AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI raises $110B in one of the largest private funding rounds in history

OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, the company announced Friday morning, commencing one of the largest private funding rounds in history. The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, against a $730 billion pre-money valuation. Notably, the round remains open, and OpenAI expects more investors to join as it…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

BMW's new 2027 EVs leak online before the site is taken down

BMW accidentally listed its 2027 lineup online, confirming several new electric vehicles, including the first Neue Klasse EV, the iX3. BMW adds i3, iX4, and iX5 EVs to 2027 US lineup We knew BMW’s first Neue Klasse EV, the all-new iX3 SUV, would go on sale in the US later this year, followed by the i3 sedan in 2027. The leaked lineup, first reported by Motor1, reveals a few new BMW EVs we can…
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DefenseNews

The good, the bad and the ugly — Inside Europe’s race to supplant US defense enablers

PARIS — Europe will likely need until the early 2030s to develop some of the critical defense enablers needed to deter or defeat Russia without the United States, according to security researchers and experts surveyed by Defense News. Establishing robust air and missile defenses, a priority for both NATO and the European Union, may still take five to 10 years, according to the analysts. Europe…
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ComputersNews

Obsbot Meet 2 review: This tiny 4K webcam is simply great

$129 The Obsbot Meet 2 may be the tiniest 4K webcam I’ve ever seen. Mounted on your laptop or monitor by a magnetic mount, the Meet 2 delivers surprisingly solid quality for such a tiny device, though the company insists that a stick-on privacy shutter is more effective…
GamingNews

From Far Cry to 'Korean Witcher' — Why a Former Ubisoft Exec is Adapting a Fantasy Franchise the West Has Barely Heard of

After 15 years at Ubisoft working on Far Cry, Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six, veteran developer Patrik Méthé fancied doing something different — and three years later, at Sony’s recent State of Play, viewers were treated to exactly that: a trailer for a blockbuster open-world action RPG starring a hulking bird warrior. This is Project Windless, a game set in the world of the popular…
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