Proxima Fusion joins the club of well-funded nuclear contenders with ?130M Series A
Commercial nuclear fusion power isn't a reality yet. But venture capital is flowing into startups that promise that clean, safe, and virtually limitless energy is no longer just a distant dream.
Most fusion companies that have raised over $100 million are based in the United States. Not Proxim
OpenAI’s open model is delayed
The release of OpenAI’s first open model in years will be delayed until later this summer, CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X on Tuesday. Altman said the open model would be released sometime after June.
“[W]e are going to take a little more time with our open-weights model, i.e.
AI storage platform Vast Data aimed for $25B valuation in new round, sources say
Vast Data, which offers an AI-friendly data storage platform, is in the market to raise a new round at a giant leap in valuation.
Earlier this year, the 9-year-old company was seeking a valuation of around $25 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal. Should it achieve that, it would
Apple Intelligence: Everything you need to know about Apple’s AI model and services
If you’ve upgraded to a newer iPhone model recently, you’ve probably noticed that Apple Intelligence is showing up in some of your most-used apps, like Messages, Mail, and Notes. Apple Intelligence (yes, also abbreviated to AI) showed up in Apple’s ecosystem in October 2024, and i
OpenAI releases o3-pro, a souped-up version of its o3 AI reasoning model
OpenAI has launched o3-pro, an AI model that the company claims is its most capable yet.
O3-pro is a version of OpenAI’s o3, a reasoning model that the startup launched earlier this year. As opposed to conventional AI models, reasoning models work through problems step by step, enabling them
Bedrock Ocean dredges up $25M to map the seafloor with robots
Oceans may cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface, but we have better maps of the moon than we do the seabed. There are good reasons for that: The ocean floor is obscured, and the harsh environment makes it hard to send humans down to get a closer look. But as robots improve, we may finally
Whole Foods tells staff cyberattack at its primary distributor UNFI will affect product availability
Whole Foods told its employees that the ongoing outages and disruptions at its primary distributor, United Natural Foods (UNFI), may take “several days to resolve.”
The Amazon-owned retail giant told staff in an internal communication, seen by TechCrunch, that UNFI was experiencing a &
Google rolls out Android 16 to Pixel phones, unveils AI-powered edit suggestion for Google Photos
A day after Apple announced operating system overhauls at WWDC 2025, Google launched its own set of major software upgrades for phones.
Starting Tuesday, a new release of Android 16 is rolling out to Google’s Pixel smartphone lineup. What’s more, it is adding group chat to RCS, AI-powe
Snap plans to sell lightweight, consumer AR glasses in 2026
Snap is back with a new pair of AR smart glasses, and for the first time in years, it’s ready to sell them to consumers.
The company plans to sell these new glasses, called Specs, to consumers starting in 2026, CEO Evan Spiegel announced on Tuesday during the Augmented World Expo in Long Bea
Threads is finally getting a DM inbox
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today that the company’s social network Threads will finally begin testing a DM (direct message) inbox that’s separate from users’ Instagram DM Inboxes. This means Threads users won’t have to use Instagram or switch apps to chat with someone on
Apple’s upgraded AI models underwhelm on performance
Apple has announced updates to the AI models that power its suite of Apple Intelligence features across iOS, macOS, and more. But according to the company’s own benchmarks, the models underperform older models from rival tech firms, including OpenAI.
Apple said in a blog post Monday that hum
At WWDC 2025, Apple sang developers’ praises amid AI letdowns and App Store battles
At the end of the WWDC 2025 keynote address on Monday, the company literally sang its praises to app developers, as singer-songwriter Allen Stone humorously turned customers’ positive App Store reviews into song lyrics for a tune titled “6 out of 5 stars.”
“Best app I’
ChatGPT is having a partial outage
OpenAI experienced a partial outage on Tuesday morning that created some issues for users trying to access ChatGPT, Sora, and the API, the company said on its status page.
The company started investigating the issues late on Monday night, but the partial outage has persisted through Tuesday mornin
Wayve and Uber plan London robotaxi launch after UK speeds up autonomous vehicle rollout
U.K.-based autonomous vehicle technology company Wayve and Uber plan to launch a fully driverless robotaxi service in London in the coming years.
The news comes soon after the U.K.'s announcement of an accelerated framework for self-driving commercial pilots. U.K. Transport Secretary Hei