Khosla Ventures, first backer of OpenAI, is raising up to $5.5bn

Vinod Khosla likes to be early. His firm was the first outside investor in OpenAI, back when that was a strange thing to be. Now Khosla Ventures is raising money to do it again, at a scale it has neve [...]

Garmin backtracks on Cirqa subscription after outcry from fans and makes a crucial feature available for free

Garmin has decided that users of the new Cirqa should be able to access real time hear rate data without a subscription. [...]

FDA is investigating a new cyclospora parasite outbreak — and hasn't identified a source

The agency said 72 people have been sickened in the latest cluster, which comes as at least 4 cyclospora outbreaks remain active [...]

AMD is launching a new generation of AI chips and rack systems to challenge Nvidia

The chipmaker secured deals with Anthropic and Microsoft this week for its Helios rack-scale system and Instinct MI455X GPUs [...]

Ford and Geely will build EVs together at Ford’s plant in Spain. Ford owns 66%, Geely 34%.

Ford and Geely announced a manufacturing joint venture on Thursday that will produce electric vehicles at Ford’s plant in Valencia, Spain. Ford will own 66% of the venture, Geely 34%. Pending regula [...]

Apple is overhauling every Mac, and finally adding a touchscreen

Apple spent years insisting the Mac would never get a touchscreen. That is about to change. The company is planning an overhaul of its entire Mac line, and the most striking new model is a MacBook you [...]

OpenAI plans a $30bn Georgia data centre, and a charm offensive to match

Building a data centre used to be a quiet affair. Not any more. OpenAI’s plan for a giant new site in Georgia arrives with a charm offensive attached, because the industry has learned that the hard [...]

The latest Resident Evil movie trailer has lots of fun nods to the games

The film, from Weapons director Zach Cregger, hits theaters on September 18. [...]

'I’m more excited about what’s to come than what we have achieved': Samsung executive on why they built the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Apple's iPhone Ultra threat, and what comes next for foldables

We sat down with Samsung’s EVP and Head of CX Office, Jay Kim, to discuss the new Galaxy Z Fold 8 series and the future of foldables. [...]