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Nous Research Closes In on $1.5 Billion Valuation as Agent Race Heats Up

The open-source Hermes agent maker is raising at least $75 million in a round led by Robot Ventures, marking another milestone in the fast-moving autonomous agent market.

By Arjun S. Mehta·Jul 14, 2026·4 min read
Startups

LimX Dynamics Secures $200 Million to Push Humanoid Autonomy

The Shenzhen-based robotics firm hits $2.2 billion valuation as European investors back its real-world data strategy…

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
Policy

Home Routers Remain Prime Target in Persistent FSB Infrastructure Campaign

Federal agencies across five nations issue coordinated alert as Russia's Center 16 exploits poorly secured edge devices to mask intrusions i…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
Products

iOS 27 Public Beta Brings Speed Over Spectacle

Apple's latest mobile OS prioritizes performance tuning and messaging upgrades in what developers are calling a maintenance-focused release …

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

Apple Opens Public Beta Gates for Next-Gen Software Stack

First wave of testers can now run the redesigned Siri assistant, cross-platform performance gains, and refined Liquid Glass interface on pro…

Wei Zhang ·   · 7m
Products

Apple Opens Public Beta Testing for Its Fall Software Lineup

iOS 27 and companion OS releases enter public preview with a rebuilt Siri that finally delivers on AI promises - but the usual beta caveats …

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 4m
Products

Microsoft Strips Ads and Clutter from Windows 11 Search in Insider Test

The Experimental channel build offers a pared-down search interface centered on user queries, signaling a broader effort to rebuild user con…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Products

Inside Uber's Push Beyond Rides: Why Product Chief Sachin Kansal Is Betting on Hotels and Autonomy

The company's product leader explains how Uber is threading the needle between expansion and focus, while navigating a delicate dance with W…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

Anthropic Rolls Out Rupee Pricing for Claude in India, Yet Stops Short of UPI Integration

The AI firm now displays localized subscriptions for its second-largest market but still requires card payments, trailing OpenAI's fuller pa…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
AI

Microsoft's Nadella Warns Enterprises Are Handing Competitors Their Crown Jewels Through AI Models

The cloud giant's CEO argues companies pay twice for AI - once in cash, again in proprietary knowledge - as model makers absorb institutiona…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Policy

Japan Targets 10,000 Autonomous Vehicles by 2030 with Nationwide Network Plan

Tokyo's infrastructure push aims to bridge automakers and telecom firms in Asia's most ambitious self-driving deployment roadmap yet…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 4m
Policy

When a Zero-Day Becomes an Exit Liability

Apple's lawsuit against a former engineer reveals how an unpatched authentication flaw let a departing employee access internal systems week…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
AI

The Memory Bottleneck: Why DRAM Makers Are Outpacing Nvidia

As GPU prices fall and high-bandwidth memory costs surge tenfold, the AI infrastructure gold rush reveals an unexpected winner - and a parad…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

Brussels Orders Meta to Dismantle Infinite Scroll and Autoplay or Face Billion-Dollar Fine

European regulators say Facebook and Instagram's engagement mechanics breach the Digital Services Act by pushing users into "autopilot mode"…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 6m
Policy

Brussels Targets Infinite Scroll as Meta Faces DSA Violation Charge

The European Commission's preliminary findings challenge the architecture of engagement-driven design, with fines potentially reaching 6% of…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Policy

Microsoft's Carbon Footprint Swells Amid AI Infrastructure Surge

The tech giant's emissions jumped 25 percent in fiscal 2025, testing its pledge to go carbon negative by 2030 as data center expansion outpa…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

Brussels Takes Aim at Infinite Scroll and Autoplay

A preliminary EU finding that Meta's flagship platforms breach addictive-design standards could force product teams to rethink core engageme…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 5m
Policy

Europe Orders Meta to Strip Features Engineers Designed to Keep You Scrolling

Brussels says autoplay and infinite feeds didn't pass basic risk assessment; compliance deadline looms with fines up to 6% of global revenue…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Policy

Polestar's US Exit Leaves Thousands of Owners Without Clear Service Path

As federal connected-vehicle rules force the Swedish-Chinese EV maker out of American showrooms, a larger question emerges: who maintains an…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
AI

Instagram Won't Filter AI Content, But Mosseri Says Users Should Curate Their Own Feeds

The Meta executive's stance reflects a broader platform bet: label AI-generated posts, then let algorithmic preferences sort the rest.…

Priya Nair ·   · 6m
AI

Chinese Users Stick With OpenAI Despite Premium Pricing

GPT-5.6's three-tier efficiency strategy draws praise from mainland developers accessing the service through VPNs, even as domestic models u…

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
AI

Google Embeds Calibration Into Quantum Error Correction

A new technique allows superconducting quantum processors to continuously tune themselves during computation, solving a drift problem that t…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

Film Social Network Letterboxd Draws Streaming Giants in $250 Million Sale Talks

Netflix, Sony Pictures, and Paramount are circling the movie-focused platform as its user base surges to 30 million, raising questions about…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 4m
AI

Meta Pulls AI Tool That Let Anyone Create Deepfakes of Public Instagram Accounts

The company's Muse Image feature lasted less than a week after Hollywood agencies and labor unions raised alarms over non-consensual use of …

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
AI

Beijing's Booster Recovery Narrows SpaceX's Launch Economics Lead

A state-owned Chinese aerospace firm has landed an orbital rocket on a ship, signaling the end of SpaceX's near-monopoly on cost-cutting reu…

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m