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Amazon Prime Video is elevating its NBA coverage with the introduction of Prime 360, an AI-powered replay system offering immersive, 'fly through' views of the action. Kicking off its second season, Prime Video also adds Yahoo fantasy integration and gains exclusive Eastern Conference Finals rights, expanding its tech-driven sports broadcast. The new features aim to deliver a unique and interactive viewing experience for basketball fans.
Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, is rapidly overhauling the company's structure by cutting management layers and budgets to accelerate product development, Bloomberg reports. Weeks after taking over from Tim Cook, Ternus seeks a leaner organization, greater agility in launches, and a more experimental approach to AI. A plan to replace 5,000 AppleCare staff with AI is currently on hold.
Valor Mortis, a first-person action soulslike from the Ghostrunner developer, boasts an impressive voice cast including Behemoth's black metal vocalist, Adam "Nergal" Darski. Set in a supernatural 19th-century Eastern Europe, it launches on October 13 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, priced at $40 due to a busy release season.
Meta Platforms has launched the "Meta Enterprise Platform," a new initiative to bring its AI technologies to businesses, leveraging its full tech stack including Muse. The company has hired MongoDB CEO Chirantan "CJ" Desai to lead this strategic push. Desai's appointment and Meta's enterprise pivot aim to monetize significant AI investments, while MongoDB's shares dropped over 17% following Desai's sudden departure.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi teases that completionists could spend "easily over a hundred hours" in the game. This final chapter of the Remake trilogy promises extensive content, including Highwind airship travel, more mini-games, and exploration, with a massive 200GB download expected. The game launches April 8, 2027, on PC, Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Google DeepMind has launched the DeepMind Institute (DMI), a new platform for research and debate on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Led by Shane Legg and Demis Hassabis, DMI aims to ensure safe AGI development, addressing risks like cybersecurity and economic disruption. It will host diverse perspectives on AGI's future.
A US Army unit in Georgia is offering soldiers a unique re-enlistment incentive: a four-day pass to play *Grand Theft Auto VI* when it launches in November. Soldiers must commit to at least two more years of service for this gamer-friendly perk. So far, 20 have signed up, highlighting the game's massive appeal.
Biotech startup InduPro has secured $77 million in Series B funding and commenced its first human clinical trial for lead cancer drug IDP-001. The company's novel proximity-guided platform aims to precisely target tumors by identifying specific protein combinations on cancer cell surfaces, sparing healthy tissue. This milestone, alongside a significant Eli Lilly partnership, marks a pivotal step for the Seattle and Cambridge-based firm.
DeepSeek, the prominent Chinese AI lab, is expanding its reach beyond foundational models, venturing into the critical software layer developers use to deploy AI agents. On Thursday, the company officially launched
Cloudflare has launched Kitesurf, a new cloud-hosted browser specifically engineered for AI agents to navigate and interact with the web. Optimized for efficiency and lower computing costs, Kitesurf eschews human-centric visual elements in favor of performance, scalability, and context management, offering a specialized solution for developers building task-oriented AI.
Meta is leveraging AI, especially large language models (LLMs), to rapidly develop and launch new consumer applications, marking a strategic pivot. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced more apps are coming soon, following recent launches for Facebook Groups, Marketplace, and Instagram. This AI-driven acceleration helps Meta test ideas faster and has significantly boosted apps like Threads.
NEW YORK – Runway, a prominent name in artificial intelligence, today unveiled its new Media Router, a strategic move designed to position the company as a foundational infrastructure layer for the rapidly expanding
San Francisco-based startup Poolside announced the release of Laguna S 2.1 on July 21, 2026, a 118-billion-parameter open-weight model engineered for agentic coding. The company positions this new model as a crucial
Call of Duty Season 5 launches July 23, bringing a wild array of content to Black Ops 7 and Warzone. Expect a bizarre Nuketown pinball machine multiplayer map, the return of fan-favorite Heavy Metal Heroes to Warzone, and the epic conclusion to the Black Ops 7 Zombies storyline. New weapons, operators like Spectre, and innovative multiplayer modes promise a high-octane season for all players.
Quick Verdict Reflect Orbital's Eärendil-1, an ambitious orbital space mirror project, has secured FCC approval for its initial test launches this year. The vision of extending daylight for critical operations like
Wayve, the UK-based self-driving AI startup, has initiated an $85 million employee tender offer at an $8.5 billion valuation, allowing staff to sell vested equity. This move reflects a growing trend among AI companies using such offers for talent retention, supported by eager investors betting on continued high growth. Wayve plans robotaxi pilots with Uber this year and Nissan integration by 2027.
AI video startup Higgsfield has launched Supercomputer 2.0, an autonomous agent framework for enterprise marketing. Built on NVIDIA technology, it claims adoption by 78 percent of Fortune 500 companies, aiming to automate full campaign lifecycles. The company also produced an AI-generated feature film in 14 days.
Sakana AI has launched Marlin, an "ultra deep research" agent designed for enterprise clients. Operating as a "Virtual CSO," Marlin conducts self-governing reasoning for up to eight hours to deliver comprehensive, 100+ page strategy reports. Powered by Adaptive Branching Monte Carlo Tree Search (AB-MCTS) and a multi-LLM architecture, it focuses on deep, vetted analysis over quick generation, backed by strict data privacy policies and significant venture capital.
Bluesky has launched group chats and is strategically shifting its focus to community-centric features to compete with larger social networks like X. This move aims to differentiate the platform by offering more private, user-controlled spaces for engagement, especially as its user growth has slowed. The new features include group chats for up to 50 people and a vision for distinct, manageable communities, a direction contrasting X's recent shuttering of its own community features.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales unveils its pre-order bonuses, Deluxe Edition, and a stunning Collector's Edition. Get ready for in-game boosts, exclusive accessories, a gorgeous tabletop clock, and a four-CD soundtrack as the game launches June 18th.
OpenAI has announced the integration of its advanced AI coding tool, Codex, directly into the ChatGPT mobile application. This significant update empowers developers to monitor and manage their coding workflows remotely
Seattle startup Tin Can has launched "Tin Can Communities," a new program enabling schools and neighborhoods to collectively adopt its screenless phones for kids. This initiative supports a growing movement among parents and educators seeking to delay smartphone adoption, offering bulk pricing, onboarding, and group-specific features to foster real connections and reduce social pressure across entire networks.
xAI has launched Grok 4.3, its new large language model, featuring "always-on reasoning" and advanced agentic capabilities. The model arrives with an aggressively low API pricing strategy ($1.25/$2.50 per million input/output tokens) and a sophisticated voice cloning suite called Custom Voices. While excelling in specialized legal and financial tasks, Grok 4.3 presents a complex trade-off between cost efficiency, deep reasoning, and general consistency for enterprise users.
Stripe has launched Link, a new digital wallet that uniquely enables autonomous AI agents to make secure payments on behalf of users. It tackles security concerns by allowing agents to process transactions without direct access to sensitive payment credentials, utilizing virtual cards and user approval. The wallet also offers comprehensive traditional features like spending tracking and subscription management.
Xbox pulled Call of Duty from day-one Game Pass launches, moving them to roughly a year later. This came with Game Pass price cuts. Data shows CoD wasn't driving new subscriptions but cannibalizing premium sales, and the franchise itself faces declining engagement and revenue, prompting Xbox's strategic pivot.
