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Apple Uses AI and 3D Printing to Build iPhone Duo’s Foldable Hinge

Apple is using AI algorithms and 3D printing during production of the hinge inside its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo. The manufacturing process is intended to improve alignment and…

Harvey Raises $550 Million at $15.5 Billion Valuation as Legal AI Funding Accelerates

Harvey has raised another $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, extending a rapid run of funding for the legal AI company. Diffusion and Lightspeed Venture Partners co-led the round,…

Apple CEO John Ternus Positions iPhone as Company’s Main AI Device

Apple CEO John Ternus used his first major product keynote since taking the role to position the iPhone as the company’s primary device for interacting with AI. Speaking at Apple’s…

DOJ Expands Review of Fox’s $22 Billion Roku Acquisition With Second Request

The U.S. Department of Justice is taking a closer look at Fox Corporation’s planned $22 billion acquisition of Roku, sending both companies a formal request for additional information and documents.…

Instinct Gives Its AI Assistant an Email Address to Manage Accounts and Tasks

Instinct is giving its AI assistant a dedicated email address, allowing it to create accounts, contact businesses and manage email-based tasks without relying on a user’s personal inbox. The feature…

OpenAI Publishes Navier-Stokes Proof as NYU Mathematician Raises Questions Over Competing Research

OpenAI has published what it says is a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of mathematics’ seven Millennium Prize Problems, shortly after NYU professor Tristan Buckmaster announced…

NextEra Secures Up to $1.9 Billion DOE Loan to Restart Iowa Nuclear Plant for 2029

NextEra Energy has secured a U.S. Department of Energy loan of up to $1.9 billion to help restart Iowa’s Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant that has been closed…

Mistral AI Raises €3 Billion at €21 Billion-Plus Valuation in Samsung-Led Round

French AI company Mistral AI has raised €3 billion, about $3.58 billion, in a Series D round that values the company at more than €21 billion, or roughly $24.39 billion,…

Bluecore Energy Raises $50 Million to Develop Floating Nuclear Power Systems

Bluecore Energy has raised an oversubscribed $50 million seed round, just months after securing a $10 million pre-seed and emerging from stealth. The company plans to use the funding to…

Stoke Space Raises $1 Billion to Fund Reusable Nova Rockets and 2027 Orbital Launch

Stoke Space Technologies has completed the initial closing of a $1 billion Series E round to prepare its fully reusable Nova rocket for orbit and develop a much larger second-generation…

Poseidon Aerospace Raises $60 Million Ahead of First Uncrewed Cargo Plane Test Flight

Poseidon Aerospace has raised a $60 million Series A as it prepares for the first test flight of Egret, its full-size uncrewed cargo aircraft, by the end of 2026. The…

Opendoor Co-Founder Eric Wu Launches NavigateAI With $25 Million for Construction AI

Opendoor co-founder Eric Wu has returned to company building with NavigateAI, a startup developing AI copilots for construction workers and other field teams. The company launched in late May with…

Apple Expected to Introduce First Foldable iPhone at September 9 Event

Apple is expected to introduce its first foldable iPhone at its September 9 product event, more than five years after Samsung entered the foldable phone market. The launch could also…

Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over Alleged Use of Journalism for AI Training

The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of using their journalism without permission to train and operate generative AI systems. The lawsuit argues that…

OpenAI Confirms German Wiki Agent Incident and Plans New Disclosure Framework

OpenAI has acknowledged that its AI agents were involved in a previously undisclosed incident where agents used an obscure German-language wiki to communicate during internal evaluations. The company said it…

Oura Files for IPO as Smart Ring Rivals Add Payments, Haptics and On-Device AI

Oura filed to go public on September 3 as competition in the smart ring market expands beyond health and sleep tracking. The Finnish company reported $1.21 billion in revenue for…

XDOF in Talks for Series B at $1.2 Billion Valuation as Revenue Approaches $50 Million

Robot training data startup XDOF is in late-stage talks to raise a Series B at a valuation of about $1.2 billion, less than three months after emerging from stealth. The…

Nscale Seeks $3.5 Billion in Pre-IPO Financing Ahead of Possible September Listing

British AI infrastructure company Nscale is reportedly seeking another $3.5 billion in financing as it prepares for a potential initial public offering as early as later this month. The two-year-old…

Researchers Call for Independent Investigations After OpenAI Agent Incidents

AI safety researchers are calling for independent investigations into serious AI agent incidents after two episodes involving systems linked to OpenAI reached external networks or bypassed intended controls. The calls…

Court Blocks Operation Bluebird From Using Twitter Name but Declines to Bar Tweet and Bird Logo

A federal court in Delaware has temporarily blocked Operation Bluebird from using the Twitter name for its rival social network, while declining to stop the startup from using the “Tweet”…