Figure, a robotics company, secures $1 billion in funding at a $39 billion valuation, accelerating its efforts to deploy general-purpose humanoid robots in homes and businesses, while scaling GPU infrastructure and data collection initiatives.
Engineers unveil a water-powered humanoid robot with lifelike muscles, tendons, and ligaments that mimic human anatomy, allowing over 200 degrees of freedom and natural motion through a hydraulic 'heart' pumping water to move the artificial muscles.
Tech giants pump over $70 billion into the U.K. for AI and quantum computing initiatives as Trump and Starmer near landmark deal on technology collaboration.
OpenAI fuels rivalry with Elon Musk by hiring former xAI CFO Mike Liberatore as compute spending czar, bringing expertise in securing billions for data center expansion.
Meta unveils innovative Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, featuring displays, cameras, and wristband controls, poised to revolutionize the wearable technology landscape, set for official unveiling by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Connect keynote.
Amazon unveils new Echo devices, Kindles, potentially a color Kindle Scribe, and other hardware innovations at its highly anticipated fall showcase in New York City, marking the first major launch under the leadership of Panos Panay, the company's Devices & Services head.
In a groundbreaking demonstration of GPU acceleration, an ingenious implementation of Conway's Game of Life using CUDA and bitpacking achieves a staggering 120-fold speedup, unleashing lightning-fast simulations that redefine the boundaries of computational performance.
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman announces massive compute investments to build training clusters 6-10 times larger than current 15,000 H100 systems, while the company reportedly plans to integrate Anthropic's AI models into Microsoft 365 Copilot after they outperformed OpenAI models in Excel and PowerPoint.
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.
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.