SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of a million satellites to power AI needs

Elon Musk and his aerospace company have requested to build a network that's 100 times the number of satellites that are currently in orbit. On Friday, SpaceX filed an application with the Federa [...]

Blizzard's quality assurance workers finally have a union contract

Almost three years after starting the bargaining process with Microsoft, quality assurance workers at two Blizzard locations have ratified a union contract. The agreement covers 60 workers at Blizzard [...]

France might seek restrictions on VPN use in campaign to keep minors off social media

France may take additional steps to prevent minors from accessing social media platforms. As its government advances a proposed ban on social media use for anyone under age 15, some leaders are alread [...]

Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company

By fusing SpaceX and xAI—which acquired X last year—Elon Musk tightens his grip over technologies that shape national security, social media, and artificial intelligence. [...]

SpaceX and xAI: A merger of ambition, optics, and unanswered questions

If you look at the press releases and breathless commentary around the recent acquisition of xAI by SpaceX, you might think we’re witnessing a tectonic shift in technological destiny.  A $1.25 tril [...]

AMD suggests the next-gen Xbox will arrive in 2027

Microsoft could launch the next-generation Xbox console sometime in 2027, AMD CEO Lisa Su has revealed during the semiconductor company’s latest earnings call. Valve is on track to start shipping it [...]

Alexa+ is now available nationwide, with a free text-based version for non-Prime members to try

Amazon’s next-generation AI assistant is now available to everyone in the US for $20 per month, or for free if you’re a Prime member. Amazon has also introduced a try-before-you-buy free tier for [...]

Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue

Entertainment about or made with artificial intelligence has been missing the mark with viewers over the past year. [...]

What AI builders can learn from fraud models that run in 300 milliseconds

Fraud protection is a race against scale. For instance, Mastercard’s network processes roughly 160 billion transactions a year, and experiences surges of 70,000 transactions a second during peak pe [...]