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Homeowner finance startup HomeTruth has secured a $4 million valuation following its graduation from the Living Lab program run by proptech venture capital firm STYX. The company, which also received an undisclosed initial investment, aims to reform the home insurance, banking, and green energy sectors through AI-driven data analytics.
Founded by tech journalist Monty Munford and business partner...
SpaceX successfully launched a powerful ocean-mapping satellite from California early Monday morning, achieving a major operational milestone. The Sentinel-6B spacecraft lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:21 a.m. ET on November 17. This flight marks the company’s 500th orbital mission utilizing a previously flown rocket.
Falcon 9 lands at LZ-4, marking the...
Aalto University researchers performed AI tensor operations with a single pass of light, encoding data into light waves for passive, simultaneous calculations integrated into photonic chips for faster, energy-efficient AI systems. The study was published in Nature Photonics on November 14th, 2025.
Tensor operations, crucial for AI in image processing and language understanding, are advanced...
Journalist Evan Ratliff recently conducted an experiment to test the capabilities of artificial intelligence in a corporate setting by launching a fictional tech startup populated exclusively by AI agents. According to a recent piece in Wired and documented in the second season of Ratliff’s podcast “Shell Game,” the project was designed to test the viability of the “one-person billion-dollar...
Recent leaks suggest that Samsung’s upcoming tri-fold smartphone is nearing its launch and will likely be available in the United States. Although Samsung provided the first official tease of the device back in January, SamMobile has now spotted that firmware testing is underway for a device with the model number SM-F968U1. According to standard Samsung naming conventions, this identifier points...
Researchers in Japan have developed the first simulation of the Milky Way galaxy that tracks more than 100 billion individual stars by combining artificial intelligence with supercomputing capabilities. Presented at the SC ’25 supercomputing conference in St. Louis, the model simulates 10,000 years of galactic evolution and operates 100 times faster than prior techniques to address computational...
Samsung Electronics announced it will add a new chip production line at its Pyeongtaek plant in South Korea to address surging demand from the artificial intelligence boom, with mass production set to start in 2028.
The new P5 plant forms part of the world’s largest semiconductor production complex. Construction on this facility had been postponed since late 2023 because of reduced demand for...
Apple plans to split its iPhone launches into spring and fall starting in 2026, abandoning the traditional annual fall unveiling. This strategy divides premium models for September releases and lower-priced versions for spring, driven by competition in China and revenue concentration.
The change represents the most significant adjustment to Apple’s product launch approach in over a decade....
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, addressed risks associated with autonomous artificial intelligence systems during a 60 Minutes interview with CBS News correspondent Anderson Cooper at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, which aired on November 16, 2025. He emphasized the need for oversight to ensure AI aligns with human intentions as autonomy grows.
Amodei expressed concerns about...
Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman states in his Power On newsletter that Apple has largely written off the Mac Pro, with no plans for a new release anytime soon. This decision stems from the company’s shift in professional desktop strategy toward the Mac Studio, following the Mac Pro’s last update in 2023.
The Mac Pro received its most recent hardware refresh in 2023, incorporating the M2 Ultra chip...