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Larry Ellison had a rough one. The Oracle co-founder watched as Chinese labs unleashed models that undercut American pricing power and challenged long-held assumptions about technological superiority. Yet the bigger story stretches far beyond one executive’s frustration. It centers on a fierce debate gripping Washington and Silicon Valley alike: whether open-weight AI from China represents

Nscale wants to build the infrastructure behind tomorrow’s most powerful AI systems. The British startup just picked Bellevue, Washington, as its main American engineering base. And the move signals how fiercely companies now chase specialized talent even as electricity shortages threaten to slow the entire sector. Founded in 2024, Nscale has moved fast. It raised

The question of whether machines might one day possess genuine consciousness has moved from speculative fiction into serious academic and industrial debate. A thoughtful perspective on this matter appears in the article AI Is a Harsh Mistress: On Anima Machina, Herd Acceptance, and the Politics of Conscious Machines published by the Communications of the ACM.

  Russian supply trucks once rolled along highways 100 kilometers from the front with little fear. No longer. Ukraine has introduced fixed-wing drones that let operators roam deep into those zones, picking off targets at will. Soldiers call it free hunting. The results speak for themselves. One former operator now analyzing tactics for the 413th

  State censors keep sharpening their tools. VPNs that once slipped past firewalls now get spotted and shut down in days. Yet one small nonprofit refuses to back down. Unredacted just released FreeSocks v2. The free, open-source tool promises better evasion tactics and stronger privacy than its predecessor. The timing feels urgent. TechRadar reported on

  General Motors delivered another quarter of impressive profit growth even as vehicle sales moderated. The Detroit automaker posted record revenue and raised its full-year outlook. Yet the numbers tell a more complicated story beneath the surface. Revenue hit $48 billion in the second quarter. That topped analyst forecasts. Adjusted earnings per share came in

  Ofcom has moved forward with a plan to open the upper 6GHz band for both WiFi and mobile services. The decision breaks from traditional exclusive allocations. It sets the stage for devices to pull data at higher speeds while preparing the ground for 6G deployments expected around 2030. Under the framework the lower 160MHz

Bret Taylor thinks companies will soon quit obsessing over AI token prices. The OpenAI chairman laid out that view in a recent CNBC appearance. He expects IT departments to master the details within a year. Departments will pick specialized tools. Marketing gets one setup. Software engineers get another. The word “token” fades from conversation. Pay

Samsung has spent years wrestling with a stubborn problem in its flagship phones. Exynos processors run hot. They drain batteries faster than rivals. And they often lag behind Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips in real-world tasks. Now a secretive new AI accelerator from the same design team could change that equation. The project goes by the name

Software as a service powered the last decade of technology investment. Billions flowed into recurring revenue businesses. Valuations soared on the promise of predictable growth and high margins. But 2026 has delivered a harsh reset. Public SaaS companies shed nearly two trillion dollars in market value since the start of the year. Tech Insider reported