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 [...]

Quaise raises $134M to drill superhot rock with microwaves

Geothermal used to mean shallow wells and modest heat. Quaise wants to drill kilometres down and blast the rock with microwaves, and it just raised $134 million to try. Quaise Energy has raised $134 m [...]

Samsung unveils the Z Fold8 Ultra, a reimagined Z Fold8, and intelligent eyewear at Galaxy Unpacked in London

Samsung used its Galaxy Unpacked event in London on Tuesday to launch six products at once, its broadest hardware refresh in years. The lineup includes the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, the first time Samsung [...]

UPS is building a real-time digital twin of its entire logistics network, updated every 10 minutes

UPS detailed a slate of AI-powered logistics initiatives on Wednesday, including a real-time digital twin of its entire global network that updates every 10 minutes. The system creates a digital repli [...]

BMW slashes profit forecast as China’s EV makers squeeze European carmakers on two fronts

BMW on Tuesday cut its full-year profit forecast for the car business, lowering its expected automotive EBIT margin to a corridor of 1 to 3 per cent from prior guidance of 4 to 6 per cent. The compa [...]

CXMT’s founder is giving 40% of his new fortune to his workers

Zhu Yiming got about $10bn richer on Monday. He has promised to give roughly $5.6bn of it away, and not to charity. The chairman of CXMT saw his fortune climb nearly 300% to $13.9bn when the memory ch [...]

The ex-Meta VP behind a notorious spy tool just raised $180M for AI security

The founder now asking enterprises to trust AI with their laptops once built one of Silicon Valley’s most notorious surveillance tools. Roi Tiger co-created Onavo, the app Meta turned into a scheme [...]

Qualcomm’s CEO says AI agents will be the new app, and 40 new devices are coming

Qualcomm’s chief executive thinks the app as you know it is on the way out, and that the phone in your pocket is about to lose its place at the centre of your digital life. ‘Agents are going to be [...]

As Europe rearms, the ‘wingman’ drone takes centre stage at the Berlin airshow

The aircraft drawing crowds at last week’s Berlin airshow was not the one with a pilot in it. The “loyal wingman,” an uncrewed jet built to fly beside a manned fighter and carry the extra sensor [...]