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Imagine there’s a stranger out there who has nothing but API access to your chatbot. They are interested in knowing whether a specific patient, employee, or customer appears in the data you trained it on. Without breaching the database or stealing backups, this person can theoretically figure out this information with carefully crafted prompts and […]
IBM’s nanostack transistors could boost chip performance or energy efficiency.
PLUS: Noam Shazeer leaves Google for OpenAI
It’s the world’s first sub-1nm chip technology, powered by IBM’s new nanostack architecture, paving the way for more powerful chips for years to come.
This new microchip architecture from IBM builds up, not out, to overcome the spatial limitations of scaling transistor density.
A Citizen Lab investigation confirms evidence Russian authorities used Cellebrite tool to hack prominent Russian activist Andrey Pivovarov after the Cellebrite claimed to have ceased sales to Russia. The post Russia used Cellebrite tool to jail activist after company claimed to have ended contract appeared first on Access Now .
IBM has built a new prototype chip with around 100 billion transistors on an area the size of a fingernail, which is twice the density of the company’s previous state-of-the-art technology announced in 2021. The design could pave the way for faster and more energy efficient computers for years to come. For more than half…
It’s been hard to look away from headlines about the European heat wave this week. Temperatures are breaking records across the continent, and the weather is threatening lives, shutting down schools, and in one particularly ironic case, forcing the cancellation of a London Climate Action Week event about extreme heat. As the summer ramps up…
Executive Summary: Fragmented Europe: Dealing with China as a technology and innovation power H.Seidl Thu, 06/25/2026 - 11:32 picture alliance / Long Wei / Costfoto Download (pdf - 3.95 MB) Report Jun 30, 2026 15 min read Executive Summary: Fragmented Europe: Dealing with China as a technology and innovation power You are reading the Executive Summary of the 2026 report of the European Think Tank Network on China (ETNC) "Fragmented Europe: Dealing with China as a technology and innovation power". Go back to the main page . China’s drive to become a global leader in science, technology and innovation has huge implications for the EU and its member states. On the one hand, China is becoming a strong competitor in industrial high-tech sectors and innovative science that used to be the stronghold of European actors. Advanced digital technologies made in China also increasingly pose risks to infrastructures in Europe. On the other hand, China offers itself as a resourceful counterpart for collaboration in research and development (R&D) and keeps attracting European scientists and businesses alike. This report, the 12 th compiled by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC), analyses how Europe is affected by China’s rise to a technological power and its increasing clout in shaping and creating innovation. Authors from 22 European countries have contributed to this study. The goal is to provide a nuanced picture of how those states interact with China in the field of innovat…
Scrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been read in their entirety for the first time, thanks to scans and AI software
French health insurance company Alan says it has reached an agreement on a €480m funding round, valuing it at €5.5bn. The new Series G funding round follows just months after Alan announced a €100m ...
