2026-07-24

Nvidia, Meta, and Microsoft are urging Washington not to restrict open-weight AI

More than 20 companies signed a letter warning that premature limits on open-weight AI could stifle competition and push innovation overseas [...]

2026-07-24

Meta is upgrading its AI assistant to automate recurring tasks and daily briefings

The updated assistant, powered by Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 model, is launching first in select markets via the Meta AI app and meta.ai [...]

2026-07-24

Hate the Copilot key in Windows 11? It looks like Microsoft's bringing in the option to remap it to do nothing — if you feel that's more useful

Think nothing is better than Copilot? Microsoft is going to let you prefer the former over the latter in a very literal sense, with the ability to remap the Copilot key to do nothing. [...]

2026-07-24

Nvidia reveals deep dive into what makes Vera CPU tick — with the super-powered Olympus core promising huge performance increases and more

Nvidia reveals deepest Vera CPU disclosure yet: 88 custom Olympus cores with internally measured SPEC CPU 2026 numbers that show it winning against rivals. [...]

2026-07-24

Trump vows new tariffs on the E.U. after Brussels fines Google $1 billion

The president said the U.S. will launch a trade probe under Section 301 and expects "substantial" tariffs on the bloc [...]

2026-07-24

The 2026 El Niño Is on Track to Be the Strongest on Record

This climate phenomenon could cause a massive global temperature spike and cause economic losses of $10 trillion by 2032. [...]

2026-07-24

Intel Q2 earnings double estimates as AI data centre revenue surges 59 percent

Intel posted second-quarter 2026 revenue of more than $16 billion, a 25 percent jump from a year earlier and the company’s fastest growth since late 2011. Adjusted earnings per share came in at 42 cents, double the 21-cent consensus estimate on Wall Street. Shares initially climbed on the results but reversed course during extended trading, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-24

SAP’s cloud is still booming, and that was enough to calm the AI-doom fears

SAP gave investors the number they wanted. Europe’s biggest software company said cloud revenue grew 22% to €6.28 billion in the second quarter, beating forecasts, SAP announced. Its cloud backlog, a measure of future sales, jumped 26%. The stock rose more than 6% in Frankfurt. That relief is the story. SAP’s shares are down about […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-24

Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led

Amazon is retreating from the race to build the smartest AI. This week it closed its AGI Lab, a San Francisco team working on artificial general intelligence, The Information reported. The move was part of layoffs across Amazon’s AGI unit, Reuters first reported. The lab was barely 18 months old. Amazon set it up in […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]