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Anthropic Leases 16-Story NYC Building, Airbnb Buys $81.5M Office Despite Billionaire Warnings

Anthropic leases 16-story NYC building; Airbnb buys $81.5M office despite billionaire warnings about business flight.

Humanoid Robots Just Performed Live Surgery For the First Time — Here's Why That Changes Everything

A humanoid robot — a machine with a human-like body and sensing capabilities — has successfully carried out a live surgical operation for the first time, dir…

AIEVsBig TechOpenAIAnthropicGoogleTeslaJul 10

Meta Releases Muse Spark 1.1 With Claims of Surpassing OpenAI and Anthropic Models

Meta released Muse Spark 1.1 on Thursday, claiming the AI model surpasses prior versions of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's models on key benchmarks. The upd…

AISoftwareBig TechAmazonJul 9

Amazon’s $25 Billion Bond Sale Exposes Investor Skepticism Over AI Spending Spree

Amazon’s $25B bond sale had weaker demand, signaling investor pushback on AI-driven debt buildup.

RoboticsHardwareJul 8

Full-Size Humanoid Robots Can Only Work 2–4 Hours — And That's Normal, Says UBTECH

UBTECH says 2–4 hour battery life is standard for full-size humanoids, reframing battery tech as the real bottleneck for home robot adoption.

AISpaceCryptoBig TechOpenAIAnthropicPalantirJul 8

Palantir CEO Alex Karp's Enterprise AI Warning Gets It Mostly Wrong

Palantir CEO Alex Karp's CNBC rant about enterprises wasting money on AI tokens misses the mark, but his underlying concerns reveal real tensions in the AI market.

AISoftwareSpaceCryptoDeepSeekJul 7

DeepSeek to Launch V4 in Mid-July With 1M-Token Context Window and Peak/Off-Peak API Pricing

DeepSeek to launch V4 in mid-July with 1M-token context and peak/off-peak API pricing, an industry first.

SoftwareBig TechMicrosoftJul 6

Xbox Confirms Plans to Lay Off 3,200 Workers Over the Next Year

Microsoft's Xbox division will lay off 3,200 workers as part of restructuring following the Activision Blizzard acquisition.

EVsTeslaJul 5

Tesla Driver Charged With Manslaughter After FSD Crash Killed Woman in Her Home

A Texas driver faces manslaughter charges after his Tesla on FSD crashed into a home, killing a woman inside.

AISoftwareBig TechJul 4

Cognition AI’s Devin Finds Its Fastest Adoption Yet in Japan’s Struggling Legacy Code Market

Japan becomes Cognition AI's fastest-growing market for Devin as legacy code and a shrinking workforce drive adoption of AI software engineering.

AIHardwareSpaceIntelJul 3

Elon Musk Says AI Can Fix the $40 Trillion Debt Crisis — But a Brookings Study Says Otherwise

Brookings study shows even optimistic AI productivity gains can't close the U.S. $40 trillion debt gap, contrary to Musk's claims.

SpaceBlue OriginJul 2

Blue Origin Outlines New Launch Pad Strategy After Rocket Explosion

Blue Origin overhauls launch pad after New Glenn explosion, targets return to flight by year end.

RoboticsJul 2

A Chinese Robot Maker Just Took 11,000 Pre-Orders for Home Humanoids — Here Is What That Means for Your House

Chinese robotics company UBTECH has taken 11,000 pre-orders for its first consumer humanoid robot, the U1 Series, at prices from $17,600 to $145,000. The lau…

RoboticsEVsJul 1

Sony's Robot Dog Aibo Is Being Put Down — What That Means for Companion Robots

Sony halts Aibo robot dog sales in Japan after eight years, raising questions about the future of premium companion robots.

AIHardwareSoftwareBig TechNVIDIAJul 1

Dell's AI Server Boom Drives Revenue Growth as Profit Margins Shrink 26%

Dell's AI server revenue surges but gross margin drops 26%, raising questions about long-term profitability.

RoboticsSoftwareBig TechAgilityJun 30

Agility Robotics Goes Public in $620M SPAC Deal to Scale Humanoid Robot Production

Agility Robotics, the maker of the Digit humanoid robot, announced plans to go public through a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, a SPAC (special purpos…

AIJun 30

BIS Warns $1 Trillion AI Capex Boom Risks Recession, Echoing Historical Bubbles

BIS warns $1 trillion AI capex boom mirrors historical bubbles that ended in recession, highlighting circular financing risks.

SpaceRocket LabJun 29

Rocket Lab Wins NASA Award for Three Electron Launches

Rocket Lab wins NASA contract for three Electron launches of two science missions in 2027.

AISoftwareBig TechOpenAIAnthropicMicrosoftJun 28

Microsoft Taps 33-Year-Old Snap Veteran to Lead Copilot Reset

Satya Nadella promoted 33-year-old Snap veteran Jacob Andreou to lead Microsoft Copilot, betting on speed to catch OpenAI and Anthropic.

RoboticsAIJun 27

Forget the Score: Humanoid Robot Penalty Shootout at MWC Shanghai Reveals Embodied AI's Real Progress — and Its Remaining Gaps

More than 10,000 people packed into the Shanghai New International Expo Centre to watch humanoid robots take penalty kicks — not as a polished PR stunt, but …