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The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn't make it
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool built as an alternative to Zapier, shut down entirely in August. The product let users automate email and task workflows using AI agents, but as OpenAI, Google, and other larger platforms built similar…
U.S. Energy Execs Say They Quit Startup Over Undisclosed Russian Funding
A group of American executives has quit an energy startup that aspired to liquefy and export natural gas out of Alaska, alleging they recently learned it was secretly being funded by Russian gas giant Novatek. Polar LNG, the startup, was launched…
US Startup Claims It Turned Mercury Into Gold, Says It Beat CERN's 2025 Record 10-Fold
A US-based startup has claimed a major scientific breakthrough, saying it successfully converted mercury into stable gold using nuclear fusion technology, a feat long associated with the centuries-old pursuit of alchemy. However, the company's…
How much?? Chinese startup unveils copper-colored AI Max+ PRO 495 workstation with 192GB RAM selling for a cool $6,800 - TOPC TXA2 can take 4 SSDs and drives 4 8K monitors
TOPC wants almost $7,000 for its compact AI workstation The TXA2 combines 192GB RAM with support for four SSDs AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 powers TOPC's expensive compact computer Chinese manufacturer TOPC has introduced a copper-colored TXA2…
Tech investor Paul Wick says 'doom and gloom' over AI is overblown
The AI boom has shades of the dot-com bubble, but fears of an imminent crash and mass unemployment are overblown, a veteran tech investor says. At the turn of this century, there was an explosion in dot-com startups being formed, and a huge…
Experts discuss entrepreneurship, technology development on first day of JNTUA Innovators Conclave
The two-day Innovators Conclave 2026, organised with the objective of promoting innovation, technological advancement, entrepreneurship and industry–academia collaboration, was inaugurated at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in…
At Miami AI Summit, Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue predicts every company will become an AI builder
Within the next 24 months, the majority of companies won't just consume artificial intelligence. They will become AI builders, customizing, controlling, and running their own models. Hugging Face co-founder and CEO Clément Delangue made that…
Which services can you safely disable to improve PC gaming?
Windows has many services running in the background that waste resources better spent on games. While PC gaming has always been an expensive hobby, it's been extra-crunched for years now. A while ago, the demand for crypto mining hardware started…
Nvidia's role as AI financier faces first big test as neoclouds take market hit
As Nvidia has transitioned from chipmaker to industry financier, some investors see the company taking on outsized risk tied to the AI buildout. Those concerns are showing up in the market with shares of neoclouds tanking and bond yields rising.
Theatre Commands: India Awaits Top-Level Approval
'The political leadership is very clear that we have to move towards the integration of the three services into theatre commands.' The government is keen to integrate the country's armed forces into theatre commands, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar…
America's companies keep fighting with security nightmare '100 times' worse than TikTok * WorldNetDaily * by Sean Moran, Daily Caller News Foundation
A rising San Francisco human resources startup's use of a blacklisted Chinese AI lab's model is setting off alarm bells as Beijing continues to reel in American companies. Rippling touts itself as a one-stop-shop AI platform for human resources…
Here's the 'core economic flaw' in the AI bull case as stock and bond trades unravel, according to a top economist
Apollo Chief Economic Torsten Slok was on a warpath this past week, issuing a series of warnings about the AI boom as Wall Street retreated from the sector. On Tuesday, he pointed to the recent slowdown in token spending growth, saying the demand…
Blackstone's $8.7B energy transition fund, $108M for Peak Energy
• ASI, a Boston-based AI startup 'orchestrating critical infrastructure and national security,' raised $325m at a $3b valuation. Spark Capital led, joined by Citadel Securities, Meritech Capital, and Craft Ventures. Go deeper • Peak…
Want to avoid AI deskilling? Pilots may have the answer.
Pilots have relied on autopilot for decades. Their experience could offer a lesson for workers increasingly relying on AI. Steven Shaw, an assistant professor at King's College London and coauthor of a widely cited study on 'cognitive surrender,'…
Moonshot curbs hacking ability in new Kimi model as fears grow over AI-powered cyberattacks
Moonshot AI has reduced the cyber-offensive capabilities of its newest model, the Chinese startup said on Saturday, as fears grow that increasingly autonomous AI could turbocharge hacking. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Beijing-based Moonshot…
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