After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI
Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.
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Sweden blames Russian hackers for attempting ‘destructive’ cyberattack on thermal plant
Sweden's minister for civil defense said Russian hackers are "now attempting destructive cyber attacks against organizations in Europe."
Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce
The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts.
Exclusive: Intel Tells Staff It Will Disclose Scope Of Work With Elon Musk In ‘Coming Weeks’
Intel plans to disclose to staff the “scope and nature” of its involvement with Elon Musk’s ambitious “Terafab” chip manufacturing project in the “coming weeks,” according to a memo its CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, sent last week.
Elon Musk vs Jeff Bezos: Who will reach the Moon first in new space race?
The space race is no longer confined to global powers like the US, Russia, and China. Private aerospace companies led by US billionaires are also entering the fray, competing for lucrative NASA...
Elon Musk’s X Launches Smart Cashtags for BTC, ETH, XRP, DOGE, MSTR, COIN, Others
Elon Musk’s X has officially debuted Smart Cashtags for stocks and crypto. This new feature adds interactive, real-time ...
Apple Threatened to Drop Elon Musk’s Grok From App Store Over ‘Sexualized Deepfakes’: Report
Apple threatened to remove Elon Musk's AI app Grok in January over concern about "sexualized deepfakes," according to a new ...
NAACP sues Elon Musk's XAI over Memphis data center air pollution
Elopn Musk, who is the world's richest person, has been counting on the greater Memphis area to serve as the backbone for xAI ...
Elon Musk promised 'random' $1M giveaways. Now he's fighting to avoid testifying.
Federal suits in Austin allege the Tesla and SpaceX CEO misled voters. Their attorneys seek his testimony and documents ...
Reid Hoffman weighs in on the ‘tokenmaxxing’ debate
Reid Hoffman says tracking AI token use can gauge adoption, but cautions it should be paired with context and not treated as a direct productivity metric.
Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks
Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you.
Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder
On Wednesday, Amazon announced the launch of its new Fire TV Stick HD and Ember Artline televisions, both now available for preorder.  Following the initial release of the first-generation Fire TV Stick HD two years ago, Amazon has created a new model that is its thinnest streaming device to date, the company says. Launched in […]
Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million
The company uses AI to review code that, more often than not these days, has also been generated by AI.
This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant
Parasail raised $32 million in a Series A, signaling a fractured future of models and compute.
Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm are all investing in this buzzy self-driving tech startup
Wayve's $1.2 billion Series D round, which was announced in February, keeps growing.
This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off
Ayr Energy is using a shortage of power conversion equipment to break open a decades-old market.
AliveCor brings its pocket-sized 12-lead ECG to Europe after detecting more than 4,000 heart attacks in the US
The Kardia 12L, which uses five electrodes and a single cable to replace bulky 10-lead ECG carts, has received CE Mark. It launches first in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK, with its AI system detecting 35 cardiac conditions including acute myocardial infarction. AliveCor, the US medtech company specialising in AI-powered cardiac diagnostics, has […]This story continues at The Next Web
Agriodor raises €15M led by Crédit Mutuel Impact to scale its insect-repelling fragrances
The Rennes-based INRAE spin-off uses blends of volatile organic compounds to repel or attract pest insects without harming pollinators, soil, or human health. Its first product, for sugar beet aphids, received French regulatory authorisation in March 2026 and is distributed by Syngenta. Agriodor, a French deeptech startup specialising in olfactory biocontrol, has raised €15 million […]This story continues at The Next Web
Meta and Broadcom extend their AI chip deal to 2029
The expanded partnership covers several generations of Meta’s custom MTIA processors, starts with over a gigawatt of computing capacity, and is described as the ‘first phase of a sustained, multi-gigawatt rollout.’ The new chips will be the first custom AI silicon to use a 2-nanometer process. Meta has expanded its partnership with chip designer Broadcom […]This story continues at The Next Web
FluidStack is in talks to raise $1B at an $18B valuation
Jane Street and Situational Awareness are in discussions to co-lead the round, Bloomberg reports. The Oxford-founded neocloud, which relocated from the UK to the US after landing a $50 billion data centre partnership with Anthropic, has grown its revenue from $1.8M in 2022 to $66.2M in 2024. FluidStack, the AI data centre startup that builds […]This story continues at The Next Web