BYD Joins the Humanoid Robot Race, Citing Its Car Technology
BYD, the Chinese automaker that became the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles, is developing humanoid robots, making it the second major car company to stake a claim in a…
Anthropic Files to Go Public, Following OpenAI’s Lead
Anthropic, the AI company founded by Dario Amodei, has filed for an initial public offering, making it the second top-tier AI laboratory to seek a public listing after OpenAI. The…
Nvidia and Microsoft Team Up to Define How AI Agents Run
The two companies that control most of the plumbing for AI are now building the standard for AI agents together. At Microsoft’s Build developer conference this week, Nvidia and Microsoft…
ASML Becomes Europe’s Most Valuable Company on AI Chip Demand
ASML has become the most valuable company in European history. The Dutch maker of lithography machines, whose equipment is required to produce every advanced AI chip, has seen its market…
Apple Shelves Vision Pro Follow-Up, Pivots to Smart Glasses
Apple’s next headset will not be coming. The company has shelved plans for a follow-up to the Vision Pro, its $3,499 mixed-reality headset, and is redirecting its research and marketing…
Apple Doubles MacBook Neo Output After Demand Beats Forecasts
Apple’s cheapest MacBook in years has turned into one of the company’s fastest-selling products, prompting the Cupertino, Calif., company to double planned production of the $599 laptop to 10 million…
Microsoft and OpenAI, Once Allies, Now Rivals
Mustafa Suleyman, the executive Microsoft put in charge of its artificial intelligence business, has a simple message for the company’s employees, partners and competitors: Microsoft no longer needs OpenAI. “We…
Microsoft’s Project Solara Puts an Operating System on Standalone AI Devices
SEATTLE — The device on the Build 2026 stage had no screen, no keyboard, and no obvious way to control it. It was a small black puck sitting on a…
Microsoft Ships Seven In-House AI Models, Testing Its Ties to OpenAI
SEATTLE — On the Build 2026 stage, a Microsoft engineer handed a new reasoning model a 40,000-line codebase and asked it to find a memory leak, explain the cause in…
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra Puts an NVIDIA Chip at Its Core
Microsoft’s Surface line has never been known for bold chip bets, and its one previous attempt to pair a Microsoft laptop with an NVIDIA processor ended in quiet retreat. That…
