ASML is working to cut the time it takes to build and test its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines by roughly a third, CFO Roger Dassen told reporters on Wednesday. The cycle time, the period between starting production in ASML’s clean rooms and s…
Apple is in early talks with PrismML, a startup that shrinks large AI models to run directly on a phone. The company’s on-device AI pitch could help Apple keep more of Siri’s work off the cloud. PrismML chief executive Babak Hassibi told CNBC that Appl…
The UK government has proposed a midnight social media curfew for 16 and 17-year-olds, plus limits on infinite scrolling. The UK social media curfew would switch on by default, though teens could turn it off. The government set out the measures on Wedn…
The Odyssey’s opening weekend box office projections are coming in, and they are extremely high compared to most of Nolan’s other films.
London fintech Velocity has raised a $38 million Series A to help businesses move money with stablecoins. The Velocity Series A, led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, brings the two-year-old company’s total funding to nearly $50 million. Velocity builds trea…
Loren Mack, a former PFL, ONE Championship and UFC executive, is BKB: Bare Knuckle Boxing’s new Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy.
A group of major book publishers and the author Scott Turow have sued Google, claiming it used millions of copyrighted books to train its Gemini AI without permission. The Google Gemini lawsuit calls it “one of the most prolific infringements of copyri…
Australia has set up a national Office of AI. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also promised new copyright protection for creatives, in a speech in Sydney. Albanese announced the plan on Wednesday at the University of Sydney, the Guardian reported. His …
Jim Cantore has spent his entire 40-year career at The Weather Channel. Here’s why he is considered one the best TV meteorologists ever.
Elevance Health reported second quarter net income of $1.45 billion as medical costs fell in some health plans, triggering an improved outlook for the rest of the year.