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Tech / The Verge ·
Blue Origin plans to do its next New Glenn rocket launch in January 2027, according to CNBC and the Financial Times, which cite a memo from CEO Dave Limp sent to staff. The new timeline follows a May launchpad explosion that damaged Blue Origin's New Glenn launchpad ahead of a flight that would have…
Tech / Wired ·
A day after the US midterm elections gave Democrats control of Congress, Onion CEO Ben Collins and comedian Patti Harrison spoke to WIRED about the salve of satire during politically fraught times.
Tech / The Next Web ·
UiPath founder and CEO Daniel Dines would rather give a task to an AI agent than to a person, as long as the agent does it as well as a human. He would choose the agent even when it costs more, he told TNW. Dines spoke to Cristian Dina at FUSION in Dubai for the […] This story continues at The…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Uber Eats is now Amazon’s restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the US, replacing Grubhub. The two companies announced the deal on Thursday. Prime members can now order Uber Eats on Amazon, on the website or in the Amazon Shopping app, without an Uber account. They pay no delivery fee…
Tech / The Next Web ·
AI has given us self-driving cars, movies made from prompts, proactive agents and, soon, humanoids. Yet booking the same Uber we take every morning still means unlocking a phone, opening an app, entering a destination and confirming. Joining a meeting still means hunting for the link, opening…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Anthropic compute costs grew faster than its revenue last quarter. Compute took 58% of revenue in the third quarter, up from 48%. TechCrunch’s Russell Brandom found the figures in Anthropic’s amended IPO filing. Revenue rose to $17bn, from $11.6bn the quarter before, as we reported on Monday. But…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Anthropic has released FlashProve, an open-source prototype that lets anyone check that an AI reply came from the model a provider says it used. The company published the code, a technical report and formal proofs in a research post on Monday. Today a user cannot tell whether a router quietly…
Tech / The Verge ·
Android fans with a bit of iPhone Duo envy, take note: The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is discounted to $1,599.99 at both Amazon and Best Buy, a hefty $300 markdown from its usual price, and just $50 higher than the lowest we’ve seen. Considering the device only launched a few months ago, you’re…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Uber president Jill Hazelbaker is joining OpenAI as its chief corporate affairs officer, the company announced on Tuesday. She will lead OpenAI’s global communications and corporate positioning. Hazelbaker will report to co-founder and president Greg Brockman and starts in early December, OpenAI…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Dropbox plans to acquire Tigris Data, a startup that provides cloud storage for AI workloads, for $350M. The company announced the deal alongside the launch of a new service aimed at businesses and developers building AI applications and agents. Called DBX Agent Cloud, the service is designed to…
Tech / Wired ·
The new OLED MacBook Pro comes with an incredible-looking touchscreen display—and an equally eye-popping price.
Tech / Wired ·
The startup Aina bets you won’t need to rely on your phone to control virtual assistants. It’s making a smart ring that lets you control the actions of your autonomous agents with one tap.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Isomorphic Labs, the drug discovery company spun out of Google DeepMind, is in talks to raise about $5bn, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The round would put the Isomorphic Labs valuation at about $50bn, according to people familiar with the matter. The financing has not closed and the details…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Cat Wu, who led product for Claude Code at Anthropic, is joining OpenAI. She will lead product management for OpenAI’s Core Products team, she announced on X on Wednesday, a day after saying she had left Anthropic. Some news: I’m joining OpenAI to lead product management for Core Products! I have…
Tech / The Verge ·
Electronic Arts is launching 25 classic games on Steam, including "Anniversary Editions" of the motorcycle racer Road Rash and six Wing Commander titles. These Anniversary Editions preserve "the original look, feel and creative intent of the game" but also have quality-of-life updates to support…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Revolut has completed a secondary share sale that values the London-based fintech at $115bn, the company said on Wednesday. That is 53% more than the $75bn set by a similar sale a year earlier. Glade Brook Capital Partners, Coatue, Durable Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price, and Baillie Gifford led the…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Anthropic’s Claude took 29.4% of UK consumer spending on AI subscriptions in July. In December 2025, its share was 7.4%. ChatGPT’s share fell from 73.5% to 52.5% over the same seven months. The figures come from a new study of UK bank and card data, published on Thursday. The working paper, Who Pays…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
It has all the bells and whistles (and cameras).
Tech / Wired ·
Potential Sciences, a startup backed by the UK government, is betting that training AI models on computer-generated biochemical data can speed up the plodding process of developing new drugs.
Tech / Wired ·
Equipped with the brightest display, an “Event-Based Vision Sensor,” and the next-generation Qualcomm processor, Motorola hopes you’ll want to spend big bucks on its ceramic and aluminum Signature 27.
Tech / The Next Web ·
AMD expects about $17 billion in revenue this quarter. If it gets there, it will sell more than Intel in a quarter for the first time. The forecast came with record third-quarter results. Its data centre business nearly doubled, while gaming sales fell by 40%. Revenue rose 45% to $13.4 billion in…
Tech / The Verge ·
We’ve been fans of Ember’s temperature-controlled mugs for years, though given the price tag, we admit that they’re somewhat of a luxury purchase. Thankfully, if you’ve been looking for a more affordable option, Woot is selling the Ember Cup in black for $32.99 ($67 off) with a 90-day warranty…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Elon Musk was the biggest donor of the US midterms, and almost all of his money went to Republicans who lost. Texas, his adopted home and the base of Tesla and SpaceX, elected a Democratic senator and governor. On Wednesday, shares in both companies fell by nearly 4% as the wider market rallied. The…
Tech / The Verge ·
TikTok has released a standalone app for TikTok Shop in a few countries, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. According to its App Store listing, the TikTok Shop app offers: - Personalized picks inspired by your interests - LIVE streams & short videos to see products in action -…