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Google this week unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model it says advances coding, cybersecurity and complex tasks, and launched a prototype satellite for Project Suncatcher. Investors and consumers are pressing Google for a breakout personal agent, where Meta and OpenAI are moving fast.
NetApp and Nvidia are co-engineering Novus, a storage architecture for AI factories that separates data and metadata to scale independently. Executives say agentic AI and enterprise inference are raising concurrency and throughput demands.
OpenAI has dismissed three safety team researchers over allegedly sharing confidential information with an outside AI safety organization, The Wall Street Journal reports.
SpaceXAI has released Grok for Intune, an enterprise iOS app built for organizations that manage apps and data with Microsoft Intune. The app adds IT deployment, app protection policies and work email sign-in to Grok's AI, image, video and voice features.
MyMonthlyCar lets U.S. dealerships rent used cars by the month and gives renters a path to buy.
Cohere released Embed 5, a two-tier embedding family for enterprise search, RAG and agentic retrieval, sharing one embedding space.
Twelve South has launched Airfly Drive, a $39.99 dongle that turns factory wired CarPlay into wireless CarPlay and also supports Android Auto. The compact adapter works with more than 75 makes and model years back to 2014, requires no app or account, and can switch between two paired phones.
Nike’s Caitlin 1s, Caitlin Clark’s first signature shoe, nearly sold out within hours of their U.S. release, with resale listings above $200.
Shopify introduced Canvas on Thursday, a tool that lets merchants build and edit their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick. Canvas renders the store's real code in real time, allowing merchants to test interactivity, animation and different screen sizes without direct coding.
Google’s new Android developer verification rules for sideloading are live in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand, blocking unverified apps on certified Play Services devices. A global rollout is planned for 2027.
Sony launches QSSR AI upscaling for standard PS5, debuting in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei.
Google released Gemini 4 Argon, a flagship model it says leads several benchmarks, costs less on some tasks and is initially limited to vetted cybersecurity defenders.
HP announced the OmniBook 5 14, a $699.99 Windows laptop with an OLED display on every configuration and a chassis slightly thinner and lighter than Apple's MacBook Neo. HP also introduced the ProBook 4 G2iS, which it calls its thinnest business notebook.
Amazon Web Services' Strands Labs released Strands Decider 2B, an open-source 2-billion-parameter decision model that selects among predefined options for agentic AI workflows. It is available on Hugging Face and GitHub.
Microsoft is repositioning Copilot as an enterprise “OS for work,” adding coding and agent tools and embedding Office, while Office and Teams chief and former LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will leave at the end of 2026 amid a leadership shuffle.
Nvidia's Ian Buck says AI factory economics increasingly hinge on tokens per watt, system design and inference, not just GPUs.
Audible launches AI-driven Interactive Stories, letting listeners talk to characters, starting with Dracula.
Amazon announced updated Kindle, Colorsoft, and Paperwhite models, a new Bluetooth page-turner, and a $90 discount on the 2024 Kindle Colorsoft Kids.
Prime Day deals: AirTag 2 $24, refurb Studio Display $300 off, M5 Pro MacBook Pro $500 off, Belkin chargers at lows.
A year after Tesla’s Master Plan IV, Musk still offers broad promises, not a clear definition, of ‘amazing abundance.’
Family offices made 42 direct investments in September, down from 52, while backing Mistral, Precision Neuroscience and geothermal startup Mazama, Fintrx data show.
Airbnb has launched AI-powered search in its fall update, and CEO Brian Chesky tells TechCrunch that chatbots are not the right interface for travel discovery, while AI agents may need a new operating system and agent-to-agent interoperability.
Anthropic asks Australia to permit AI training on copyrighted works through conditional approval and an opt-out model, while the ABC and SBS demand AI firms face the same copyright, defamation and privacy rules as media outlets.
German premium audio maker Loewe has announced the aura.matic, a £5,000 luxury espresso machine with twin bean hoppers, twin grinders and 18 customisable drinks, on sale later this year.