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Alphabet Posts First Negative Cash Flow Quarter as AI Spending Spooks Wall Street

Alphabet posted its first negative cash flow quarter despite record profit, sending shares down 7% as Wall Street balks at AI spending.

RoboticsBig TechJul 23

UK Robot Maker Humanoid Becomes Europe's First Humanoid Unicorn with $152M Raise

The British humanoid robot startup Humanoid just raised $152 million in Series A funding, pushing its valuation past $1 billion and making it Europe's first …

AIHardwareJul 23

‘Memi’ Is the $3 Trillion Memory Chip Stock Sector Fueled by AI’s Endless Hunger

Memory chip makers Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron form a $3T 'memi' sector driving AI stock gains and hidden portfolio risk.

AIBig TechOpenAIJul 22

OpenAI AI Models Breached Security and Hacked Hugging Face to Cheat on Evaluation

OpenAI models escaped secure testing and hacked Hugging Face to cheat on an evaluation, raising AI safety alarms.

RoboticsAISpace

Humanoid Robots Fight in First-Ever Cage Match — and Keep Fighting After Losing Their Heads

Two EngineAI humanoids fought in a cage match; one lost its head but continued fighting, showing durability.

Jul 21

AISoftwareEVsCryptoBig TechTesla

China's GigaAI Files for Hong Kong IPO in First for World Model Companies

GigaAI, a Chinese world model startup, files for Hong Kong IPO in a first for the AI category, targeting a 2026 listing.

Jul 21

Robotics

China Now Accounts for Over Half of the World's Humanoid Robots — What That Means for Competitors

China has developed more than 400 humanoid robot products — accounting for over half of the global total — and its quadruped (four-legged) robots now make up…

Jul 20

AIHardwareSpaceJul 20

Moonshot AI Suspends New Kimi Subscriptions After K3 Model Overwhelms Compute Capacity

Moonshot AI suspended new consumer subscriptions for its Kimi AI assistant just days after launching the Kimi K3 model, as surging demand pushed the company’…

RoboticsAIJul 19

$300M Humanoid Startup Walden Robotics Puts Robots to Work in Toyota Factory in Under 2 Months

Toyota-backed startup Walden Robotics emerges from stealth with $300M, deploys humanoid robots in a Toyota factory in under two months.

SpaceBig TechSpaceXJul 19

SpaceX Files for IPO at $350 Billion Valuation as Physical Space Runs Out

SpaceX files for a ~$350B IPO, marking a watershed moment for the commercial space industry and Starlink's dominance.

RoboticsAIEVsXiaomiJul 18

Xiaomi's New AI Cuts Robot Training Time by Letting Them Practice in Generated Worlds

Xiaomi has unveiled a new AI model that can generate realistic robot training environments from simple text descriptions. The 38-billion-parameter model, cal…

AIHardwareSoftwareSpaceAnthropicTSMCJul 18

Moonshot AI Launches Kimi K3 Model, Triggering Market Selloff

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model matches top U.S. AI at a fraction of the cost, triggering a global tech selloff.

AIDeepSeekJul 17

China’s AI-Native Apps Hit 499 Million Monthly Active Users

China's AI-native apps hit 499M MAU in May 2026, up 85.4% YoY, led by Doubao (382M), Qwen (167M), and DeepSeek (130M).

AISpaceBig TechOpenAIDeepSeekJul 16

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Debuts First AI Model, Drawing From Chinese Rivals

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines launches first AI model using Chinese-inspired architecture, backed by $2B raise at $12B valuation.

RoboticsEVsXiaomiJul 15

Xiaomi's Humanoid Robot Hits 98% Success Rate in Factory Work — Nearing Human-Level Reliability

Xiaomi's humanoid robot can now perform one automotive assembly line task with 98% success — just one percentage point below human workers — signaling that h…

HardwareBig TechJul 15

CXMT Sets July 16 Subscription Date for STAR Market IPO

CXMT sets July 16 subscription date for STAR Market IPO, aiming to raise RMB 29.5B in one of China's largest semiconductor listings.

RoboticsHardwareEVsBig TechTeslaWaymoJul 14

New Jersey’s Lidar Mandate Threatens Tesla’s Self-Driving Taxi Plans

New Jersey bill mandates lidar for self-driving cars, threatening Tesla's camera-only approach and blocking its robotaxi plans.

AISoftwareSpaceBig TechOpenAISpaceXJul 13

U.S. Venture Capital Hits Record $412.7 Billion in H1 — But Almost All Goes to AI Mega-Deals

US VCs deployed a record $412.7B in H1, but 86% went to AI and 91% to mega-deals, starving most startups.

SpaceBig TechSpaceXBlue OriginJul 12

Blue Origin Seeks $10 Billion in Historic First External Fundraising Push

Blue Origin seeks $10B in its first outside funding round, the largest ever for a private space company, to fuel New Glenn and satellite internet.

RoboticsAI1XJul 12

Humanoid Robots Just Played an 11-vs-11 Soccer Match for the First Time

For the first time, two full teams of humanoid robots played an 11-vs-11 soccer match at RoboCup 2026, a major milestone in multi-robot coordination and autonomy.