Waymo is opening up for the first time about the brain that powers its driverless car tech. In a blog post Thursday, the Alphabet-owned company revealed that it designed its own custom computer chip that can quickly crunch raw data coming from a car’s cameras, lidar, and radar, allowing the ...
Stripe agrees to acquire OpenRouter for $8 billionStripe agrees to acquire OpenRouter for $8 billion
At a reported $8 billion, Stripe is planning to pay a hefty price for OpenRouter. The aggregator and distributor of AI models raised money just a few months ago at a $1.3 billion valuation. With a deal, OpenRouter’s business could be destined for commoditization, and that’s actually kind of the ...
China’s ‘robot games’ offer look at latest innovationsChina’s ‘robot games’ offer look at latest innovations
Come for the funny videos, stay for the insight into the future of automation. While it’s only in its second year, China’s World Humanoid Robot Games are quickly becoming one of my favorite global tech events. Sure, the clips of robots running into walls are incredible content, but the Olympics-style ...
UAE’s space industry expands with more private satellitesUAE’s space industry expands with more private satellites
Abu Dhabi’s Orbitworks sold capacity on its planned Altair satellite constellation to French space agency CNES, securing a useful endorsement for the UAE’s most significant commercial space venture to date. The first of Orbitworks’ AI-enabled, Earth observation satellites was flown to Los Angeles this month onboard an Emirates plane, ahead ...
Saudi Arabia renews diplomatic efforts with IraqSaudi Arabia renews diplomatic efforts with Iraq
Saudi Arabia renewed an invitation for Iraq’s prime minister to visit Riyadh, as the two countries try to move past a recent exchange of fire. A planned trip by the Iraqi premier was cancelled at short notice last month, after Iran-backed militias in Iraq launched drones at Saudi energy facilities; ...
It’s Harry and Meghan in Finding Freedom 2: Back in Blighty | Marina HydeIt’s Harry and Meghan in Finding Freedom 2: Back in Blighty | Marina Hyde
Hard to fathom exactly why Megxit is over and the self-exiled wonder generators are leaving California. Luckily, the internet sleuths are on the case Wednesday night brought an absolute cloudburst of psychic rain for our parched land, as it emerged that Prince Harry and Meghan were reversing their self-styled “freedom ...
He has a work permit, a coffee shop – and an ICE ankle monitor: ‘Is this America?’He has a work permit, a coffee shop – and an ICE ankle monitor: ‘Is this America?’
Business owner Assim Alkhawaja was arrested by ICE as he dropped off Lyft passengers at a military base. Now he’s stuck in a terrifying fight to stay in the US Deep within the bowels of San Diego’s federal courthouse, Assim Alkhawaja sat on the floor outside a nondescript office, waiting ...
‘Such adept cover stars’: why dogs are taking over fashion in the ‘AI face’ era‘Such adept cover stars’: why dogs are taking over fashion in the ‘AI face’ era
Cute, egoless canines offer a break from a world that feels dominated by ‘nepo babies’ and ‘Maga lady aesthetic’ What do Nicole Kidman, a pair of “nepo babies” and a beagle called Sansa Martínez Berlingeri have in common? They all appear on the covers of the all-important September issues of ...
We’ll never be royals: the California town where Prince Harry and Meghan lived says goodbyeWe’ll never be royals: the California town where Prince Harry and Meghan lived says goodbye
As the couple plans their return to the UK, Montecito’s whirlwind stint on the global stage may be coming to an end The bucolic coastal California town of Montecito was thrust into the limelight six years ago as the backdrop for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s second act following ...
A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisisA party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisis
When my son texted me from a Connecticut fortress in the middle of the night with an alarming message, it set me on a quest to understand the bizarre lifestyle of its owner I awoke one morning in the summer of 2023 to discover that, while I’d slept, my son ...