Wonder Studios, backed by OpenAI, DeepMind execs, raised $12M to bring AI content to Hollywood
Wonder will use the fresh funds to double its engineering team and accelerate its push into IP ownership and original content production.
Why physical AI is becoming manufacturing’s next advantage
For decades, manufacturers have pursued automation to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and stabilize operations. That approach delivered meaningful gains, but it is no longer enough. Today’s manufacturing leaders face a different challenge: how to grow amid labor constraints, rising complexity, and increasing pressure to innovate faster without sacrificing safety, quality, or trust. The next phase…
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Amazon launches revamped Luna game streaming service
The biggest change to the service is the addition of GameNight, a growing collection of more than 25 local multiplayer games that Amazon says are “designed to bring friends family together in the living room.”
Leaders Who Ignore Trauma Are Falling Behind. Here’s How to Catch Up.
For far too long, employees were told to check their emotions at the door. That era is over.
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Redefining data engineering in the age of AI
As organizations weave AI into more of their operations, senior executives are realizing data engineers hold a central role in bringing these initiatives to life. After all, AI only delivers when you have large amounts of reliable and well-managed, high-quality data. Indeed, this report finds that data engineers play a pivotal role in their organizations…
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Amazon’s new AI shopping tool tells you why you should buy a recommended product
Amazon’s new Help Me Decide tool will show you a personalized recommendation for a particular category and list reasons why you should buy it.
The Download: aluminium’s potential as a zero-carbon fuel, and what’s next for energy storage
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This startup is about to conduct the biggest real-world test of aluminum as a zero-carbon fuel Found Energy, a startup in Boston, aims to harness the energy in scraps of aluminum metal to…
Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy storage business
The round was led by Eclipse and saw participation from Nvidia’s venture capital arm, NVentures.