Barcelona’s THEKER raises €73M to deploy AI-native factory robots that learn on the job
THEKER, the Barcelona-based AI robotics company, has raised €73 million ($85 million) in a Series A to scale its generalist factory robots across industrial production environments. The round was le [...]
American AI startup Poolside launches free, high-performing open model Laguna XS.2 for local agentic coding
The AI race lately has felt a bit like a game of tennis: first, Anthropic releases a new, pricey state-of-the-art proprietary model for general users (Claude Opus 4.7), then, a week or so later, its r [...]
Stop calling it 'The AI bubble': It's actually multiple bubbles, each with a different expiration date
It’s the question on everyone’s minds and lips: Are we in an AI bubble?It's the wrong question. The real question is: Which AI bubble are we in, and when will each one burst?The debate over w [...]
Sony LinkBuds Clip review: Open-fit benefits aren't enough to stand out
I vividly remember when Bose announced the Ultra Open Earbuds. While I applauded the company for trying something different, I wasn’t sure if the clip-on design would take hold. Well, here we are al [...]
A-List creatives sign up to fight AI, say it enables 'theft at a grand scale'
Scarlett Johannsson, R.E.M., Vince Gilligan and over 700 other artists are demanding that tech companies stop “stealing” their work in order to train AI models. A new campaign called “Stealing i [...]