Starcloud, the Redmond, Washington startup building AI data centers in low Earth orbit, announced on August 21, 2026 that it has raised a $250 million Series A extension at a $2.3 billion post-money valuation. The round more than doubles the valuation the company set in March 2026 and brings its total capital raised to $450 million since its 2024 founding. Manhattan West led the extension, with th [...]
Mistral AI has released an updated version of its Small 3 model, now available as Small 3.1 under the Apache 2.0 license.<br /> The article Mistral launches improved Small 3.1 multimodal model appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]
Lego turned the Sphere into a brick-built Death Star, and I got to fly the iconic Star Wars trench run across its massive exterior screen from a life-size, partially brick-built X-Wing parked nearby [...]
Google News has begun showing Polymarket bets and odds alongside actual stories, according to a report by Futurism. These look to appear as large blocks that include links to numerous ways for people to lose their money.<br /> Bets tend to appear in the "For you" section of Google News, which is supposed to be tailored to a person's particular interests. Futurism notes that th [...]
DJI's hyper-popular vlogging camera, the Osmo Pocket 3, is on sale at a near-record low at Amazon. You can pick one up now for $520 and save 35 percent ($279) off the regular price. This is likely the best deal you're going to see for the Pocket 3 any time soon, given US tariffs that recently forced DJI to jack up the price. <br /> <br /> <br /> When DJI's Osmo P [...]