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Anthropic introduced the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that standardizes how AI applications connect to external tools and data sources, replacing custom integrations with a shared protocol. MCP uses a c…
ByteDance aims to finalize the design of its next-generation in-house CPU by early next year, targeting mass production in the second half of 2027 to power its AI infrastructure. The company is collaborating with Qualcom…
Retail stores are evolving from static transaction endpoints into dynamic decision engines, driven by AI-informed shoppers who seek confidence and personalization. Brands like Sephora and Nike are redesigning spaces with…
WWD Sourcing Journal reported on June 29, 2026 that AI is restructuring global retail infrastructure, with agentic browsers and Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) shifting purchasing decisions to structured APIs. Retai…
Palantir Technologies and Nvidia announced a Sovereign AI Operating System Reference Architecture (AIOS-RA) for US government and enterprise use, combining Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra GPU systems with Palantir's AIP, Foundr…
Data Courage demonstrated purpose-built AI agents that run inside Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, reducing hallucination risk by accessing canonical business data. The agents, presented in a partner webinar, con…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong outlined five AI cost controls that cut the company's AI bill by nearly half while allowing engineers to increase token usage, including defaulting to cheaper open-weight Chinese models, rout…
South Korea announced a $880 billion investment plan over a decade to dominate the AI era, focusing on semiconductors, AI data centers, and robots. President Lee Jae Myung unveiled the package on Monday, calling speed es…
Microsoft Corp. shares are heading for their worst month since December 2000, down 17% in June and erasing over $570 billion in market value, as investors worry about AI spending and disruption. The selloff has pushed th…
Mozilla President calls for an open-source 'rebel alliance' to counter Big Tech's control over AI, highlighting moves by Canada, the EU, and other nations to prioritize open-source AI infrastructure. Research shows open-…
A user reports that their private Hugging Face Space at https://huggingface.co/spaces/Ark-kun/tangent cannot be restarted, showing a 503 error despite attempts to restart and factory rebuild. The Space worked briefly bef…
Leonhard Soenke and Patrice Becker, founders of creator gifting startup Throne, have pivoted to energy infrastructure for AI with a new company called TAR, raising a $27 million seed round at a $500 million valuation. TA…
South Korea plans to invest hundreds of billions of euros in computer chip production, led by President Lee Jae-myung and chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix, to address global chip shortages and meet surging AI demand. The …
A podcast episode discusses the need to modernize and expand the power grid to fuel AI buildout, highlighting supply chain bottlenecks and global infrastructure projects. The show also examines whether data centers are i…
Leonhard Soenke, cofounder of creator-economy startup Throne, has cofounded a new company called TAR (Transformative American Resources) focused on data center energy efficiency and power. TAR raised a $27 million seed r…
Japan's regulatory reform panel called for easing building standards for data centers to support AI development, citing lithium-ion battery restrictions as a key obstacle. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to promote…
Google capped Meta's use of its Gemini AI model after Meta exceeded its computing capacity, according to sources. The incident highlights that even major tech companies face computing power shortages despite massive data…
AI agents are being deployed rapidly across enterprises, but a 1984 book on factory management warns that automating the wrong step creates more work instead of value. The key is to identify the bottleneck in a workflow …
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, raised $7.4 billion in the largest first-time funding round by a Chinese startup, driven by US export restrictions and competition with Anthropic's Mythos model. China now has 381 unicorns, mi…
Leonhard Soenke, cofounder of creator economy startup Throne, has launched TAR, a data center energy startup, after raising $27 million at a $500 million valuation. Soenke left the creator economy to address the growing …