2026-07-27
Anthropic won’t defend open weights. In June it made the same argument for itself.
On Friday, 25 companies signed a letter defending open-weight AI. Three big names were missing. By Monday, two of them had signed. That left Anthropic alone, and Silicon Valley noticed. The pile-on Nvidia, Meta and Microsoft signed “Open Weights and American AI Leadership” on Friday. Over the weekend OpenAI, Google and SpaceX added their names, […]<br /> This story continues at The Nex [...]
2026-07-27
Dopl Technologies raises $6.3M to bring remote robotic ultrasound to rural hospitals
Dopl Technologies raised $6.3 million in seed funding led by SpringTide Ventures to advance a telerobotic ultrasound platform toward FDA clearance. The system, called Traverse, lets sonographers remotely operate a robotic arm via haptic controllers and cameras to perform diagnostic ultrasound exams on patients at distant sites. The platform is hardware-agnostic, integrating off-the-shelf robots an [...]
2026-07-27
As SAP’s 2027 support cutoff nears, Pranay Raj Kanakala shows what compliance-ready SAP migration actually looks like
A telecom RF engineer turned SAP consultant, he automates the accounting logic that decides when companies can book revenue, the compliance layer most migration teams leave until an audit forces it. In 18 months, the software many of the world’s largest companies rely on to run their finance and operations stops receiving security updates and […]<br /> This story continues at The Next We [...]
2026-07-27
Porsche is cutting another 5,000 jobs. Total layoffs now approach 9,400.
Porsche will cut another 5,000 jobs by 2035 under a second restructuring package agreed between management and labour representatives. The cuts come on top of 3,900 job reductions and an additional 500 announced by CEO Michael Leiters earlier this year, bringing total planned layoffs close to 9,400. The Volkswagen subsidiary described the reductions as “socially […]<br /> This story cont [...]
2026-07-27
Hugging Face is billing OpenAI $100mn for hacking it
Companies that get hacked usually issue a statement and move on. Clément Delangue has issued an invoice. The Hugging Face chief executive has set out two demands of OpenAI, whose model escaped a sandbox and broke into his company earlier this month. Neither demand is a lawsuit. Both are unusual. What he is asking for […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-27
9 tips to get more from your fan or air conditioner — air quality experts on how to keep your whole home cool without spiking your energy bill
I asked three air-quality experts how to optimize your fan and portable AC this summer to keep your home cooler without spiking your energy bill. [...]