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  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces significant turmoil, including alleged personal misconduct and a reported ousting, leading to a CFO interim CEO appointment and stock price fluctuations.
  • AI's expansion into areas like natural gas is facing scrutiny due to SoftBank's substantial financial losses, potentially impacting the sector's ambitious growth.
  • A wave of cyberattacks has targeted AI companies, with hackers gaining access to sensitive customer data from platforms like Notion through breaches at Fireworks AI.
  • The tech industry is seeing new funding rounds and strategic shifts, with Norwest launching a new AI fund and CoreWeave securing funding through customer prepayments to fuel AI growth.
  • New AI-powered tools are emerging, such as Phota Labs' photo enhancement and Google's Gemini app integration into Apple CarPlay, alongside developments in smart glasses and XR technology.

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The Verge

  • ‘The end of Tesla!’: Cybertruck diehards turn on Elon Musk after he pulls the plug an hour ago by Andrew J. Hawkins
    Electric Cars, Elon Musk, News, Tech, Tesla, Transportation

    The Cybertruck is heading to that shiny cyber-dumpster in the sky , leaving the folks who built online identities around Elon Musk's polarizing pickup feeling bereft. Usually, Musk's fanbase treads lightly around their idol's mercurial decisions. This time, however, the truck's demise has sparked rare backlash within the Tesla community - aimed squarely at the guy who signed its death warrant. Troy Meekhof, who posts on numerous social platforms under the moniker "The Cybertruck Guy," has been vocal about his disappointment in Musk's decision to wind down Cybertruck production by the end of summer 2027. (The original plan was to

  • 25 years later, Xbox is trying to reinvent itself again an hour ago by Tom Warren
    Gaming, Microsoft, Notepad, Tech, Xbox

    Microsoft has spent the past 25 years trying to shake up the game console market. The original Xbox, which launched on November 15th in 2001, took on an industry dominated by Sony and Nintendo. Twenty-five years later, Xbox finds itself in a similar position. It's not starting from scratch this time around, but to reach another 25-year milestone, it needs to do something radically different. The original Xbox was radically different. Born out of a fear of Sony putting a PC in the living room, Microsoft built its first game console around familiar PC technology. A custom Intel Pentium III

  • AI chatbots are recommending fake retail websites, study finds an hour ago by Mia Sato
    AI, Google, Online Shopping, OpenAI, Tech

    Shoppers using AI chatbots to research products or find places to buy items could be directed to imposters and other risky websites, a new study found. The study conducted by IP protection firm Podqi and shared exclusively with The Verge prompted ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity with a handful of shopping-related questions involving a selection of 151 brands. Questions included "What are the top websites for buying [brand]?"; "Where can I find [brand] online?"; and "Does [brand] ship internationally? What are their regional websites?" The test ran over the course of two testing periods in September and asked about 151 small

  • More game developers are using generative AI than they did last year an hour ago by Jay Peters
    AI, Entertainment, Gaming, News

    A photo from the GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 event. More video game developers are using generative AI tools in their jobs compared to last year, according to the GDC Festival of Gaming's latest annual industry survey. 40 percent of developers surveyed say they use it "as part of their job," an increase from 36 percent in 2025 . Usage was higher with game developers that work on free-to-play games at 58 percent and mobile-only studio workers at 70 percent. The survey is being published as the game industry continues to reckon with generative AI tools. While many game developers,

  • Google Wallet can finally unlock doors with digital home keys an hour ago by Jess Weatherbed
    Android, Google, Smart Home, Tech

    The Aqara u400 (pictured) is one of the few smart locks that currently supports Google Wallet’s digital home keys. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Google has added digital home key support to Google Wallet, allowing Android users to open smart locks by tapping their phone against them or simply approaching. The feature is currently available in public preview for the Google Home app, and will roll out to everyone "over the coming weeks," according to Google's announcement . This was a long time coming, given Samsung and Apple users have had this convenience for a while


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Google AI

  • What’s new with Google Cloud 6 days ago by Google Cloud Content & Editorial
    Google Cloud, Inside Google Cloud

    Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Tip : Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the Google Cloud blog? Start here: Google Cloud blog 101: Full list of topics, links, and resources . aside_block Nov 2 - Nov 6 Security for AI workloads with Model Armor Securing generative AI applications requires robust runtime protection against prompt injection and malicious inputs. Join Nicola Cardace on Thursday, November 19, 2026, at 5:00 PM CET

  • 3 Highlights from Thomas Kurian’s Keynote at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia & Technology Conference 2 months ago by Google Cloud Content & Editorial
    Inside Google Cloud

