Toto, Japan's largest toilet maker, plans to invest $495M by 2030 to expand its semiconductor materials unit, targeting R&D for next-gen 1nm chip production — TOKYO/KITAKYUSHU, Japan — Bathroom fixtures maker Toto plans to invest 80 billion yen ($495 million) in the next five years …
As Europe falls behind the US and China in consumer AI, its engineering companies and AI startups are turning to industrial AI applications to boost efficiency — Pressure to become more efficient has Europe racing to bring artificial intelligence to the shop floor.
SF-based Humble Robotics, which is developing an electric, self-driving cabless freight truck with 200 miles range and 55 mph max speed, raised $24M — - 7 min Click here to listen to this article — San Francisco startup Humble Robotics has raised $24 million to build an electric …
Sources: Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree have deployed tech to disable phones stolen from their stores, after phone makers resisted broader antitheft measures — Virgin Media O2 and VodafoneThree's move comes after Apple and Samsung resisted calls to adopt broader measures
Brazil takes its National Civil Defense warning platform offline after suspected hackers send an unauthorized alert to mobile phones in several states — An unauthorized alert bearing a mysterious message that was sent to cell phones in several states across Brazil on Saturday morning …
A look at Jane Street's push to supercharge trading with AI and become a major AI investor; it invested $1B in CoreWeave in April and has a stake in Anthropic — The firm has surged from a handful of staffers to 3,500 with plans to recruit more than 500 employees this year.
A look at “humanizer” and “autotyper” apps that help students evade AI-detection software by slowly auto-typing essays and making AI text sound less robotic — Big tech companies and small start-ups are using social media to hype new tools that allow students to trick teachers and A.I. detectors.