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Enterprises are entering a new phase of cloud adoption where flexibility, control and performance are no longer trade-offs but requirements. As AI workloads become more distributed and data-intensive,

SpaceX is transitioning from the highly successful Falcon 9 rocket program toward the next generation as the Starship program enters its operational phase. SpaceX is preparing Starship V3, a larger an

xAI: SpaceX signs an agreement with Anthropic to provide access to Colossus 1, and says Anthropic expressed interest in partnering for orbital compute capacity — SpaceXAI has signed an agreement with

Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models enable sparse expert activation, meaning that only a subset of the model’s parameters is used during each inference. However, to translate this sparsity into practical

Dana Goldstein / New York Times: Study: US schools with strict cellphone bans in class have not seen higher test scores on average so far, but students reported a greater sense of well-being — Cellpho

Cybersecurity software provider Tanium Inc. today announced a new partnership with ServiceNow Inc. to deliver a joint autonomous information technology solution, ITOM AI Prime powered by Tanium. The j

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman captured the 'Hello, World' photograph of Earth from the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission on April 2, 2026, during the spacecraft's outbound journey toward th

Welcome to The Blueprint, a new feature where we highlight how Google Cloud customers are tackling unique and common challenges across industries using the latest AI and cloud technologies. We hope to

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea

TSMC has signed a 30-year offshore wind power agreement to secure renewable energy as power demand from AI-driven chip production continues to climb. Taiwan's semiconductor industry faces a forecasted

Uber has integrated OpenAI's technology to enhance its platform, helping drivers optimize earnings through intelligent features and enabling users to book rides more efficiently. This partnership like

I recently talked with Joseph Ruscio about AI coding tools for Heavybit's High Leverage podcast: Ep. #9, The AI Coding Paradigm Shift with Simon Willison. Here are some of my highlights, including my

This article from Hugging Face discusses an approach to reinforcement learning (RL) that prioritizes ensuring model correctness as a foundational step before applying corrections or refinements. The p

Sample-based quantum diagonalization is a quantum algorithm technique that estimates the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices using measurements from quantum hardware, rather than requiring full q

Open hybrid cloud is becoming the control plane that determines how enterprise artificial intelligence actually runs in production. The conversation has moved quickly from experimentation to execution

The AI era demands a fundamental shift in security, and that includes identity and access management (IAM). Traditional controls simply aren’t built for autonomous AI agents that interact with sensiti

This article explains how retrieval quality directly impacts large language model performance in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, emphasizing that even advanced LLMs cannot produce better

Databricks describes their approach to handling massive-scale observability and monitoring infrastructure that processes 10 trillion samples daily, moving beyond conventional monitoring solutions. The

Every few centuries, changes in how information moves reshape how societies govern themselves. The printing press spread vernacular literacy, helping give rise to the Reformation and, eventually, repr

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: A US court sentences a Latvian national to 8.5 years for acting as a negotiator for Russia's Karakurt ransomware group — A Latvian national extradited to the United S

In this episode of The Agent Factory, Vlad Kolesnikov and I sat down with Omar Sanseviero from the Developer Experience team at Google DeepMind. We explored the groundbreaking release of Gemma 4: a ne

AI agents require specialized testing and debugging approaches that differ from traditional software due to their non-deterministic behavior and complex decision-making processes. This entry likely co

Eight months after closing a 350 million funding round, Sierra Technologies Inc. today announced that it has raised an additional 950 million at a 15 billion valuation. Alphabet Inc.’s GV venture capi

Artificial intelligence data center operator IREN Ltd. today announced plans to acquire Mirantis Inc., a provider of infrastructure management software. The all-stock transaction is worth 625 million.

Claims automation has evolved from a competitive advantage into a survival imperative for global healthcare and insurance organizations, as rising payer expectations and demands for real-time patient

Data quality is a foundational prerequisite for successful AI applications, often more important than model complexity or sophistication. The article emphasizes that clean, well-organized data directl

Seattle-based artificial intelligence research institute Ai2, the Allen Institute for AI, today announced its next-generation open-source foundation artificial intelligence models, aimed at enabling r

Reuters: AMD reports Q1 revenue up 38% YoY to 10.25B, vs. 9.89B est., Data Center revenue up 57% to $5.8B, forecasts Q2 revenue above est.; AMD jumps 7%+ after hours — Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) f

Artificial intelligence giants Anthropic PBC and OpenAI Group PBC are going after the enterprise in full force now, announcing the creation of new AI services companies in joint ventures with some of

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of misleading customers about the availability of its Apple Intelligence features. The proposed settlement would a

The next update to Apple's operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third

Michael Acton / Financial Times: Apple reaches a $250M settlement in a CA federal court to resolve a false advertising class action lawsuit over the launch of a “personalized” Siri in 2024 — iPhone bu

The artificial intelligence era is widening the gap between winners and laggards, and the delta is not only determined by who has the most AI but also how deeply AI is embedded into business processes

Sovereign AI is changing more than technology stacks — it’s forcing organizations to confront who governs the workforce and what the very nature of work itself has become. The shift is far more than j

Networking chip company Astera Labs Inc. is trying to ease the traffic congestion in artificial intelligence data centers with the launch of the latest generation of its Scorpio smart data fabric swit

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Astrocade, which lets users create video games using natural language prompts, raised $56M, including a Series A and a Series B, and says it has ~5M MAUs — I've been playing

Enterprise productivity has long been measured by output and headcount, yet the tools and overhauls meant to improve it keep delivering diminishing returns. The discipline software teams quietly perfe

Autonomous software development startup Blitzy Inc. said today it has raised 200 million in new funding on a valuation of 1.4 billion to expand its enterprise coding platform. The company was founded

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company 'engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history'

Cisco Systems Inc. today revealed it will buy the Israeli cybersecurity firm Astrix Security Ltd. in an effort to bolster the defenses of artificial intelligence agents. The startup has developed a pl

The world of AI is rapidly shifting from experimental Large Language Models to an era of Agentic AI. In the agentic era, autonomous software agents act on behalf of employees and consumers—driving a f

Codex, likely referring to OpenAI's code generation model, is experiencing increased adoption and usage. The article from Ben's Bites discusses the growing momentum and applications of this AI coding

Reuters: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announces the company is cutting ~700 jobs, or ~14% of its global workforce, to reduce costs, saying “AI is changing how we work” — Coinbase (COIN.O) said on Tues

Coinbase Global Inc. Chief Executive Brian Armstrong announced today that the company intends to cut its headcount by 14%, or roughly 700 jobs, citing a combination of market forces and artificial int

The Korea Herald: Coupang reports Q1 revenue up 8% YoY to 8.5B and a net loss of 266M following a 2025 Korean customer data breach, its largest loss since Q4 2021 — US-listed e-commerce giant Coupang

Anhata Rooprai / Reuters: CRM software company Freshworks said it plans to cut 11% of its workforce, or ~500 jobs, as it deals with AI's impact; FRSH has dropped ~26% in 2026 — Freshworks (FRSH.O) sai