Nvidia recruits Wall Street to fund $500B in AI infrastructure via GPU-backed financing plan
Nvidia is pitching GPUs as long-term collateral to unlock $500 billion in AI infrastructure funding, drawing both investor enthusiasm and skepticism about chip
Tech · +10 outlets
Brad Lightcap, longtime OpenAI COO and special projects lead, departs the AI lab
One of OpenAI's longest-serving executives is leaving to start a new venture, continuing a series of leadership shake-ups at the company.
Tech · +13 outlets
Google Gemini hits 1 billion monthly users, becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever
Google's AI assistant reaches a major milestone, with 63% of users leveraging voice mode and over 150 million images generated daily.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users
Google's AI assistant reaches a major milestone, with 63% of users leveraging voice mode and over 150 million images generated daily.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes nearly 400 security flaws including exploited zero-days
Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday addresses 398 to 421 CVEs across its product line, including at least one actively exploited Windows driver zero-day.
blog.qualys.com · +13 outlets
SpaceXAI launches Grok Bot, a team of always-on AI agents for macOS and iOS
Elon Musk's SpaceXAI debuts Grok Bot, AI agents that can work in the cloud and retain context across tasks, available to SuperGrok Heavy and Cursor subscribers.
MacRumors · +4 outlets
ChatGPT and Gemini both surpass 1 billion users
Both major AI chatbots cross the billion-user milestone, signaling mass consumer adoption of AI assistants.
The Verge · +14 outlets
OpenAI Daybreak models now available on AWS, including cyber defense variants
OpenAI's Daybreak Red and Daybreak Blue are now available to eligible customers on Amazon Bedrock for cybersecurity applications.
OpenAI · +8 outlets
IRS and states' $1.4 trillion social media addiction lawsuit against Meta to proceed to trial
A court rules that Meta and other tech giants must face thousands of social media addiction lawsuits brought by states, with billions in potential fines.
Gizmodo · +3 outlets
General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old AI startup River AI
xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin's River AI raises a massive $1.1 billion seed round just two months after founding, focused on personal AI agents.
TechCrunch · +1 outlets
CoreWeave stock surges 14% as revenue doubles on AI infrastructure demand, but debt reaches $35B
The AI cloud provider's revenue is booming amid the AI buildout, though its substantial debt load raises concerns.
Tech · +14 outlets
Riot Platforms signs $9B, 20-year AI compute deal with Anthropic
Bitcoin miner Riot Platform strikes a massive compute deal with Anthropic, highlighting the shift of crypto miners toward AI infrastructure.
Tech · +8 outlets
Court rejects Apple's request to pause App Store fee proceedings in Epic Games case
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denies Apple's bid to delay fee proceedings pending Supreme Court review, keeping the Epic Games antitrust fight moving.
9to5Mac · +14 outlets
Apple Pay chief Jennifer Bailey retiring after 25 years at Apple
The executive who launched Apple Pay in 2014 and has overseen Apple Wallet is leaving in October, one of several senior departures ahead of Tim Cook's retiremen
The Next Web · +14 outlets
Chrome adopts device-bound session credentials for account takeover protection
Chrome's new security feature ties session credentials to specific devices, offering strong defense against an increasingly common form of account takeover.
Biz & IT · +5 outlets
Sonos plans Ace Ultra headphones with AI support, FCC filing suggests September launch
Sonos is preparing a premium sequel to its Ace headphones featuring AI capabilities, with an FCC filing and CEO comments pointing to a fall release.
MacRumors · +9 outlets
IBM and Together AI ink $240M deal for Nvidia-powered AI inference cluster
IBM and Together AI partner on a $240 million Nvidia-based AI inference cluster.
reuters.com · +2 outlets
Google AMIE medical AI demonstrates real-time clinical video consultation in new study
Google's research medical AI system shows expert-level audio-visual consultation capabilities in a first-of-its-kind study.
blog.google · +4 outlets