Gecko Robotics lands the largest U.S. Navy robotics deal yet
Gecko Robotics inked a five-year deal to help the U.S. Navy monitor and predict needed maintenance on its fleet of ships.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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Picsart now allows creators to ‘hire’ AI assistants through agent marketplace
Picsart’s AI agent marketplace will launch with four agents, then add more agents each week.
SEC eyes shift to twice-yearly earnings reports
The SEC is working on a proposal to allow public companies to release earnings reports twice a year instead of quarterly, per the WSJ.
Nvidia’s version of OpenClaw could solve its biggest problem: security
Nvidia announced an open enterprise AI agent platform, called NemoClaw, that is built off of viral OpenClaw.
Gen Z Loves This Old-School Way of Shopping — But With a Twist: ‘Lines Out the Door’
Successful brands are meeting their young consumers where they want to be.
Jensen just put Nvidia’s Blackwell and Vera Rubin sales projections into the $1 trillion stratosphere
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he expects $1 trillion worth of orders for the chips.
Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks
Sen. Elizabeth Warren noted that Grok, xAI’s controversial chatbot, has created harmful outputs for users and poses a potential national security risk.
The 11 Most In-Demand Professional Certifications You Can Get Right Now
Want to boost your qualifications but not sure which certificates to pursue? Check out these in-demand professional certifications to pick your path.
Memories.ai is building the visual memory layer for wearables and robotics
Memories.ai is building a large visual memory model that can index and retrieve video-recorded memories for physical AI.
Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries
Grid Beyond’s hardware and software coordinates several gigawatts of supply and demand to help balance the flow of electricity on the grid. The idea has attracted investors like Samsung Ventures.