Xsight Labs Raises $300M for Programmable AI Network Silicon

Xsight Labs said it has closed a funding round of more than $300 million at a $2.8 billion post-money valuation, capital the fabless chip designer will spend pushing its programmable Ethernet switches [...]

Google rebrands NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook and opens its search app to third-party integration

Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and integrating the tool more deeply into its ecosystem. A new feature gives each notebook its own cloud computer that can write and run code, initiall [...]

Agents think in milliseconds, legacy infrastructure doesn't. LinkedIn, Walmart and Zendesk shared how they closed the gap at VB Transform 2026

Legacy infrastructure, not the models themselves, is what's actually slowing AI agents down. That was the shared conclusion of three infrastructure leaders — from LinkedIn, Walmart, and Zendesk [...]

AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees

An error with the cloud computing giant’s billing operation caused some customers’ monthly bills to rise from a few cents to billions of dollars. [...]

'My soul left my body': customers see bills in the billions after AWS billing system goes haywire — but don't go emptying your bank accounts

An Amazon AWS billing system accidentally told some customers they owed billions of dollars, but a fix is on the way. [...]

France and Germany pledge to build a European rival to Palantir’s military AI software

France and Germany pledged on Friday to develop a European alternative to Palantir’s military AI software. A joint declaration signed after talks between Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz committed [...]

Why I still recommend Synology's DS225+ NAS - even if it can't replace your cloud storage

Soaring hard drive prices are making NAS boxes a niche product, but the Synology DS225+ still makes sense. Here's why. [...]

Android backups count toward your 15GB Google storage limit now - how to check your settings

An amended Google One storage utilization policy is rolling out now to include your Android device settings in backups, but there's no need to panic. Here are your options. [...]

Google’s newest data pipeline runs beneath the Atlantic to Portugal

Google has connected Nuvem, a new transatlantic subsea cable running beneath the Atlantic between Portugal and the United States, tightening its grip on the physical layer that carries its cloud and A [...]