Bluesky’s “Starter Packs,” Curated lists of recommended users to follow have proven a popular way to help people connect with others on social networks — so popular that X is now copying the feature. On Wednesday, X’s product chief, Nikita Bearannounced in a post that the Elon Musk-owned app will soon launch its own version … Read more
The top talent behind yet another promising AI startup has been gobbled up by an incumbent. As part of a new licensing deal, Google DeepMind is bringing in the CEO of voice AI startup Hume AI and several top engineers, Wired Report. What’s left of Hume AI will continue to provide its technology to other … Read more
Blue Origin is targeting late February for the third launch of its mega-rocket, the New Glenn. But it won’t go to the moon Company was previously suggested. The rocket will instead carry a satellite into low-Earth orbit for the AST SpaceMobile, marking the second time Jeff Bezos’ space company has flown a commercial payload with … Read more
Twenty years ago, a professor at Duke University, David R. SmithThe artificial composite materials used are called “metamaterialsto create a Real life cloak of invisibility. Although the cloak didn’t really work as well as Harry Potter, exhibiting a limited ability to hide objects from light of a microwave length, those advances in materials science eventually … Read more
Since 2024, Anthropic’s performance optimization team has given job applicants a take-home test to make sure they know their stuff. But as AI coding tools have improved, the test has had to change a lot to stay ahead of AI-assisted cheating. Team leader Tristan Hume describes the history of the challenge In a blog post … Read more
Last year was a tumultuous one for the U.S. semiconductor industry. From leadership changes at legacy companies to continuously changing dialogue around AI chip export controls, a lot has happened. If the first few weeks of 2026, which saw new chip tariffs and international semiconductor deals, are any indicator — this year will be as … Read more
A pattern is emerging in the AI infrastructure world: popular open source tools are turning into multimillion-dollar venture-backed startups. The latest example is RadixArcThe commercial company behind SGLang, an increasingly popular tool that helps run AI models quickly and cheaply RadixArc was recently valued at about $400 million in a funding round led by Accel, … Read more
Apple may develop its own wearable AI, according to A report Published by Information on Wednesday. The device will be a pin that users can wear on their clothing and is equipped with two cameras and three microphones, the report said. If the rumored device does hit the market, it will mark another sign that … Read more
Big tech companies and upcoming startups want to use generative AI to build software And hardware Most of these experiences for kids are limited to text or voice and kids may not find it engaging. Three former Googlers want to overcome that barrier with their generative AI-powered interactive app, Sparkly. Sparkly was founded last year … Read more
Tiger Global and Microsoft have started to fully exit PhonePe, the Walmart-backed Indian payments startup that updated its IPO filing, giving investors and market watchers a rare glimpse of how global investors are cashing in on the venture’s boom through India’s public markets. Wednesday, PhonePe Updated its IPO prospectus (PDF), detailing the number of shares … Read more