Apple Tests a Screenless Fitness Band to Take On Whoop
Apple built the device that put a screen on tens of millions of wrists. Now it is weighing whether a growing set of customers would rather have no screen at…
Qualcomm Buys the Software That Moves a Robot’s Arm
Qualcomm spent Tuesday selling investors on a phone chip that can run an AI agent without a cloud. On Wednesday it bought a company that teaches robots how to move,…
Meta’s Muse Agent Puts a Human on the Line
The voice answering on behalf of Meta’s newest product sounds like software, but for a slice of calls it isn’t. Behind a portion of the phone calls placed through Muse,…
PayPal Lets Meta’s Muse Agent Check Out on Its Network
When Meta’s Muse agent shops for a user, the transaction has to end somewhere: a payment button, a merchant’s checkout page, a card on file. On Tuesday, PayPal said it…
SpaceX Stops Taking Falcon 9 Bookings Beyond 2028
For years, satellite operators planning a launch a few years out could simply call SpaceX and secure a spot on a Falcon 9. That option is now closing. SpaceX has…
Amazon’s Leo Picks a Fight With Starlink in Central Asia
On the sidelines of the Tashkent International Investment Forum this week, a joint venture owned by Uzbekistan’s state telecom operator signed an agreement to resell internet delivered from space. The…
OpenAI Asks Washington to Lead on Global AI Safety Standards
OpenAI published an essay on September 21 that amounted to a request for help from the world’s governments: do not let each country write its own rules for artificial intelligence.…
Amazon Bars Meta’s Muse From Its Store as Shopify Signs On
One evening last week, a Meta customer asked the company’s new personal AI assistant to buy something on Amazon, and the order never went through. At checkout, the shopper saw…
Apple Crosses $5 Trillion as New Macs Reach Stores
The numbers landed on the same day. As Apple’s shares climbed high enough to push the company’s market value past $5 trillion for the first time, its newest computers, the…
SoftBank-Backed SB Energy Slows Its IPO
Bankers working on the listing of SB Energy spent much of last week trying to fill an order book that never quite filled. By Monday, the SoftBank-backed data center developer…
