Visa signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioCatch, an AI-powered behavioral biometrics company, for $2.4 billion in cash from Permira-advised funds and other shareholders, nearly doubling BioCatc…
The White House confirmed it met its August 1 deadline to finalize a voluntary AI model evaluation framework under Executive Order 14409, but the framework's benchmarks and thresholds are classified a…
OpenAI's GPT-Live, a full-duplex voice model powering ChatGPT Voice since July 8, 2026, is a deployed consumer product rather than an API model, with GPT-Live-1 for paid users and GPT-Live-1 mini for …
Horizon3, a cybersecurity startup, raised $250 million in a Series E round at a valuation exceeding $2 billion, more than tripling its June 2025 valuation of $650 million. NightDragon and NEA co-led t…
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) will require roughly 58,000 undergraduate applicants to retake an in-person control exam after its first fully remote admissions test produced a sur…
MiniMax released the core weights for its H3 video model, making it the first publicly downloadable model to lead a category in Artificial Analysis' video arena, ranking first for video editing, secon…
Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2 on July 30, a suite of three AI models that control full humanoid bodies, including walking, crouching, and fine-motor manipulation, demonstrated on Apptroni…
Apple Inc. imposed caps on open bug reports per researcher and a 30-day cooldown period in June 2026 after AI-generated submissions flooded its security bounty pipeline, causing Italian startup Bynari…
Apple Inc.'s MacBook Air is facing its worst supply shortage in recent memory, with delivery estimates on Apple's online store ranging from two to six weeks and higher-RAM configurations facing longer…
OpenAI launched Presence on July 22 as a managed enterprise platform for deploying production voice and chat AI agents, with no self-serve option. BBVA Mexico, SoftBank Corp., and Australian insurer I…
Amazon reported $62.6 billion in net income for Q2 2026, including $53.4 billion in non-operating pre-tax income primarily tied to its Anthropic investments, which was 1.9 times its $27.5 billion oper…
Bloomberg News reported that Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI has access to approximately 20,000 Nvidia Hopper-generation chips through a computing agreement with Alibaba Group, providing key compute fo…
Apple CEO Tim Cook said on July 30 that Apple will offer "upgrade possibilities on iCloud+" for heavy Siri AI users, confirming a paid compute tier for the rebuilt assistant shipping this fall. Apple …
DeepSeek plans to build a 1-gigawatt AI data center campus in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, targeting partial operations by late 2027 or early 2028, according to Bloomberg. The Hangzhou-based AI lab will c…
PJM Interconnection, the grid operator for 67 million people across 13 states and the District of Columbia, on July 27 directed staff to file proposals with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission th…
Amazon raised its full-year 2026 capital expenditure forecast to approximately $220 billion, up $20 billion from prior guidance of $200 billion, citing elevated memory chip costs. AWS revenue surged 3…
Lumentum Holdings Inc. told investors on May 5 that demand for its electro-absorption modulated laser chips exceeded supply by more than 30%, as indium phosphide (InP) capacity lags. CEO Michael Hurls…
Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft expect to record between $720 billion and $745 billion of capital expenditures in 2026, based on their latest guidance, combining Amazon's approximately $220 billi…
The European Union opened a competition on July 30 to establish up to seven privately operated AI gigafactories, offering up to €10 billion in combined EU and national support and seeking at least €20…
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said during the company's July 30 earnings call that a watch-and-listen format for viral posts could enter testing later in 2026, as the platform seeks to expand its audience …