Phoebe Gates, daughter of Bill and Melinda French Gates, is raising a $30 million Series A for her AI shopping startup, Phia. The round would value the company at $180 million, with backing from a star-studded list that notably excludes her billionaire parents.
HPE is betting big that its newly combined Aruba and Juniper networking portfolio, packed with AI features, will create a new market leader. CEO Antonio Neri claims massive customer savings and strong partner growth, but integrating a $13.4B acquisition is never simple. The real test is just beginni
Google has begun replacing Assistant with Gemini on smart home devices, but the rollout is a crawl. After an initial wave in late October, most beta testers are still locked out.
Top tech leaders are pushing back hard against the idea that AI is an overinflated bubble, even as evidence mounts. They see a “ten-year super cycle,” while others see warning signs eerily similar to the dotcom bust.
A major battle over radio spectrum is brewing ahead of next year’s World Radiocommunications Conference. Telecom operators are pushing to use the 8.025-8.4 GHz X-band for 5G/6G, but that’s the exact frequency Earth observation satellites use to download critical data on disasters, deforestation, and
The valuations driven by generative AI are reaching historic, gravity-defying levels. When the bubble bursts, the landscape will look very different.
Google is running an experiment where it replaces publisher headlines in Discover with AI-generated four-word titles. The results have been a mess, ranging from factually wrong to completely nonsensical. This follows a pattern of Google using AI to keep users in its own ecosystem, rather than sendin
Anthropic has signed a massive $200 million agreement with cloud data giant Snowflake. The deal will integrate Claude AI directly into Snowflake’s platform for its global customer base, marking a major push into enterprise agentic AI.
Power equipment manufacturer ABB is investing in UK-based OctaiPipe, an AI startup focused on optimizing data center cooling. The partnership aims to help operators cut energy use and meet sustainability demands as electricity consumption for data processing soars.
Researchers are looking at the 1970s adoption of CNC machines to predict AI’s impact on jobs today. The parallels are stark: productivity went up, but so did displacement, especially for non-union, mid-skilled workers. It’s a painful historical lesson in technological transition.
