Apple extends free satellite connectivity for iPhone 14, 15 and new Watch Ultra 3 users, offering emergency SOS messaging via satellite until November 2026 for eligible devices activated before September 2025 in supported countries.
As the AI job boom intensifies geographic concentration in major tech hubs like the Bay Area, generative AI drives expansion to emerging metro areas, prompting calls for regional economic development aligned with national AI strategy to harness AI's transformative potential.
CuspAI, an AI startup developing models for chemistry, raises $100 million Series A at $520 million valuation led by New Enterprise Associates and Temasek, with Nvidia, Samsung Ventures, and Hyundai Motor Group participating to discover new materials for carbon capture, water filtration, and semiconductors.
NVIDIA reports staggering $46.7 billion Q2 revenue, up 56% year-over-year, with Gaming revenue at $4.3 billion and Data Center revenue soaring, forecasting $54 billion for Q3 fiscal 2026 amid continued strong demand.
Replit secures $250M at $3B valuation, launches Agent 3 autonomous AI agent for testing, fixing code and automating tasks, fueling global expansion and AI-powered work revolution.
GenAI revolutionizes academia, automating scholarly work and sparking debates on integrity, originality, and the future of knowledge production, potentially necessitating a rethinking of academic practices and formats.
Voice AI startups are experiencing a surge in investor interest and skyrocketing valuations as the technology, which enables natural human-computer interaction, is seen as a 'universal remote' for the digital world, with several companies tripling in value over the past year.
An AI startup churns out thousands of low-cost podcasts weekly, producing various levels hosted by AI personalities without deep backstories to avoid emotional attachment.
A quirk in floating-point arithmetic and batch variability in large language models (LLMs) can lead to inconsistent outputs, but achieving deterministic inference through batch-invariant kernels for key operations like RMSNorm, matrix multiplication, and attention resolves these issues.
In a high-stakes legal battle, Meta faces a lawsuit from its former WhatsApp security chief alleging serious security vulnerabilities and retaliation for raising concerns, while Meta contests the claims and his significance.