2026-07-03
Scientists built a cell from scratch that eats, divides and evolves. They just won’t call it alive
Scientists in Minnesota have built a cell from scratch. It can feed, grow, and divide, and it competes with its own offspring. Its makers do not claim it is alive. But the line between chemistry and biology just got a lot thinner. The team at the University of Minnesota calls its creation SpudCell, and says […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-03
Anthropic and the Trump administration deny discussing a government stake
The Trump administration and Anthropic have not discussed the government taking an equity stake in the AI company, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The denial follows a Financial Times report earlier the same day that OpenAI had proposed handing Washington a 5% stake in itself, an arrangement said to potentially […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-03
Zuckerberg says Meta’s AI agent progress is slower than expected
Mark Zuckerberg told Meta employees on Thursday that the company’s AI agents have not progressed as quickly as he expected, four months after a restructuring that was supposed to speed things up. “The kind of trajectory of the agentic development over at least the last four months hasn’t really accelerated in the way that we […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-03
Quantum Systems raises $1.2bn and doubles its valuation to $8bn as defence money floods in
Europe has a new defence-tech heavyweight. Quantum Systems, a German maker of autonomous drones, has raised $1.2bn and more than doubled its valuation to about $8bn. It is one of the largest rounds ever for a European defence startup. The Bavarian company announced the Series D on Thursday. Blackstone, Noteus, Airbus, and Advent co-led it. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-03
Chinese AI video maker Kling raises $2 billion as it gears up for Hong Kong IPO
Kuaishou has raised about $2 billion from investors for its AI video division, Kling.<br /> The article Chinese AI video maker Kling raises $2 billion as it gears up for Hong Kong IPO appeared first on The Decoder. [...]
2026-07-03
HCLTech wins $1.14bn deal with a European firm, its biggest since 2023
HCLTech has signed a $1.14 billion contract with a major European company, the Indian IT services group said Thursday, in what is its largest single deal since a $2.1 billion agreement with Verizon in August 2023. The client is described only as a Fortune Global 50 firm, and neither side has named it publicly. The […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]