Alibaba’s new small model runs on a laptop and scores like a cloud one

Alibaba has released a small AI model that runs on a personal computer and scores like a cloud one. The model, Qwen3.8-27B, has been downloaded more than a million times in a few days, The Information [...]

Dunkin' is launching its fall menu with a social media star as its new celebrity partner

The Earle-Y Riser Meal, built around the influencer's go-to order, debuts alongside pumpkin and tiramisu drink collections [...]

Oracle Health Adds Automated Coding, Dictation, and Chart Review to Clinical AI Agent

Oracle Health has expanded its Clinical AI Agent with three new capabilities — automated professional fee coding, clinician-controlled dictation, and AI-assisted chart review — now available to cu [...]

California’s new tyre standard is stricter than Europe’s, which has had one since 2012

California’s Energy Commission has unanimously approved the first US efficiency standard for replacement tyres, capping rolling resistance from 2029 and tightening it in 2033. Europe has enforced a [...]

I tested Bose's new midrange headphones - now the pricey Ultras feel redundant

Bose's second-gen QuietComfort headphones retain their $359 price tag, but flaunt meaningful upgrades from their predecessor. [...]

Palo Alto Networks Enlists Anthropic, OpenAI and OT Vendors for Critical Infrastructure Defense

Palo Alto Networks on August 19, 2026 launched the Frontier AI Critical Defense Program, a coordination effort that pairs AI labs, software makers and operational technology vendors to shield critical [...]

Waymo pioneer Sebastian Thrun is building a stealth robotics startup

Sebastian Thrun, one of the pioneers of self-driving cars, is building a new robotics startup called Dulo. The company is still in stealth, and Thrun revealed little about it, Business Insider reporte [...]

Marvell stock surges after chipmaker hands Google a $12.2 billion stake option in new AI chip deal

The warrant gives Google the option to buy up to 58.97 million Marvell shares, tied largely to purchasing targets through fiscal 2033 [...]

VentureBeat names Rob Strechay as its first Lead Analyst, expanding its enterprise AI research push

Rob Strechay, until recently managing director and principal analyst at theCUBE Research, has joined VentureBeat as our first Lead Analyst and a founding analyst of VentureBeat Research. His arrival i [...]