2026-07-12
While Neuralink drills into skulls, China’s BrainCo is betting brain tech will be something you wear
The most visible race in brain-computer interfaces involves surgery. But one of China’s most valuable neurotech firms is deliberately not competing in it, CNBC reports. BrainCo, based in Hangzhou, builds devices that read the brain from outside the skull. Headbands and caps pick up electrical signals through the scalp, with no operating theatre involved. The company […]<br /> This story [...]
2026-07-12
AI bosses say demand is ‘almost unlimited’. The market is no longer taking their word for it.
Executives building the AI boom are unwavering. Demand is effectively bottomless, they say, even as the stocks that ride on it wobble, CNBC reports. Pat Gelsinger, the former Intel chief now at Playground Global, put it plainly. He thinks of AI demand as almost unlimited, with energy availability “the only real limiter”. The order books support […]<br /> This story continues at The Ne [...]
2026-07-12
Most Americans now say the public should own half of the big AI companies
An idea that sounded radical a year ago is now a majority position. Nearly seven in ten Americans support forcing AI companies to transfer half their stock to a public sovereign wealth fund, CNBC reports. The figure comes from a Verasight survey of 1,690 US adults, conducted in June. It found 69% backing for the policy. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-12
Chinese developers are climbing the firewall to pay more for GPT-5.6, and doing the maths on why
OpenAI’s new GPT-5.6 models are winning praise from an unlikely group. Users in mainland China, where the service is blocked and reachable only by VPN or third-party proxy, told the South China Morning Post the models are worth the extra cost. That is a striking verdict, because the extra cost is not small. Chinese frontier models undercut […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-12
Ubisoft is in crisis, and a 13-year-old pirate game is part of the escape plan
Ubisoft has remade the best-loved game in its biggest franchise. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced arrives 13 years after the original, and the BBC found it largely worth the wait. The Caribbean looks spectacular now. New underwater sections and coral reefs show off what modern hardware can do with a setting that was always the game’s […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-12
Netflix is reportedly considering always-on channels and bundles, which is to say, cable
Netflix executives have reportedly discussed adding always-on live channels to the service. The channels would run genre-based programming around the clock, all comedies or all action films, according to a Wall Street Journal report relayed by The Verge. They have also discussed folding rival streaming subscriptions into Netflix itself. Peacock was named specifically, appearing as a […]<br / [...]
2026-07-11
Castlelion sells affordable hypersonic Mach 5 missiles for the price of a supercar by tapping into the O&G and audio industries to get cheaper components faster
Castelion's Blackbeard hypersonic missile now costs under $300,000 per round, prompting the Navy to order 50 production units. [...]