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
Big Tech’s Earnings Week Arrives With AI Spending Under Scrutiny
The calendar does the talking this week. Apple reports its fiscal third quarter on July 30; Microsoft follows the same day with its fiscal fourth quarter; Meta and Amazon report…
Xbox Live Goes Dark, and Even Single-Player Games Stop Working
The error message appeared on millions of screens on July 27: a failed sign-in, a license check that would not complete, a game that refused to launch. Xbox Live, Microsoft’s…
Circle Buys IBM’s Blockchain Patents, Becomes Top Patent Holder in the Field
The transaction was announced without a price. Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, said it has acquired IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio — nearly 1,000 patents — making it the…
ASML and US Chip Stocks Slip on Report of China’s Homegrown DUV Tools
The report, carried by TechPowerUp and Investing.com, described small-batch production of a Chinese immersion DUV lithography machine — the equipment used to print circuits at the 28-nanometer node and above,…
Google Confirms Pixel 11 Price Rises as Memory Shortage Bites
The confirmation came without a number. Google said this month that its upcoming Pixel 11 series will carry higher prices because of the global shortage of DRAM and NAND flash…
Meta Ran 7,600 Ads for AI ‘Undressing’ Apps From Chinese Advertisers
The investigation by Bloomberg and the Japan Times traced a pattern across Meta’s platforms: roughly 7,600 ads, funneled through Chinese advertisers, promoting apps that generate nude images from ordinary photos…
SK Hynix Denies Intel Ohio Talks Even as Korean Media Report Them
The statement was categorical: SK Hynix denied that it is in talks to acquire Intel’s semiconductor campus in Ohio, responding to an exclusive report from Korea JoongAng Daily. The denial…
Anthropic Asks Samsung and SK Hynix to Supply Custom AI Chips
The request, according to Business Today, went directly to two Korean semiconductor giants: Anthropic has submitted proposals to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to supply custom AI chips, known as…
Anthropic Puts Opus 5 on AWS at Half the Price of Rivals
The pricing landed like a challenge. Opus 5, Anthropic’s flagship model, became available through AWS Bedrock this month at roughly half the price of the leading competitor models at comparable…
Samsung Enters Smart Glasses With Fashion-First Frames From Gentle Monster and Warby Parker
On the Galaxy Unpacked stage, the new device was introduced almost like a fashion accessory: slim frames, a discreet camera module, and a companion AI assistant that answers questions and…
