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Google Develops A New AI-Powered Browser

Google is trialing innovative browsers that merge traditional navigation with artificial intelligence. These tools aim to satisfy users who enjoy manual browsing while potentially soothing site owners worried about losing visitors and income to automated summaries.

David Vendrell

Google Develops A New AI-Powered Browser

The White House And Tech Companies Are Building A “Tech Force”

The Trump administration is launching the United States Tech Force, a two-year partnership with tech companies to hire entry-level workers. This program aims to modernize the federal government's outdated systems, seemingly in response to recent job cuts in critical areas like cybersecurity and technical infrastructure.

David Vendrell

The White House And Tech Companies Are Building A “Tech Force”

SpaceX And Blue Origin Battle For Data Centers In Space

New collaborations seek to construct AI data centers in orbit, designed to transmit computing power back to Earth. By leveraging the immense solar energy available in space, they aim to mitigate the intense power demands of AI and reduce the burden on existing power grids.

David Vendrell

SpaceX And Blue Origin Battle For Data Centers In Space

Disney Strikes Billion-Dollar Deal With OpenAI

Disney signed a massive, sweeping deal with OpenAI to bring its intellectual property to Sora and integrate ChatGPT into its business. This signals a commitment to the AI revolution, positioning the studio for a new revenue stream, though it risks straining relationships with creatives.

David Vendrell

Disney Strikes Billion-Dollar Deal With OpenAI

SpaceX Files Mobile-Service Trademark

SpaceX has submitted a trademark application to introduce its own mobile service provider. Leveraging its vast Starlink satellite infrastructure, which already delivers internet globally, the company is poised to challenge existing major carriers.

David Vendrell

SpaceX Files Mobile-Service Trademark

Meta’s Rebrand Goes South

Meta is significantly reducing the budget for its Reality Labs division, which has incurred billions in losses. Despite the CEO's continued belief in a digital future, the company's ambitious metaverse effort is being overshadowed by the intense AI competition consuming corporate resources.

David Vendrell

Meta’s Rebrand Goes South

Autolane Hopes To Bring Order To Robotaxi Pickups and Dropoffs

A new company, Autolane, is developing physical and digital infrastructure to manage autonomous vehicles entering and exiting private properties. While AV adoption accelerates, the logistics of parking and pedestrian interactions remain a major blind spot, causing chaos that Autolane aims to resolve.

David Vendrell

Autolane Hopes To Bring Order To Robotaxi Pickups and Dropoffs

MIT’s AI Major Is Generating High Enrollment

The degree of choice is shifting as AI rapidly transforms the tech sector. Once the pathway to lucrative employment, computer science is losing ground as automation takes over coding. Pursuing a degree in Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming the essential alternative for graduates.

David Vendrell

MIT’s AI Major Is Generating High Enrollment

MIT Finds AI Can Replace Almost 12% Of US Workers

An MIT study using the "Iceberg Index" found that AI could immediately assume command of a significant portion of the American workforce. This finding — far surpassing most prior predictions — highlights the potential for serious labor market disruption across the nation.

David Vendrell

MIT Finds AI Can Replace Almost 12% Of US Workers

Chatbots Turn Into Personal Shoppers

Tech companies and retailers are rolling out AI shopping agents just in time for the holiday season. These assistants are designed to combat "decision fatigue" by knowing the user well enough to filter endless e-commerce options and surface only the few items they truly desire.

David Vendrell

Chatbots Turn Into Personal Shoppers

Ubisoft Reveals Game With Voice-Controlled, AI-Powered Teammates

Ubisoft unveiled a new game where users command generative AI allies using their voice. As gaming grapples with AI integration and mixed player reactions, user experience will dictate if these automated additions become a standard feature across the company's entire catalog.

David Vendrell

Ubisoft Reveals Game With Voice-Controlled, AI-Powered Teammates

Meta’s Hyperscape Turns Your Space Into A VR Meeting Room

Meta's "Hyperscape" room-capture service will soon allow users to host others inside their VR-rendered spaces. Following the failure of the fully digital Horizon platform, Hyperscape attempts to merge realistic physical space with digital avatars, hinting that the metaverse concept may still have life.

David Vendrell

Meta’s Hyperscape Turns Your Space Into A VR Meeting Room

Northwestern University Researchers Achieve “Human Resolution”

Northwestern University researchers have created a method for users to experience the actual textures of on-screen images, such as velvet or denim. This sci-fi breakthrough, allowing the feeling of digital objects, holds transformative potential for e-commerce, accessibility, and entertainment sectors.

