Apple Just Fixed an iPhone Problem That’s Been Driving Fast Typers Crazy. But There Are Still Issues.
The latest iPhone update fixes a typing bug that made autocorrect worse for fast typers, but other frustrating keyboard issues remain.
Why opinion on AI is so divided
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In an industry that doesn’t stand still, Stanford’s AI Index, an annual roundup of key results and trends, is a chance to take a breath. (It’s a marathon, not a sprint, after…
AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.3B valuation in pre-IPO round
The startup, which is planning to go public later this year, designs chips specifically for AI inference, another challenger to Nvidia’s dominance.
Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris
Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026.
Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales
As AI floods software development with code, Qodo is betting the real challenge is making sure it actually works.
The Download: brainless human clones and the first uterus kept alive outside a body
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. Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones After operating in secrecy for years, R3 Bio, a California-based startup, suddenly revealed last week that it had raised money to create nonsentient monkey “organ sacks”…
Starcloud raises $170 million Series Ato build data centers in space
Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day.
Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones
After operating in secrecy for years, a startup company called R3 Bio, in Richmond, California, suddenly shared details about its work last week—saying it had raised money to create nonsentient monkey “organ sacks” as an alternative to animal testing. In an interview with Wired, R3 listed three investors: billionaire Tim Draper, the Singapore-based fund Immortal…
Why OpenAI really shut down Sora
OpenAI’s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab?
The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great
The Google Pixel 10a can lay flat on a table, but otherwise the company hasn’t brought a ton of upgrades to its newest budget smartphone.
YouTube CEO says the best YouTubers will ‘never leave their home’
CEO Neal Mohan insisted that he isn’t worried about Netflix luring away YouTube’s most popular creators.