Meet Neptune, a TikTok alternative where creators can hide likes and follower counts 

Neptune is one of the newest short-form video apps on the block seeking to compete with…

Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach

Car rental giant Hertz has begun notifying its customers of a data breach that included their…

Expect a tariff on semiconductors within two months, says US commerce secretary

Although there was a sigh of relief when the US clarified that it would not…

OpenAI’s new GPT-4.1 AI models focus on coding

OpenAI on Monday launched a new family of models called GPT-4.1. Yes, “4.1” — as if…

OpenAI plans to phase out GPT-4.5, its largest-ever AI model, from its API

OpenAI said on Monday that it would soon wind down the availability of GPT-4.5, its largest-ever…

Google Classroom gives teachers an AI feature for quiz questions

Google Classroom introduced a new AI-powered feature designed to help teachers generate questions. Launched on Monday,…

Google’s newest AI model is designed to help study dolphin ‘speech’

Google’s AI research lab, Google DeepMind, says that it has created an AI model that can…

Meta settles lawsuit over surveillance business model

Meta has agreed for the first time to stop using the personal data of a…

Chipolo’s newest AirTag competitor works with both Apple and Google’s finding networks

Chipolo, the maker of AirTag-like devices, on Monday introduced the latest version of its product. Now,…

Blue Origin’s all-female crew, including Katy Perry, successfully launched

Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, successfully launched its New Shepard rocket at around 9:30 a.m.…

Meta to start training its AI models on public content in the EU

Meta announced on Monday that it’s going to train its AI models on public content, such…

Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup

AI dev platform Hugging Face has acquired Pollen Robotics, a robotics startup based in France, for…

Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics to go public via SPAC

Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics plans to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition…

Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices

Audio-enabled traffic control crosswalk buttons across Silicon Valley were hacked over the weekend to include audio…

Nvidia says it plans to manufacture some AI chips in the U.S.

Nvidia says it has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space to build…

Conifer locks down $20M seed round for its ‘drop-in’ electric hub motor

A handful of engineers who worked at Lucid Motors and on Apple’s electric car project have…

Intel agrees to sell controlling stake in Altera chip business

Intel on Monday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell 51% of…

Government injects extra funding to drive quantum growth

The government has committed £121m of funding over the next 12 months to support quantum…

Introducing the EuroStack initiative: Could this turn the tide on hyperscale cloud in Europe?

If you have not heard of EuroStack, you might first guess it’s merely an EU-centred walled…

The role of small language models in enterprise AI

According to analyst Gartner, small language models (SLMs) offer a potentially cost-effective alternative for generative…

Bill Gates-backed Arnergy to expand solar access in Nigeria with $18M as demand surges

Demand for solar energy in power-starved Nigeria has soared in the last decade thanks to worsening…