Google’s AI is confidently telling people that horror fan-fiction monsters are real

Google’s AI is having trouble telling horror stories from real life. Ask it about certain online monsters, and it will describe them as documented fact. According to a report by Futurism, Google’s [...]

X said Chinese bots fuelled the data centre backlash. A researcher checked

X said it had found a Chinese bot farm pushing Americans to turn against AI data centres. A researcher who went looking for those accounts found that almost nobody had seen them. Darren Linvill, a res [...]

China formalises tougher outbound-investment rules after the Meta-Manus blockade

Beijing’s new framework codifies the technology-tracing approach the NDRC used to unwind Meta’s $2bn Manus acquisition, making cross-border AI deals materially harder. China has formalised a tough [...]

TikTok and FIFA Team Up for World Cup 2026 Coverage

A new team-up aims to make this summer's tournament more accessible for fans. [...]

Kalshi builds a forward curve for computing power as exchanges race to turn GPUs into a tradable commodity

Kalshi, the prediction markets exchange, has built a forward curve that tracks the future price of computing power, joining a growing list of exchanges and index operators trying to turn GPU rental co [...]

Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12 billion at $41 billion valuation to build AI that engineers physical products

Prometheus, the AI startup co-led by Jeff Bezos, has raised $12 billion in a funding round that values the company at $41 billion. Investors include JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, DST Globa [...]

Thomson Reuters built its own model on a Chinese open base

Thomson Reuters launched its first proprietary large language model on Monday. The company calls it Thomson. It says it spent $40mn on talent and compute to train the model, and that it began from wha [...]

How to change location with a VPN

Chances are that you're here because you've heard a virtual private network (VPN) can change your virtual location, and want to know what that means. If you know already, head over to my bes [...]

Shein reveals slowing profits and a quarterly loss ahead of Hong Kong IPO

Shein has finally shown investors the numbers. In a draft prospectus filed on July 26, the fast-fashion retailer disclosed annual revenue of $41.8 billion for 2025, up roughly 8% on the year before, a [...]