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Global AI startups land spots in Presight AI-Startup Accelerator Cohort II
Meta is bringing back the Facebook Creator Studio page manager, now "reimagined" as a standalone AI companion app. The new app aims to make it easier for creators to connect with their audiences and show them "exactly how to grow on Facebook," according to Meta's announcement. Meta's AI Creator Assistant is a central focus of […]
How do we build trust in AI agents before the AI hailstorm arrives? Emil Lassen from the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) joins the show to discuss how the enterprise flywheel of standards, certification, audit, and insurance is being applied to AI agents. They explore the AIUC-1 framework, the challenges of securing agentic AI systems, and why red teaming (based on standards) may be key to accelerating enterprise AI adoption. Featuring: Emil Lassen – LinkedIn Daniel Whitenack – Website , GitHub , X Links: Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company Sponsors: Framer: The enterprise-grade website builder that lets your team ship faster. Get 30% off at framer.com/practicalai Prediction Guard: A self-hosted AI control plane for running agents in high impact environments. predictionguard.com/practicalai Upcoming Events: Register for upcoming webinars here ! Midwest AI Summit 2026
Microsoft has been rethinking its commitment to Windows for a while now, with Insider builds of the operating system showing a swing away from web-based user experiences and back to native code. That commitment got a boost at Build 2026 with a bundle of announcements that focused on tools and features that help developers take advantage of the platform. The most obvious is support for the standard core Unix utilities, in the shape of a Microsoft-maintained fork of the popular Rust-based uutils coreutils package , Coreutils for Windows . Coreutils for Windows installs as a single binary, making it easier to update and manage. And it is one of those tools that does exactly what it says on the tin, providing a Windows implementation of the commands you’re using in Linux virtual machines or in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Building on Windows Terminal with Coreutils Much of the Windows developer experience has moved back to the command line via Windows’ rearchitected terminal, underscoring the need for a consistent experience across the multiple development environments running on your PC. The context switch between a Linux environment through WSL or in a Visual Studio remote terminal and the Windows PowerShell and cmd environment can be jarring. I often find myself typing a Unix command in Windows and vice versa, seeing an all-too-familiar error message, followed by trying to remember what I should have typed, and finally trying again. It wastes time and fills my terminal…
Key takeaways Backstage solved the portal problem, not the platform problem. A portal organizes catalogs, documentation, and templates. A platform owns deployments, environments, policies, and runtime operations. Backstage assumes that the execution layer exists beneath it. Point-to-point integrations become a maintenance burden. Many organizations end up with a “messy middle” where Backstage is connected directly to CI/CD , GitOps , Kubernetes , and observability tools through custom wiring that’s fragile and hard to evolve. Abstractions are the interface between developers and infrastructure. Developers work with components, endpoints, and dependencies. Platform engineers work with environments, pipelines, and component types. The platform compiles both into Kubernetes resources. A control plane bridges the gap. It sits between the portal and runtime, compiling abstractions into infrastructure, enforcing policies consistently, reconciling drift, and aggregating runtime state back to the portal. Good abstractions enable advanced capabilities. Unified observability, automated guardrails, and AI agents that can reason about and act on your platform. All becomes possible when you have well-defined concepts and a control plane that understands both sides. … Start with Backstage If you’re building an internal developer platform , Backstage is certainly part of your architecture. It solved the discovery problem and became the default choice for developer portals. Before Backstage…
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Multinational technology company Amazon has announced plans to invest $48 billion in India between 2026 and 2030 following a meeting between CEO Andy Jassy and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The investment includes an additional $13 billion to expand the company’s artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in India by 2030. The latest commitment comes about six months after Amazon announced plans to invest $35 billion in the country, highlighting its long term focus on India as a key market for digital infrastructure, cloud computing and AI. Amazon is also accelerating its quick commerce push through Amazon Now. The company plans to expand the service to 300 cities and build a network of 1,000 micro fulfilment centres. The expansion comes as competition in quick commerce intensifies, with players rapidly widening their offerings beyond groceries to categories such as electronics, beauty, fashion and household essentials through near instant delivery.
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Germany: From mutual benefit to existential competition with China H.Seidl Thu, 06/25/2026 - 10:27 picture alliance / Long Wei / Costfoto Download (pdf - 3.95 MB) Report Jun 30, 2026 14 min read Germany: From mutual benefit to existential competition with China You are reading the Germany chapter of the 2026 report of the European Think Tank Network on China (ETNC) "Fragmented Europe: Dealing with China as a technology and innovation power". Go back to the main page . After decades of highly lucrative technology cooperation with China, Germany finds itself in an existential crisis. China has been catching up in high-tech and research areas where Germany has traditionally been a leader. Fears of losing key industries and potentially hundreds of thousands of jobs have led to soul-searching about reviving German competitiveness. But diverging strategies emerge along the fault lines of politics and business. While the German government tries to shift its focus on security politics and geoeconomics, many companies and research institutions consider the risks of not cooperating with China on innovation as being higher – and are doubling down on their engagement with Chinese partners. Recent trends: Balancing more conscious risk management and staying at the competitive edge in science and tech In the spring of 2026, German debates on China are shaped by concerns of a looming existential crisis. The German export industry appears to be in free fall, seemingly over-whelmed by a “Chi…
Wayout International, the Swedish developer of Distributed Drinking Water Infrastructure, today announced the successful closing of a €2.42 million (SEK 26.6 million) Series A extension. The round was...