David Vendrell

Northwestern University Researchers Achieve “Human Resolution”

TikTok And A Vine Reboot Make AI Optional

Every social media firm is defining its AI policy with new features and guardrails to govern user experience. As users divide into camps — believers in AI's future and critics of AI slop — platforms must know how to cater to both.

David Vendrell

TikTok And A Vine Reboot Make AI Optional

Dubai’s Woohoo Restaurant Is Powered By An LLM

Woohoo, a new sci-fi restaurant in Dubai by Gastronaut Hospitality, opens with an AI chef. This restaurant is part of the growing AI revolution in hospitality, treading the line between novelty and innovation.

David Vendrell

Dubai’s Woohoo Restaurant Is Powered By An LLM

Jeff Bezos Founds AI Startup Project Prometheus

Jeff Bezos launched Project Prometheus, an AI venture focused on enhancing engineering and production processes. The company joins firms like Nvidia in the race to deploy autonomous, AI-driven robots that can construct, explore, and run crucial experiments across diverse sectors.

David Vendrell

Jeff Bezos Founds AI Startup Project Prometheus

One data center company may pop the AI bubble

CoreWeave powers the massive AI surge by leasing data centers to major players like Microsoft and OpenAI. However, this boom rests on a shaky foundation of vast borrowing. If AI fails to meet its massive expectations, CoreWeave could be the first critical failure to collapse the entire industry.

Luke Perrotta

One data center company may pop the AI bubble

Waymo Rolls Out Driverless Rides On The Highway

Waymo is deploying its driverless vehicles on US freeways, solidifying its lead in the robotaxi competition. Gaining approval for autonomous operation on high-speed roads is a significant technological leap, putting robotaxis in direct rivalry with traditional rideshare services.

David Vendrell

Waymo Rolls Out Driverless Rides On The Highway

AI Agents Shake Up Ticketing

AI shopping agents are revolutionizing how people secure seats for major concerts and events, addressing the broken ticketing system. While automation promises to eliminate lengthy queues and endless searching, it also poses a risk of creating entirely new, unanticipated problems.

David Vendrell

AI Agents Shake Up Ticketing

ElevenLabs Debuts “Iconic Voice Marketplace”

ElevenLabs has unveiled a celebrity-voice marketplace to enhance its audio licensing business. While visual AI avatars struggle, superior AI audio is proving easier to perfect. This new platform positions rights holders front and center, potentially creating a major new income source for celebrities and their estates.

David Vendrell

ElevenLabs Debuts “Iconic Voice Marketplace”

Companies Will Now Hire You To Train Your Robot Replacement

Even as Silicon Valley slashes jobs due to AI's efficiency, it's aggressively recruiting for a specific role: training advanced agentic AI. This unusual hiring surge is a necessary step that may quietly expedite mass automation and permanently curb future hiring booms.

David Vendrell

Companies Will Now Hire You To Train Your Robot Replacement

Fully-Autonomous Cars Are Arriving

Car manufacturers are debuting "Level 3" autonomous vehicles, allowing drivers to momentarily cease monitoring the road. Analysts warn this "eyes-off" technology is flawed, creating a dangerous distraction-whiplash as drivers must instantly seize control when the car demands it.

David Vendrell

Fully-Autonomous Cars Are Arriving

Podcasters Listeners Don’t Love Cloned Voices

The podcast industry is grappling with the impact of voice cloning technology. Since the host's voice is the main audience draw, AI-generated audio offers massive reach but simultaneously threatens to devalue the unique human asset listeners tune in for.

David Vendrell

Podcasters Listeners Don’t Love Cloned Voices

OpenAI Could IPO At A Trillion Dollars

OpenAI is gearing up for a major public offering soon, aiming for a colossal market value. As the AI competition drives tech companies to spend unprecedented sums, the firm is seeking substantial capital to meet its ambitious targets and ultimately achieve profitability.

David Vendrell

OpenAI Could IPO At A Trillion Dollars

The Great AI Layoffs Are Upon Us

Despite sound financials, major corporations are cutting massive numbers of workers. This widespread job loss isn't due to poor performance but the rapid advancement of AI—which has progressed enough in a short time to displace human roles on a large scale.

David Vendrell

The Great AI Layoffs Are Upon Us