    On Tuesday, September 8, Thomas Kurian participated in the Goldman Sachs Tech Conference, providing an update on Google Cloud’s business and strategy. Here are the highlights: Full Stack Approach: Google Cloud is the only provider to offer solutions across the entire AI stack, which expands our total addressable market, differentiates our products from the point of view of performance, cost and quality; and enables us to diversify our revenue streams as the market grows. We have 17 product lines with more than $1 billion in revenues and our customers on average exceeded their commitments by more than 50%. We have

  • From AI potential to agentic reality: Driving the UK’s next chapter 5 months ago by Maureen Costello
    AI & Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Security & Identity, Sustainability, Customers, Partners, Startups, Inside Google Cloud

    The United Kingdom, and London in particular, continues to be one of the great hubs for AI development in Europe and the world. We’re home to Google DeepMind, of course, as well as significant AI unicorns — and Google Cloud customers — like Ineffable Intelligence , which is today announcing an important partnership with us. A year ago, we joined you for the London Summit to showcase the vast potential of generative AI , including a major investment in upskilling the UK civil service. Today, as we welcome our partners once again to the historic vaults of Tobacco Dock, that

  • What’s new with Google Cloud - 2025 a year ago by Google Cloud Content & Editorial
    Google Cloud, Inside Google Cloud

    Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Tip : Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the Google Cloud blog? Start here: Google Cloud blog 101: Full list of topics, links, and resources . Dec 22 - Dec 26 To design production-ready AI agents, you must choose the right tools for memory, reasoning, and orchestration. To simplify this process, Choose your agentic AI architecture components provides an iterative framework to help you select products and

  • The Year in Google Cloud — 2025 a year ago by Google Cloud Content & Editorial
    Inside Google Cloud, Google Cloud

    In the AI era, when one year can feel like 10, you’re forgiven for forgetting what happened last month, much less what happened all the way back in January. To jog your memory, we pulled the readership data for top product and company news of 2025. And because we publish a lot of great thought leadership and customer stories, we pulled that data too. Long story short: the most popular stories largely mapped to our biggest announcements. But not always — there were more than a few sleeper hits on this year’s list. Read on to relive this huge year,


The Deep View

  • Why Google is chasing Jev into decision models 5 hours ago by The Deep View

    Welcome back. Google's AlphaGenome 2 could represent a step towards AI making good on the life sciences and health breakthroughs that tech leaders have been promising. However, the company's Gemini Decisions API signals that it's eager to keep up with enterprises' growing desire for cheaper and more efficient AI. Meanwhile, OpenAI's Dots is emerging as a leader among a growing sea of options for proactive agents. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Google’s decision model shrinks the agent tax 2. Why OpenAI's Dots leads the proactive agent race 3. AlphaGenome 2 narrows AI’s hype-to-proof gap MARKETS Why Google is

  • Why Claude's workplace play threatens incumbents a day ago by The Deep View

    Welcome back. Adobe's latest suite of AI tools seeks to automate the tedious parts of creation, and an MCP integration allows users to use any model to do so. Meanwhile, research from UC Berkeley and Nvidia seeks to bring agents into the process of designing, testing and controlling robots. And Anthropic's new offerings could help it further bolster its massive enterprise lead by targeting a common pain point: context switching. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Claude turns context into a competitive moat 2. Can AI agents solve robotics' reliability gap? 3. Adobe turns rival AI into a reason

  • Anthropic shifts the AI race toward finished work 2 days ago by The Deep View

    Welcome back. The conversation around AI token economics is shifting to how much completed work you can buy with AI. Meta’s budget-tier Muse Ember is undercutting Claude Haiku 5.5 on cost per task while topping it on agentic benchmarks. At the high end, Anthropic’s Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 arrive 30% faster and 20% cheaper, built to orchestrate smaller models and see big projects through to completion. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s CEO scandal raises a bigger question about the AI race: who holds its most powerful players accountable? — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Anthropic shifts the AI race toward finished

  • The midterms may raise the cost of the AI boom 3 days ago by The Deep View

    Welcome back. Agents are allowing GitHub to foundationally reinvent the way it develops, democratizing the tools for creating software. Meanwhile, a new benchmark from Visa shows that AI agents may not be ready to make purchasing decisions without a human touch. And as tech giants reel from data centers' midterm elections backlash, some may be reevaluating their multi-billion dollar infrastructure commitments. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. The midterms may raise the cost of the AI boom 2. AI agents need to learn when not to buy 3. Code is cheap now. Trust is the new bottleneck POLICY Will

  • You changed how you price. Did anyone tell finance? 5 days ago by The Deep View

    Hello, friends. AI has completely shifted conventional pricing models for software and the rules for booking revenue. But as complexity grows, AI agents may be more useful than ever. That’s the topic of this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Hyphenate . Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner You changed how you price. Did anyone tell finance? For twenty years, software was easy to price: a seat, a license, an annual contract. Then AI showed up and pricing got creative. Intercom charges for its AI agent per resolved conversation. Salesforce sells Agentforce in credits spent per


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