New token-level analyses of Olmo 3 and Olmo Hybrid show that hybrid models predict meaning-bearing, context-dependent tokens better than transformers, while transformers retain an edge on verbatim copying.
Barcelona-based Kalipso, a regulatorytechnology platform built by lawyers and engineers to help organisationsoperationalise regulatory change, has raised $3.2 million in funding. The roundwas backed b...
Content creation and online safety among new topics for 14- to 18-year-olds – but tweaks may be needed when social media ban comes in Scouts are introducing badges in content creation, digital communication and online safety after consulting nearly 3,000 teenagers who said they wanted skills to help them navigate a world increasingly shaped by AI, social media and digital technology. The new Explorer Scout badges, part of the Scout movement’s first major overhaul in almost 25 years, will require 14- to 18-year olds to explore how digital communities shape opinion, create online campaigns, investigate digital footprints and design toolkits to help others stay safe online. Continue reading...
Ryan sits down with Anish Agarwal, CEO and co-founder of Traversal, to chat about why AI coding agents have made writing code easier but running it safely in production harder, why production failures are really caused by interactions between systems and not just the code itself, and how teams can troubleshoot more effectively when traditional observability tools are not enough for agentic AI workflows.…
NimbusPost, a tech enabled logistics platform for D2C brands, has appointed Ankit Sood as its Chief Executive Officer. Sood will replace Irwin Anand, who has been leading the company since April last year. Sood brings over 20 years of experience in scaling high growth businesses across logistics, consumer internet, and enterprise technology in India and the APAC region. Prior to joining NimbusPost, he held senior leadership roles at Shiprocket, Zomato, and OYO, where he led businesses through rapid scale, international expansion, and technology transformation in private equity and venture capital backed environments. “NimbusPost is uniquely positioned to address these challenges at scale and help shape the future of logistics for digital first businesses. I’m excited to join the company at this pivotal stage and be part of its next phase of growth,” said Sood on his appointment. The company said that under Sood’s leadership, it plans to accelerate investments in AI powered logistics intelligence, enhance the seller experience, and launch a new technology platform early next quarter. NimbusPost claims to serve more than 100,000 brands and resellers across India through its multi courier delivery network, warehousing services, and value added offerings. Founded as a shipping and fulfilment platform for D2C brands, NimbusPost offers multi courier delivery, warehousing, AI backed logistics insights, and other services designed to help merchants manage their logistics operations.
Berlin-basedmanufacturing intelligence company Almetra, formerly known as Deltia, hasraised €16.3 million in a Series A funding round led by blisce/, with participation from NAP, Merantix Capital, Rob...
AI shopping assistant startup Zave has raised Rs 4.7 crore in a bridge funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures, with participation from Mucker Capital. The fresh capital will be used to strengthen its AI-powered product, improve platform infrastructure and scalability, and enhance its AI capabilities to support its reported 50% month-on-month growth. Founded in late 2024 by Hiren Patel and Ravi Kumar, Zave is an AI-native shopping assistant that helps consumers discover products, compare prices, and make purchase decisions across ecommerce platforms. The startup integrates with Amazon, Flipkart, and more than 5,000 brand websites. According to the company, it has crossed 500,000 app installs and 50,000 daily active users, while facilitating over Rs 15 crore in monthly transactions through its AI-powered recommendation engine. Its platform understands shopper intent in real time and recommends alternatives, better deals, and product insights without requiring users to switch between multiple ecommerce platforms. The startup plans to become a shopping assistant for consumers globally by simplifying product discovery and purchase decisions.
