Meta Says ‘Watermelon’ Model Matches GPT-5.5 in Internal Tests
The model has a fruit name and a budget to match. Meta Platforms’ next-generation large language model, code-named Watermelon, has matched OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 on key benchmark scores in internal testing,…
Seoul Weighs 5 Trillion Won Windfall to Fund Homegrown AI Models
South Korea’s finance ministry is tallying an unexpected windfall from the semiconductor boom, and a growing faction of officials wants to spend part of it on artificial intelligence. The government…
Samsung SDI Plots $10.4 Billion Battery Push Through 2040
Samsung SDI’s home town of Ulsan, on Korea’s southeastern coast, is where the company’s battery story began, and the company now wants it to be where the next generation is…
AI Power Demand Strains Google and Amazon Climate Pledges
The promise was made in sunnier times for the climate math. Google committed to running its operations on net-zero carbon by 2030, and Amazon signed the Climate Pledge, promising to…
KKR and SK Group Form South Korea’s Largest Renewable Energy Platform
The deal, announced on July 1, pairs one of the world’s biggest private-equity firms with one of South Korea’s largest conglomerates in a bet that the country’s energy future belongs…
SpaceX Gets Its First Analyst Report, Putting a $2.2 Trillion Valuation to the Test
The report, published this week by Bloomberg, is the first formal analyst coverage SpaceX has received since its record-breaking initial public offering, and it is an attempt to do something…
A Small Nuclear Startup Powers Nvidia’s AI Chips in a U.S. First
The announcement, made this week by Valar Atomic, describes a result that the nuclear and technology industries have been predicting for years: an advanced reactor powering AI computing hardware. Valar…
iPhone 18 Pro Photos Surface on Dark Web After Breach at Apple Supplier
Photographs of an unreleased Apple iPhone appeared on the dark web last week, the visible aftermath of a ransomware attack on Tata Electronics, the Indian manufacturer that assembles a growing…
Machine Learning Points to Two New Superconductors, Finnish Team Says
A research team led by Finland’s Aalto University says it has discovered two new superconducting materials by screening a vast field of candidates with a method that combines machine learning…
Schneider Electric to Buy Industrial AI Firm Cognite for $3.1 Billion
Schneider Electric has agreed to acquire Cognite, a Norwegian company whose software organizes data streaming off factory floors, for $3.1 billion in cash, the French energy-management group said. The deal…
