For decades, astronomers have debated whether Earth’s fate was tied to the sun’s. When the star exhausts the hydrogen fuel that powers it about 5 billion years, it will swell into a red giant large enough to engulf Mercury and Venus — and, several studies have suggested, Earth as well.
New research, however, suggests our planet has a better chance of escaping that fiery end than…
Google Confirms Pixel 11 Series Launch Event for August 12; Pricing, Colour Options Leaked
July 9, 2026
Google has officially confirmed the Pixel 11 series launch event which will be taking place on August 12. A lot of the device’s specifications and some of its renders have already leaked online, suggesting Google won’t be giving up on the design it has been using…
Kevin Weil, a veteran tech executive known for stints at Twitter, Meta, Planet Labs, and OpenAI, has joined the board of Stoke Space, a well-funded Seattle startup building reusable rockets to compete with SpaceX.
“It’s real simple for me,” Stoke CEO Andy…
The days of Nvidia’s unparalleled market dominance aren’t over, but challengers and choices are arising from all directions.
ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has released inference-performance software that allows a variety of open source large language models to run on a variety of chips – including Nvidia’s, AMD’s…
AI chip company SambaNova Systems has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation led by General Atlantic, in a first close of its Series F round, with more investors expected to join soon.
“In the next few weeks, a few more investors will be coming in, and the…
A scientist who worked on Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is now building a rival of his own — in Europe, not Silicon Valley.
Rémi Cadène, co-founder and CEO of Paris-based startup UMA, unveiled plans for a lightweight humanoid robot called Northstar and says the…
Kia’s growing lineup of electric vehicles, ranging from affordable SUVs to vans, helped power the automaker to its best first-half sales performance on record.
Kia’s EVs drive record growth in the first half of 2026
Kia is selling more vehicles than ever, partly thanks to its growing lineup of all-electric models. The Korean automaker now offers an EV for just about everyone, from the…
Rivian has commenced an underwritten public offering of 75 million shares of common stock, a raise worth roughly $1.5 billion based on the stock’s recent price.
The capital raise lands just days after Rivian’s stock rallied on stronger-than-expected Q2 delivery results…
ANKARA — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will give a license to Ukraine for Patriot missiles as he said both Russia and Ukraine want to see the war settled.
“We’re going to give a license to you to make Patriots. That’s pretty cool.
ANKARA — President Donald Trump threw a summit of NATO leaders into disarray on Wednesday as he demanded the United States cut trade ties with Spain and made renewed claims on Greenland, irking another NATO ally Denmark.
Speaking in the Turkish capital Ankara, Trump called Madrid a “terrible partner” in NATO as he railed against allies for not supporting the war on Iran and ordered Treasury…
