Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short
"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”
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Baidu’s chip unit Kunlunxin is targeting a $50 billion Hong Kong IPO and asked investors to buy its semiconductors
Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlunxin is planning to go public in Hong Kong at a target valuation of $50 billion, The Information reported on Sunday. In an unusual twist, the company asked prospective IPO investors to also commit to purchasing its semiconductors, according to the report. Reuters could not independently verify the report. The $50 […]This story continues at The Next Web
Elon Musk Was First Trillionaire, Prediction Markets Pick This Magnificent Seven CEO To Be Second To Join Elite Club
With the public debut of SpaceX stock, Tesla Inc and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire. Currently ranked over $600 billion ahead of the second-place holder, it could be years before the world sees another trillionaire. Here’s...
Elon Musk Streams Entire Armie Hammer Movie 'Citizen Vigilante' on X
Elon Musk opted to stream Armie Hammer's German-banned film "Citizen Vigilante" on X for 48 hours one week after the movie ...
SpaceX Just Spent $60 Billion on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Could Elon Musk Be Building the Next Amazon?
For SpaceX, acquiring AI coding start-up Cursor was another step on the road to becoming an end-to-end AI company.
Don't look at the résumé: Elon Musk admits he fell for tech 'pixie dust' and reveals his new hiring rule
Elon Musk says he no longer trusts a glittery résumé to tell him who to hire, admitting that he has fallen prey to the ...
Elon Musk goes viral for cringe clip of him striking bizarre poses next mom on MET Gala red carpet
In the video, Musk is seen repeatedly raising his arms wide and rolling his shoulders as he seemingly posed for photographers ...
Elon Musk, Tim Cook share warning on new crisis in America
Apple CEO Tim Cook called the memory chip shortage a hundred-year flood as Musk agreed, forcing Apple to raise Mac and iPad ...
Elon Musk & Tim Cook Issue the Same Ominous Warning to the World
Over the past several days, both Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook have each shared the same ominous warning about ...
'A Horrible, Terrible Person': Paul Krugman Blasts Elon Musk's Reign as America's Former 'Second Most Powerful Man'
Economist Paul Krugman criticises Elon Musk for his role in reducing USAID funding, arguing it has led to significant humanitarian consequences, including millions of preventable deaths.
Elon Musk agrees with Tim Cook: The memory shortage is unprecedented
Elon Musk said soaring memory costs are the "biggest price jump in anything I've ever seen" and that the solution is "MUCH higher production."
Elon Musk Posted Armie Hammer's Banned Film 'Citizen Vigilante' on X
The film is one of Hammer's first indie projects since he was dropped by his agency following allegations of sexual ...
Nvidia-backed Firmus will build a 360MW AI data centre in Indonesia and expects $30 billion in offtake deals
Firmus Technologies, an Australian AI infrastructure company valued at $5.5 billion, will build its first data centre in Indonesia through an eight-year partnership with Nvidia. The 360-megawatt Nvidia DSX AI Factory campus in Batam, an island just off the coast of Singapore, is being developed with Singapore-based DayOne and is set to go live in […]This story continues at The Next Web
Writer Ian Bogost says ‘The Small Stuff’ can help us reclaim our lives from too much convenience
Has Silicon Valley been building the wrong things?
Researchers built an AI therapist that reads your smartwatch and earbuds to detect distress before you ask for help
Mental health chatbots all share the same limitation: the user has to reach out first. That is not always easy when someone is stressed, anxious, or unable to articulate how they feel. Researchers at the University of Ottawa are building an AI assistant called UbiMyTherapist that flips the model. It reads emotional cues in real […]This story continues at The Next Web
TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
Micron briefly surpassed Meta and Tesla in market value. Its stock is up 236% in a month.
Micron Technology briefly surpassed Meta and Tesla in market valuation on Thursday, closing the week at roughly $1.27 trillion. The stock has soared over 236% in the past month alone, reaching $1,132 a share. Before mid-2025, it spent years below $100. The surge followed blockbuster third-quarter earnings. Revenue quadrupled year on year to $41.45 billion. […]This story continues at The Next Web
California will tax downloaded software for the first time as part of a $351.7 billion budget deal
California Governor Gavin Newsom and top Democratic legislators agreed on a $351.7 billion state budget that will extend sales tax to prewritten software downloaded from the web. The tax is expected to raise $900 million for the state and another $1.1 billion for local governments starting in fiscal year 2028 and annually thereafter, according to […]This story continues at The Next Web
The BIS warns an AI bust could hit credit markets as hard as the 2008 financial crisis
The Bank for International Settlements warned on Sunday that an AI investment bust could hit credit markets with disruption comparable to the 2008 financial crisis. In its annual report, the Basel-based institution listed AI-led risks alongside inflation and fiscal stress as “pressure points” that “demand attention.” “Disappointment in returns could trigger a sudden pullback in […]This story continues at The Next Web
Auto repair is one of the least digitised industries in America. AI is changing the economics of why.
North America has more than 280,000 independent auto repair shops. Most run on workflows a 1990s small business owner would recognise: phone-based scheduling, paper repair orders, manual parts ordering. The global auto repair software market is projected to grow from $3.4 billion in 2026 to $8.6 billion by 2033, a 14.2% CAGR, according to Persistence […]This story continues at The Next Web