OpenAI’s IPO Slips to Next Year
The questions at OpenAI’s investor meetings have taken a sharper edge in recent months. Some of the company’s largest backers have privately voiced concern about how quickly the startup is…
Korea’s Chip Exports Cross $40 Billion Again
South Korea’s chip exports topped $40 billion for a second consecutive month, according to data released on August 1 and reported by Tech Times, as the country’s semiconductor industry rode…
Uber Builds Its Own Robotaxi Web
Uber has spent the past year assembling its own autonomous-driving ecosystem through a string of partnerships and investments, and its relationship with Waymo has grown strained in the process, according…
Qualcomm’s Bet on a Compiler, Not a Chip
Qualcomm said it has completed its acquisition of Modular, the AI infrastructure company behind the Mojo programming language and the MAX inference engine, according to HPCwire. The deal, announced in…
Microsoft’s 200-Euro Bet on Game Hardware
The price of an Xbox Series X rose by as much as 200 euros in Europe and the UK on August 1, according to Video Games Chronicle, as Microsoft stopped…
SpaceX’s Billion-Share Lockup Expiry
Roughly 1 billion SpaceX shares come out of lockup on August 6, according to Motley Fool and Yahoo Finance, in what will be the largest overhang since the company’s public…
Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Month, Reversed
In mid-June, Elon Musk became the first person on record to hold a fortune of $1 trillion. By the end of July, the title was gone. His net worth has…
NHTSA Opens Probe Into 1.2 Million Teslas
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on July 31 that it has opened a preliminary investigation into about 1.2 million Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, after 156…
Nvidia Retakes the Top Spot From Apple
At the closing bell on July 31, Nvidia was again the world’s most valuable listed company, four days after Apple became the first company to finish a session above $5…
OpenAI’s $2,000 Answer to the Scaling Debate
The blog post went up quietly on August 1, with no launch event, no demo video, and no pricing page. In it, OpenAI said its next model, Astra, which has…
