Anthropic is reportedly in discussions to source inference chips from Fractile, a London-based startup developing hardware purpose-built for running AI models more efficiently. The Information first reported the talks on Saturday. The move marks the latest step by the fast-growing AI lab to diversify its chip supply, as demand for its Claude assistant continues to […]
OpenAI President Greg Brockman told an audience at Sequoia Capital this week that agentic coding tools have made a remarkable leap in capability—jumping from writing roughly 20% of code to about 80% over the course of December 2025. He framed the shift as one that pushes AI from a useful convenience into something developers genuinely […]
Valve closed out April with a flurry of updates for the Steam Deck ecosystem. On April 30, the company released SteamOS 3.8.3 Beta: Second Clutch, following a stable client update earlier in the week. The drop continues a months-long stretch of refinements that have meaningfully reshaped what the handheld is capable of. A Busy Week […]
Samsung Electronics used its first-quarter 2026 earnings call on April 29 to reaffirm its plans for AI-powered smart glasses and a fresh wave of wearable audio products, even as the South Korean tech giant logged record revenue and operating profit fueled by booming demand for AI memory chips. During the call, a Samsung executive said […]
Scientists have introduced a new genome-editing platform that can slot large DNA sequences into human T cells without making the traditional double-strand cut—removing a long-standing roadblock to safer, non-viral production of engineered cell therapies. Called PRIME-In, short for Prime Editing-Mediated Large Integration, the platform was published on April 30 in Nature Biomedical Engineering. How the […]
China has officially confirmed that it will more than double the size of its Tiangong space station, evolving the orbital outpost from a three-module T-shaped structure into a six-module cross-shaped complex with a total mass of roughly 180 metric tons, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for low Earth […]
Meta has finalized the acquisition of Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI), a startup building humanoid robot systems, the company confirmed on Friday. The deal, reported by Investing.com, is the latest—and most distinctly robotics-focused—move in a series of acquisitions by the social-media giant as it works to plant its flag in the rapidly emerging humanoid robotics sector. […]
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering have introduced a new artificial intelligence technique they call “Mollifier Layers,” aimed squarely at one of science’s most stubborn mathematical hurdles: inverse partial differential equations (PDEs). Published in Transactions on Machine Learning Research and scheduled for presentation at NeurIPS 2026, the approach delivers a faster and […]
India has officially launched a nationwide, mobile-based emergency communication platform built entirely on indigenous technology. The Cell Broadcast system, unveiled on Saturday, will deliver instant emergency alerts straight to citizens’ mobile phones during natural disasters and other crises—an upgrade aimed at making last-mile warning delivery faster and more reliable. An Indigenous Platform for Faster Public […]
ISRO is in advanced talks with Russia’s Roscosmos to procure powerful semi-cryogenic engines, with a draft contract under approval, marking a major step toward India’s next-generation heavy-lift launch capability.
