DOOM creator id Software reportedly pitched a new Perfect Dark game and a John Wick-style new IP prior to the mass layoffs that hit Xbox this week, according to GamesBeat. The report states that id Software found itself vulnerable to the cuts as a result of it being in between major projects, having recently launched…
Ollama, the developer platform for open AI models, announced that it has raised $65 million in Series B funding led by Theory Ventures, with participation from Benchmark, 8VC, Y Combinator, Pace Capital, 49 Palms, GTMFund, and other investors and angel backers. The latest financing brings the company’s total funding to $88 million. Benchmark previously led…
Public companies kept stacking Bitcoin in June, but the month’s real story played out in a corner of the market that did not exist a couple of years ago: the preferred shares that treasury firms now use to fund their coin purchases. A new report from BitcoinTreasuries.net calls June the first true stress test for…
A typhoon that floods your town is already a stressful and frightening experience. But for residents of southern China, that experience is becoming much worse, as recent floodwaters created an even more unusual hazard — hundreds of venomous snakes washed away from commercial breeding farms. As reported in The Guardian, after days of torrential rain…
The latest advancements in industrial robotics are having significant effects on warehouse operations and procurement processes. Technologies like truck unloading and no-code paint cobots are becoming increasingly important in streamlining industrial tasks. These innovations are expected to shape the way warehouses operate by mid-2026. Ambi Robotics and Pickle Robot announced on June 30 the first…
GPT-5.6 Sol just joined the Pareto frontier on open source benchmark Senior SWE-bench, and there's a clear trend towards efficiency. Quick TL:DR GPT-5.6 Sol: Opus 4.8 perf @ 40% of the cost Grok 4.5: GPT-5.5 perf @ 25% of the cost Grok 4.5 climbed to #2 on senior-level bug solving but for just ~$1 /…
What you need to know The Xiaomi 18 Pro is shaping up to be a major flagship upgrade, with a next-gen Snapdragon chip, revamped cameras, and a massive battery. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 could power the phone, giving Xiaomi another early lead in adopting the latest flagship silicon. A new 6.4-inch flat OLED…
Season One: Return of the Thieves Guild, is now live in The Elder Scrolls Online. Jump into a new Thieves Guild storyline, earn rewards in new Favors and Dynamic Events systems today, with more to come throughout the season.
On Tuesday, Meta launched “Muse Image,” a new AI image generation feature that allows users to create original images, edit existing photos, and even generate custom ads directly within its apps. But one capability has quickly become the center of controversy. Muse Image allows users to generate AI images using photos from public Instagram accounts….
Hyundai Card completed a $20,000 USDT transfer between US and Mexico subsidiaries in seven minutes. The pilot used Avalanche, Tether, and Axiym to test faster blockchain-based corporate payments. Hyundai Card plans Europe trials with Visa and Circle for local currency stablecoin transfers. Hyundai Card has completed a stablecoin-based cross-border payment test between Hyundai Motor subsidiaries…