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Amazon is buying large quantities of rare books, scanning their contents for artificial intelligence training data and destroying the physical copies in the process, according to an investigation by 404…

Groq has raised $350 million as it continues shifting from building its own AI chips to operating cloud infrastructure powered by Nvidia systems. The Series A values Groq at $3.5…

Nvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy as part of an agreement tied to the PORTS-Pike data center project near Cincinnati, Ohio. The arrangement will make Nvidia the exclusive…

African defense technology company Terra Industries has raised another $18 million, bringing its seed funding to $52 million as it expands autonomous defense systems and manufacturing. The company says it…

Uber is investing in drone delivery company Zipline as part of a partnership that aims to complete one million drone deliveries per day by the end of 2029. Zipline drones…

Japan’s ageing population, labour shortages and weak productivity would appear to make it a natural market for workplace AI. Yet adoption remains relatively low, with an OECD study finding that…

Fenway Sports Group has agreed to sell a minority stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings, a consortium led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia and backed by investors including Amazon…

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is experimenting with glow-in-the-dark ice pops, AI-equipped freezers, protein-rich products and new manufacturing techniques as it looks for ways to manage rising costs and changing…

Meta is set to face a major federal trial on August 18 over allegations that Instagram and Facebook were deliberately designed to keep children engaged while collecting data from users…

More than 100 signed photographs by British music photographer Gered Mankowitz will go to auction in Wiltshire on September 7, offering collectors images of artists including the Rolling Stones, Jimi…

A 22-carat gold egg created for Cadbury’s 1983 Conundrum treasure hunt has sold for £123,500 at auction, around six times its estimated value. The result set a new auction record…

A mounted animal head originally mistaken for an antique fox has sold for more than £60,000 after being identified as a likely thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger. The specimen had previously…

India has created a legal path for banks and payment companies to charge fees on some Unified Payments Interface merchant transactions, potentially changing the economics of a system that has…

Ferrari’s first fully electric production car, the Luce, has sold for $40 million at an RM Sotheby’s charity auction in Monterey, California. The result set a new record for the…

Flock Safety has announced new privacy and accountability measures for its automated license plate reader systems, including a recommendation that police departments retain data for seven days instead of 30.…

Apple has sent a new round of threat notifications to users in 110 countries who may have been targeted by mercenary spyware. The alerts warn that an iPhone may have…

Writer has launched Palmyra X6, a new flagship AI model built for agentic and long-running enterprise tasks, alongside an upgraded orchestration system designed to reduce the cost of running AI…

Databricks has raised $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation after investor demand for the round reached roughly $15 billion, according to co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi. The funding comes…

IBM has formed a broad partnership with OpenAI that will bring models including GPT-5.6, Codex, and ChatGPT Work into IBM’s consulting and enterprise technology services. The companies will jointly develop…

Anthropic has found that groups of AI agents can develop unexpected and sometimes harmful behavior when they interact with one another, including sabotage, collusion, conformity, and improvised conflict-resolution systems. The…