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Semiconductor industry giant Applied Materials Inc. today opened the doors to its Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization Center, a massive new $5 billion facility in Silicon Valley that’s set to enable the next wave of breakthroughs in the commercial chipmaking industry. …
Cisco scales programmable AI network capacity with new silicon and repluggable optics innovations
Cisco Systems Inc. took to the stage at the annual Open Compute Project Global Summit today, unveiling a new suite of open silicon and optical networking systems as it delivered one of the event’s most eagerly anticipated keynotes. The new innovations are …
E-commerce AI startup Loops raises $3.5M to create smoother online shopping experiences
Agentic e-commerce startup Loops Smart AI wants to help online retailers create more seamless buying journeys and streamline the shopping experience after raising $3.5 million in seed funding today. Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z speedrun accelerator led the round, with NTT Docomo, Connecticut Innovations, …
Report: Amazon in talks with AI startup Decart over possible $7B acquisition
Amazon.com Inc. is reportedly engaged in discussion over the potential acquisition of artificial intelligence developer Decart.ai Inc. in a deal that could be worth up to $7 billion. Decart has developed software that makes it easier for developers to run their AI …
White House bars Microsoft from sponsoring green card applications as JD Vance accuses it of fraud
The White House has barred Microsoft Corp. from further participation in a federal program that enables U.S. companies to apply for green cards for employees holding H-1B visas after accusing it of abusing the system to replace American workers with cheaper foreign …
AI stocks crumble on report that OpenAI’s annualized revenue is much lower than believed
Technology stocks fell lower today following a report that artificial intelligence giant OpenAI Group PBC’s annualized revenue this year is about $20 billion less than what was previously reported by the media, sending shockwaves through the industry. A report today by the …
Rein Security raises $25M to rein in insecure AI agents
Rein Security Inc. said today it’s trying to help enterprises protect themselves against two distinct security threats relating to agentic artificial intelligence after raising $25 million in early-stage funding from Glilot Capital, Sienna Venture Capital, Corner Ventures, Atlacle and RNP Capital Advisors …
Google debuts SynthID Detector tool for flagging AI-generated content, but it’s far from perfect
Google LLC is making its SynthID identification tools for artificial intelligence-created and AI-edited videos and images more widely available with the launch of a new service today that everyone can use. The web-based SynthID Detector can identify images, video and audio clips …
Samsung forecasts world record-breaking $80B profit
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it expects to deliver a world record-breaking quarterly profit for the technology industry, exceeding 100 trillion won for the first time. In a preliminary third-quarter earnings report late today, the company said it’s anticipating an operating profit …
With GPT-6, ChatGPT’s responses are much more visually appealing and interactive
OpenAI Group PBC says ChatGPT is moving away from its traditional wall-of-text responses and giving users a more interactive user interface to play with. In a media briefing today, the company said its GPT-6 models will now be able to access an …