrici…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 4m
Products

Honor Bets on Motorized Camera Hardware to Stand Out in Saturated Smartphone Market

The Shenzhen vendor's Robot Phone deploys a three-axis gimbal that responds to gestures - a hardware gambit aimed at differentiation as glob…

Wei Zhang ·   · 4m
Products

Honor Ships a Camera Gimbal Inside a Smartphone

The company's latest device unfolds a mechanical arm from its rear panel, betting that better video stabilization is worth the added thickne…

Wei Zhang ·   · 4m
AI

Behind the Wheel, From Miles Away: The Remote Operators Running China's Robotaxi Fleets

As autonomous vehicles scale across Chinese cities, a new class of desk-bound workers is emerging to handle edge cases and emergencies the A…

Wei Zhang ·   · 7m