2026-08-25
Bain & Company and Anthropic announced a global partnership on August 25, 2026, placing Bain in the Claude Partner Network at Global Premier, the program's top tier. Under the agreement, Bain will work with Anthropic on client engagements spanning AI strategy, technology modernization, and AI-enabled operations, with the announcement positioning the work around moving enterprise clients f [...]
2026-08-25
Apple debuted two new chips on August 25, 2026 that bracket the desktop AI compute market: M6, its first processor built on a 2-nanometer process, arriving in a new Mac mini, and M5 Ultra, its first quad-die design and what the company calls its most powerful chip ever, arriving in a new Mac Studio. The announcement puts Apple's first 2 nm silicon and a 512GB unified memory ceiling into two m [...]
2026-08-25
Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100, an in-house 3nm chip for intelligent driving that will replace Nvidia hardware in its cars from 2027. The company has invested more than 21bn yuan, about $3.1bn, since restarting its chip programme. Xiaomi is designing Nvidia out of its cars. The company has unveiled the Xring D100, an in-house […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-25
Waymo has announced it is laying the groundwork for autonomous ride-hailing in Munich, starting with high-definition mapping and manual driving in the coming weeks. It aims to open a commercial service to the public toward the end of 2027. Munich is getting robotaxis, though not for a while. Waymo says it is laying the groundwork […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]