NVIDIA Spark Hack Toronto brought developers together for a weekend challenge: build an agentic application that runs locally on DGX Spark using open models and Toronto Open Data. Teams tackled everything from small business forecasting and dementia care to city-scale traffic simulation — all on an ASUS Ascent GX10 powered by the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip. Cracked City took home Best Use of Nemotron for turning road and sidewalk damage reporting into a single step. Upload a photo, and their system analyzes the damage, estimates severity, and auto-generates a Toronto 311 report using image analysis, speech recognition, and NVIDIA Nemotron — all running locally on DGX Spark. Join us live to see a demo and chat with the winners. Bring your questions about building with Nemotron and local AI compute.
Most AI agents are weirdly forgetful. They finish a task, wipe the slate clean, and show up tomorrow ready to repeat the same mistake. No memory, no growth. The self-improving loop breaks that cycle. The agent looks at its own results, learns what worked, and gets a little better each time. This guide explains the […] The post The Loop That Makes AI Agents Get Smarter on Their Own appeared first on Analytics Vidhya .
OpenAI’s financial trajectory hinges heavily on infrastructure costs, a reality that drove the development of the new custom OpenAI Jalapeño chip. Developed in collaboration with Broadcom, the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) represents a direct attempt to mitigate the heavy capital expenditure associated with third-party hardware. While Nvidia currently commands an estimated 75% profit margin on […] The post The math behind the OpenAI Jalapeño chip appeared first on AI News .
Audio entertainment platform Pocket FM has wound up Pocket TV, its microdrama experiment, to concentrate on its core audio business and global growth as it prepares for a public listing. Confirming the move to Entrackr, a Pocket FM spokesperson said, "Pocket TV was launched as a beta product to explore the emerging microdrama category and is not a material contributor to Pocket FM's business. As with any product experiment, we periodically evaluate performance and strategic fit, and any decisions related to Pocket TV are part of that normal process. “Our core focus remains building the world's leading audio entertainment platform. Audio continues to account for the overwhelming majority of our business, and we remain focused on scaling the category globally. Today, Pocket FM is one of the largest audio entertainment platforms globally and continues to see strong growth across its key international markets,” the spokesperson added. Economic Times reported the development first. Entrackr also asked the company about potential layoffs following the shutdown of its microdrama vertical. However, Pocket FM denied any such move. “To be absolutely clear, no layoffs are being undertaken in connection with Pocket TV, and any suggestion otherwise is incorrect.” It’s worth mentioning that Pocket FM has already gone through layoffs and senior level exits this year. The discontinuation of Pocket TV also follows Pocket FM's recent decision to begin discussions for shifting its holding comp…
Wellness and preventive healthcare platform SuperLiving has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Lightspeed, with participation from existing investors Kae Capital and All In Capital. Prior to this, the Bengaluru based startup had raised $2 million in a funding round led by Kae Capital, with participation from All In Capital and other angel investors, five months ago. It had also secured Rs 2 crore from All In Capital in September 2025 after winning the "Elevator Pitch" event. The proceeds will be used to strengthen its AI capabilities, expand its vernacular content ecosystem, accelerate product development, and scale user acquisition across tier 2 and tier 3 cities in India, SuperLiving said in a press release. Co-founded in 2025 by Manavdeep Singh Grover and Gurjot Kaur, SuperLiving offers an AI powered preventive lifestyle platform covering nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, and daily habits. The platform provides bite sized courses, vernacular content, and a 24×7 AI companion designed to help users build sustainable daily routines. According to the company, its proprietary memory layer captures and learns from user interactions over time, enabling the system to understand individual goals, challenges, habits, and progress with increasing context. This allows its AI companion to provide recommendations that evolve alongside each user rather than resetting with every interaction. The platform also brings together capabilities that would traditionally be de…
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This comes as the government and the country's two largest chipmakers, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, move to expand capacity for the era of artificial intelligence.