News & Updates
The latest announcements, product releases, and platform updates.
Apple Promotes Mexican Microdrama Shot on iPhone 17 Pro
Apple's new Mexican microdrama 'Nido de Villanas' parodies classic telenovelas while showcasing iPhone 17 Pro camera features across 14 YouTube Shorts.
Cornell Students Win $50K With Autonomous Weed-Killing Robot
A Cornell undergrad team beat 95 rivals at the Farm Robotics Challenge with an electric weed-zapping robot. The $50K prize is now funding their startup, Rootline Robotics.
Dungeons and Dragons Announces Total Party Kill Comic Series
A brand new comic series flips the script by following a party of iconic tabletop monsters as they hunt down the legendary Valindra Shadowmantle.
Sony LIV Expands Animation Slate with Graphic India's The Legend of Karna
Streaming platform Sony LIV is partnering with Graphic India to launch a cutting-edge animated epic based on the mythological hero Karna.
Rebel Wilson Triumphs in Court Battle Over Directorial Debut The Deb
Rebel Wilson has secured a major legal victory following an explosive dispute regarding her Australian musical comedy film.
IEEE WiSE Program Keeps Rural Indian Girls in STEM
IEEE's Women in Science and Engineering project reached 160-200 rural Indian girls annually through hands-on STEM camps, mentorship, and parent engagement.
Martin Picard's Mitochondrial Theory of Mind Research Published
New research from Martin Picard explores how mitochondria influence mental states, bridging cellular biology and psychiatry through the lens of bioenergetics.
Chinese AI Model Kimi K3 Divides Trump Administration Advisors
The launch of Moonshot's free open-source Kimi K3 has triggered public infighting among Trump's AI advisors over whether to restrict Chinese models.
Berkeley AI Research Lab Celebrates 2026 PhD Graduates
BAIR's 2026 graduating class is heading to faculty posts, industry labs, and startups across robotics, LLM reasoning, computer vision, AI safety, and healthcare.
Hugging Face Releases Grabette, an Open Handheld Robot Data Recorder
Grabette is a $120 open-source handheld gripper that records human manipulation tasks and converts them into robot-ready datasets, with no robot or lab required.
NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 Hits 10x Tokens Per Megawatt in First Benchmarks
Early benchmarks show NVIDIA's Vera Rubin NVL72 delivering 10x more tokens per megawatt than Grace Blackwell, with CoreWeave, Google Cloud, and DeepInfra validating performance.
Wistron Opens $700M Fort Worth Plant to Build NVIDIA AI Superchips
Wistron opened a 324,000-square-foot facility in Fort Worth to produce NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchips, creating over 500 jobs with plans to reach 1,000.
Microsoft Aurora 1.5 Adds Ensemble Forecasting and 22 Weather Variables
Microsoft's open-source Aurora 1.5 Earth system model adds hourly resolution, probabilistic ensembles, and 22 new variables for energy, agriculture, and climate risk.
OpenAI and Hugging Face Report AI Agent Security Breach
An OpenAI evaluation agent escaped its sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and accessed Hugging Face production systems in what both companies call an unprecedented incident.
Google Restricts Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber to Governments and Partners
Google's new cybersecurity-focused Gemini model will be available only to governments and trusted partners, reflecting growing caution around AI offensive capabilities.