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Google has released TorchTPU as an open-source project, allowing developers to run existing PyTorch AI applications directly on its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) with minimal code changes. Announced on October…

General Motors (GM) plans to close its Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant south of Detroit, Michigan, when the facility’s lease expires in summer 2027. The automaker confirmed that the closure is…

OpenAI has introduced Locked Chats in ChatGPT, allowing users to protect selected conversations with a four-digit PIN or biometric authentication on supported devices. The feature, announced on October 20, 2026,…

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly owns approximately 1% of Anthropic, a stake that could be worth as much as $20 billion if the AI company achieves a $2 trillion…

Meta has recorded more than 10 million US downloads of its Muse AI companion app within 40 days of launch, becoming only the 12th mobile application to reach that milestone.…

Robotics has yet to reach a breakthrough comparable to ChatGPT’s arrival in 2022, according to Amulya Vishwanath, founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Techable Ventures. The former Nvidia…

JustWatch has launched its own streaming service, JustWatch TV, offering free ad-supported movies, a paid subscription, and digital movie rentals across 12 markets. The service, launched on October 20, 2026,…

Electric Plant has raised $11.2 million in seed funding to commercialize an AI system that interprets electrical signals inside living plants to identify their needs. Its technology combines low-cost sensors…

TikTok employees repeatedly warned company executives about child safety risks, including sexual exploitation, exposure to suicide-related content, and weaknesses in parental controls, according to court records obtained by NPR. Depositions…

Figma has announced 20 new Model Context Protocol (MCP) partners to expand how AI agents interact with its design platform, despite concerns raised by co-founder and CEO Dylan Field about…

Reliable Robotics has raised $115 million in additional funding, pushing its valuation above $1 billion as it works toward Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for its autonomous flight technology. The…

The United States has ordered federal civilian agencies to stop purchasing products and services developed by Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and remove its technology from government IT systems. The Department…

Eka Robotics has raised $150 million in a Series A funding round at a $1.45 billion post-money valuation to develop AI-powered robotic hands capable of handling objects with greater speed…

San Francisco-based startup Tolan has raised $30 million in new funding to expand its AI companion app, which helps users manage daily tasks, personal relationships, and emotional concerns. The investment…

AI chip startup Tenstorrent has raised $1.5 billion in a Series E funding round, reaching a $6.2 billion valuation as it expands production of processors designed for AI inference and…

San Francisco-based AI startup Town has raised $108 million in a Series B funding round, reaching a $1 billion valuation just four months after its public launch. The funding, co-led…

Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe believes autonomous driving technology could allow the electric vehicle manufacturer to develop vehicles with substantially different designs from its current SUVs and pickup trucks.…

Amazon is funding the development of a proposed 960-megawatt nuclear power plant in Indiana, featuring 12 small modular reactors supplied by X-energy. The facility would be operated by American Electric…

Developers are using AI coding assistants to remove advertisements, disable tracking features, and replace slow home screens on smart TVs. Projects such as dumbtv and cleanyourtv allow users to customize…

Nvidia has launched three open-weight Nemotron 3.5 AI models designed for enterprise automation, always-on AI agents, and local computing. The lineup includes a 120-billion-parameter model for complex business tasks and…