Samsung creates a CEO-led robotics division to chase humanoid robots

Samsung Electronics has pulled its scattered robotics work into a single business division that reports straight to the chief executive, a structural move meant to turn hardware ambition into a genuin [...]

Kanishka Narayan becomes the UK’s first cabinet-level AI minister

Kanishka Narayan has become the first UK minister for artificial intelligence to sit at the cabinet table, a promotion that arrives as new prime minister Andy Burnham reshapes Whitehall around the tec [...]

Brazil’s Pix becomes a trade flashpoint with the US, and the world is watching

Brazil’s instant-payment system Pix has moved from a domestic success story to the centre of a trade fight with the United States, and governments elsewhere are watching how it ends. The dispute har [...]

US and China reportedly plan a fresh round of AI talks in September

The United States and China are reportedly preparing to hold a fresh round of talks on artificial intelligence in September, according to people familiar with the planning, in what would be the cleare [...]

The US is clearing the runway for air taxis and supersonic jets

The United States is moving to push two long-stalled aviation frontiers into commercial service at once, using federal rulemaking and White House pressure to speed electric air taxis and civil super [...]

Novo Nordisk is suing Eli Lilly over ads it says mislead consumers on weight loss drug efficacy

Novo says Lilly's TV and social media campaigns cite outdated trial data to make Zepbound and Mounjaro look more effective than rival injections [...]

Water UK says AI data centre plans ignore where the water comes from

Britain wants to triple its data centre capacity by 2030. The trade body for the country’s water companies has told ministers there is not enough water to run them. Water UK, which represents Englan [...]

deltaVision raises €10.2M to build the plumbing for in-orbit refuelling

Munich-based space startup deltaVision has raised €10.2 million in its first outside funding round, money earmarked for scaling production of the valves, pumps and pressure regulators that shuttle p [...]

Tesla’s cash burn will test investor faith in its AI bets

Tesla reports its second-quarter results on Wednesday, and the question hanging over the call is less whether it can still sell cars than how long it can keep spending faster than it earns. The compa [...]