NVIDIA Makes Omniverse Free for Production Use
The engineers who build digital twins of factories and robots have paid for the software for years. Starting this week, they do not have to. NVIDIA said it is making…
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 Sol Preview Ahead of Regulatory Review
The name is a sun reference, and the timing is pointed. OpenAI has released a preview version of its next flagship model under the name GPT-5.6 Sol, giving customers an…
Meta Quietly Launches Pocket, an AI App That Builds Mini-Games
There was no keynote, no press release and no announcement, just an app that appeared in app stores with a name that sounds like something from a desk drawer. Meta…
Melinda Gates Backs Magnify Ventures’ Second Fund
The fund is small by the standards of the industry, and its investor list includes one of the most prominent names in American philanthropy. Magnify Ventures has closed its second…
Anthropic Says It Will Remove Hidden Checks Targeting Chinese Users in Claude Code
The discovery began, as these things often do, with a curious developer taking a tool apart. A user who reverse-engineered Claude Code, Anthropic’s programming assistant, found that since April the…
LY and Bain Raise Kakaku Bid to $4.1 Billion, Pressuring EQT
The bidding war for Kakaku.com, the Japanese price-comparison operator, escalated Wednesday night when LY Corp and Bain Capital increased their offer to 3,384 yen per share, valuing the company at…
Near-Eye Display Market Set to Recover in 2026 as AR Glasses Take Off
After a year that pushed the market to its lowest point in recent memory, the makers of the tiny displays that sit inside virtual and augmented reality headsets are expecting…
NVIDIA Struggles to Hold $200 as Analyst Cuts Rating to Hold
The chart watchers have a line in the sand, and NVIDIA keeps testing it. The chip maker’s stock has been fighting to hold the 200 dollar level for weeks, and…
Microsoft Plans Layoffs of About 5,700, Hitting Xbox and Sales Units
The email was addressed to a sales director in Microsoft’s enterprise business, and its subject line was the one employees in Redmond have learned to recognize: a meeting invitation from…
Bending Spoons Prices IPO Above Range, Raising $1.68 Billion
The bankers had guided investors to 26 to 28 dollars a share, but by the time the order book closed, the bids had climbed past the top of that range.…
