Microsoft says clients of its Azure cloud platform may experience increased latency after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut
Microsoft Corp. said Saturday it's no longer detecting issues with its Azure cloud platform after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut.
OpenAI researchers argue that language models hallucinate because standard training and evaluation procedures reward guessing over admitting uncertainty
Read the paper(opens in a new window) — At OpenAI, we're working hard to make AI systems more useful and reliable.
Filing: Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5B plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the company's downloading of millions of pirated books
Anthropic PBC will pay at least $1.5 billion plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the AI company's downloading …
GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT is shockingly good at search and demonstrates the potential of combining tool calling with chain-of-thought reasoning
“Don't use chatbots as search engines” was great advice for several years... until it wasn't. — I wrote about how good OpenAI's o3 was at using … X: @simonw , @simonw , and @simonw Mastodon: @remixt...
The Winklevoss twins have become major GOP donors; a source says they've donated $32M+ since 2017, including $21M to a new pro-Trump and pro-crypto super PAC
There's a new megadonor force in Republican politics: the crypto-mogul Winklevoss twins. … - “Who are the donors going to be for the next 20 to 30 years?
PitchBook: VCs have invested $5B+ in humanoid robotics startups since the beginning of 2024, as years of steady progress and GenAI triggers an investment frenzy
A frenzy of investment has created a crowd of new human-like designs. — SALEM, Ore. — In an office park opposite an Amazon warehouse, the robots are at work.
Google DeepMind and LIGO researchers detail Deep Loop Shaping, an AI tool that they say improves the observatory's ability to track gravitational waves
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, has already won its researchers a Nobel Prize …
Dealroom: European VC deals are set to rise 3-4% YoY in 2025 to $57B, about the same as in 2023, driven by rising startup valuations in AI, fintech, and defense
Interest in AI and defence tech start-ups has boosted investor activity after a prolonged slowdown
A profile of Mercor, a Scale AI rival valued at $2B in February, which hires domain experts to train models; it had a $100M run rate in March and $6M H1 profit
Mercor, debuting on the Forbes Cloud 100 list, built an AI recruiter to interview job candidates. X: @richardjnieva . LinkedIn: Sundeep Peechu and Peter Fenton . Bluesky: @dannygroner X: Richard Nieva...
Christian Catalini, co-creator of Meta's Libra stablecoin project, reflects on Libra's failure, what Stripe's Tempo blockchain can learn from it, and more
including one of the card networks the whole thing is designed to replace—and “neutrality.” [image] Brij Singh / @brij : Facebook's Libra turned out to be a strangely “successful” project - if success...
Mojo Vision raised a $75M Series B led by Vanedge Capital to commercialize its microLED tech for products such as AI glasses and optical interconnects
Mojo raises fresh capital to commercialize micro-LED platform for AI. … Mojo Vision has secured $75 million in new funding to accelerate …
Shift5, which develops cybersecurity tools for the military and critical infrastructure, raised a $75M Series C led by Hedosophia
Data and cybersecurity startup Shift5 locked up a $75 million Series C led by Hedosophia, co-founder and CEO Josh Lospinoso tells Axios Pro...
Austin-based Hello Patient, whose AI agents help healthcare organizations handle patient communications, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners
With our Series A fundraise, we're expanding the team at our HQ in Austin, TX. — We're hiring: … Alex Cohen : Today, I'm beyond excited to share that Hello Patient has closed a $22.5M Series A led b...
An in-depth look at AWS' underperformance in the GenAI era, as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud gain ground, and how Anthropic could spark an AWS AI resurgence
Two-and-a-half years ago, we flagged a looming “cloud crisis” at AWS. Today, the evidence has mounted. X: @rohanpaul_ai and @dylan522p X: Rohan Paul / @rohanpaul_ai : AWS is betting heavily on its cu...
Recall.ai, which offers an API and a desktop SDK for managing meeting recordings and transcripts, raised $38M in a Series B led by Bessemer at a $250M valuation
Recall.ai, a startup that provides backend infrastructure for artificial intelligence that understands human conversations …
A look at the ramp up of Apple's retail footprint in India, as a source says Apple's revenue grew 13% YoY to $9B during India's fiscal year that ended in March
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Data shows WLFI's sharp drop was driven by shorting and dumping across exchanges, not Justin Sun's token movements; WLFI blames phishing-related compromises
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Bengaluru-based Tessolve, which offers semiconductor engineering services and has built 11 chip testing and embedded labs globally, raised $150M from TPG Growth
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Predoc, which uses AI to automate medical records management, raised $30M seed and Series A led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Northzone and others
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Noon, an Amazon rival in the Middle East that has raised $2.7B since its 2016 launch and is now valued at “close to” $10B, is planning an IPO within two years
Saudi Arabia-backed group mulls dual listing as it pushes into autonomous delivery
An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector's unemployment rate fell from 5.5% in July to 4.5% in August, while active tech job postings declined 2.6% from July
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A profile of Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, as the gaming hardware giant readies AI tools for game development and to help players sharpen their skills
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Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.