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As of mid-2026, open-source AI video models like Wan 2.2, Open-Sora 2.0, and HunyuanVideo can run on consumer GPUs with 8GB to 24GB VRAM, generating 5-20 second clips at 720p or 1080p. However, leaderboards and aggregato…
Pilot Photonics, a Dublin-based integrated photonics firm, has been awarded €10.4 million from the European Innovation Council Accelerator to scale its patented photonic chip technology for AI data centers, satellite com…
The Silicon Data LLM Token Expenditure Index, a measure of daily AI usage spending, has fallen 20% from its May peak to $1.62 per million tokens, signaling a potential slowdown in AI adoption. The decline could stem from…
Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike hit all-time highs as investors rotated out of semiconductors into AI-security stocks, driven by Zhipu AI's open-weight model rivaling Anthropic's restricted model at finding software v…
Hasbro faces backlash after requiring child voice actors for 'Peppa Pig' to sign contracts allowing their voices to be used for AI purposes. The Agents of Young Performers Association condemned the practice, arguing chil…
Mirsee Robotics, a Cambridge, Ontario startup, has built eight prototypes of its third-generation MH3 humanoid robot and plans to begin mass production in 2027, scaling to thousands of units. The wheeled, teleoperated ro…
A father spoke to a year group at his child's school about manufacturing, using his AI clock as an example to demystify the process and encourage kids to become makers. He showed prototypes, factory photos, and explained…
The Raspberry Pi 5 now comes in a 16 GB version for $120, enabling local AI model inference with MoE models like Qwen3.5 at 7–8 tokens per second, though real-world costs reach $180–220 with necessary accessories. The bo…
BlackFin Capital Partners completed its acquisition of Arendt Investor Services (AIS) after regulatory approval, becoming the majority shareholder. The deal aims to accelerate AIS's growth through international expansion…
Google and Microsoft co-developed WebMCP, a proposed W3C browser standard now in a public origin trial in Chrome 149, to make websites natively compatible with AI agents. The standard lets developers declare structured, …
Towards AI open-sourced its production AI tutor app, used by students to ask questions about AI engineering, RAG, and agents. The release includes the full system for local running and customization, following a packed w…
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 on June 30, 2026, touting it as its most agentic Sonnet yet with top-tier intelligence for coding and professional work. Introductory pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per …
Best Buy's 4th of July sale offers Copilot+ PC deals under $1,000, featuring laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus, AMD Ryzen AI 400-series, and Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips, starting at $329.99.
Skoove Premium, a piano learning app with AI feedback and interactive lessons, is offering a lifetime subscription for $104.99 (MSRP $299.99) with promo code JULY30 until July 5, 2026. The app aims to make learning piano…
Z.ai launched ZCode, a free desktop coding environment built around its GLM-5.2 model, on July 1, entering the competitive AI coding-agent market against Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot. The tool offers an agenti…
Employees are increasingly using AI to interpret messages from bosses and draft responses, a phenomenon called 'social offloading' that risks undermining human relationships and interpersonal skill development. Leena Rin…
China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security reported over 200,000 AI-related job vacancies posted by more than 5,000 internet firms during a nationwide recruitment campaign, with hiring expanding into manufac…
MemoMind, a new AI hardware brand from projector manufacturer XGIMI, launched a Kickstarter campaign for its MemoMind One smart glasses, which feature dual displays, microphones, and open ear speakers but no camera. The …
The first Shanghai International Embodied Intelligence Expo (CIEI 2026) opened July 2, 2026, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, featuring nearly 200 robotics and AI companies and drawing over 1…
Microsoft Dynamics partner Volt Technologies published an architecture guide on July 3, 2026 detailing how to integrate Microsoft Business Central with Azure AI services for AI-powered forecasting and cash-flow predictio…