2026-08-19

A British AI-chip startup is raising at $6.5bn after an Anthropic deal

Fractile, a British startup building chips for artificial intelligence, is in advanced talks to raise money at a valuation more than six times what it fetched three months ago, Bloomberg reported. The jump follows a deal to supply chips to Anthropic. The company is raising funds at a pre-money valuation of $6.5bn, according to people […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-19

Coders are slacking when it comes to web standards — and that simply won't do in the AI age

French developer leads project to discover how closely website developers stick to web standards, and the results are disappointing. [...]

2026-08-19

Ramp Opens Router.com Model Gateway With Free Routing Through 2026

Ramp, the corporate-spend platform that powers more than $200 billion in purchases annually, launched Router.com on August 19, 2026: a single API endpoint that sends each AI request to the lowest-cost model that meets the developer's quality bar. Customers already using the service have cut their inference costs by 40% on average, according to the company's announcement. Routing is free [...]

2026-08-19

Are underwater data centers sustainable for AI infrastructure?

The real test is whether the ocean can become AI’s next computing frontier without becoming its next environmental problem. [...]

2026-08-19

I Saw the Future of AI in a Robot That Can Learn on the Spot

During a recent visit to Generalist AI, I watched a robotic arm improvise and use a banana as a tool. [...]

2026-08-19

Quiet on the creek TikTok trend, explained

TikTok is obsessed with Saucy Santana’s 'quiet on the creek.' Here’s where the phrase came from and what it means. [...]

2026-08-19

Google is giving college students a free year of AI Pro, and a raft of study tools

Google is rolling out a wave of study tools across Search and Gemini for the new school year. It is also giving eligible college students a free year of its paid AI plan. The company set out the changes in a back-to-school post on Wednesday. The headline offer is the free subscription. Eligible college students […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-19

Comcast is adding motion detection to millions of routers, and I’m worried it’s a privacy nightmare

Comcast’s Xfinity routers can sense people’s presence in your home, but many users are worried. [...]

2026-08-19

The reMarkable Paper Pro can run Android 13 — it’s not pretty, but it works and it’s an incredible upgrade

A YouTuber got the reMarkable Paper Pro to run Android 13. It’s not pretty, but it works and it’s incredible. [...]