Anthropic Prepares to File Its IPO Prospectus as Soon as Friday
Volkswagen Puts Microsoft Copilot in Front of 330,000 Employees
Moody’s Raises TSMC to Aa2, Citing AI Demand and Advanced-Node Lead
Blacksmith Reaches $1 Billion Valuation as AI Code Chokes Build Pipelines
EBay Cuts 9% of Its Staff and Says the Strategy Is Working
Automattic Cuts Staff While Its Boardroom Is Still Emptying
Bose Buys a Younger Audience and Leaves the Nameplate Alone
Walmart Opens the Door to Shopping Agents, Then Hands Them a Rulebook
A Billion Dollars for a Kernel
Legora’s $8.8 Billion Bet on Fewer Billable Hours
Korea’s Chip Exports Cross $40 Billion Again
South Korea’s chip exports topped $40 billion for a second consecutive month, according to data released on August 1 and reported by Tech Times, as the country’s semiconductor industry rode…
Uber Builds Its Own Robotaxi Web
Uber has spent the past year assembling its own autonomous-driving ecosystem through a string of partnerships and investments, and its relationship with Waymo has grown strained in the process, according…
Qualcomm’s Bet on a Compiler, Not a Chip
Qualcomm said it has completed its acquisition of Modular, the AI infrastructure company behind the Mojo programming language and the MAX inference engine, according to HPCwire. The deal, announced in…
Microsoft’s 200-Euro Bet on Game Hardware
The price of an Xbox Series X rose by as much as 200 euros in Europe and the UK on August 1, according to Video Games Chronicle, as Microsoft stopped…
SpaceX’s Billion-Share Lockup Expiry
Roughly 1 billion SpaceX shares come out of lockup on August 6, according to Motley Fool and Yahoo Finance, in what will be the largest overhang since the company’s public…
Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Month, Reversed
In mid-June, Elon Musk became the first person on record to hold a fortune of $1 trillion. By the end of July, the title was gone. His net worth has…
California’s AI Labeling Law Takes Effect
A law that requires AI-generated audio, video, and images to carry detectable labels took effect in California on August 1, with fines that accrue daily for companies that do not…
Google Pulls AI Satellite Imagery After a Day
Google switched on a feature that let users generate AI-created satellite images inside Google Earth, and then switched it off 24 hours later. The company disabled the tool on July…
NHTSA Opens Probe Into 1.2 Million Teslas
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on July 31 that it has opened a preliminary investigation into about 1.2 million Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, after 156…
Nvidia Retakes the Top Spot From Apple
At the closing bell on July 31, Nvidia was again the world’s most valuable listed company, four days after Apple became the first company to finish a session above $5…
