Nvidia Customers Notified About AI-Related Price Hikes Above 15%
Nvidia is raising server prices containing its AI chips by more than 15% for many major customers, driven by soaring memory chip costs. The price increases are affecting servers that contain Nvidia's artificial intelligence processors across multiple customer accounts.
Apollo finds AI is hitting paychecks rather than payrolls
Wages in jobs highly exposed to AI grew 6.7% more slowly after 2023 across 321 occupations studied, with the largest gap of 10.7% occurring in lowest-paid positions. No statistically significant employment losses were detected in these roles.
China’s AI and chip firms are handing out shares to keep their engineers
Chinese chip companies are implementing equity schemes covering most of their workforce to retain engineers, with Cambricon extending shares to 85.3% of employees and AMEC to over 97%. These programs represent an unusually broad approach to employee compensation rather than typical bonus structures.
This startup is training an AI model on skin that stays alive for a month
A startup called Outer Biosciences has developed a system to keep surgically discarded human skin alive for up to one month and use the results to train an AI model that identifies useful compounds. The company has raised approximately $23 million and currently employs 19 people.
AI data centres are taking the capacitors carmakers need
Multilayer ceramic capacitors and printed circuit boards face 20% to 30% global shortages due to AI data centre demand, with prices tripling annually. Automotive memory prices rose approximately 180% in three months as competition for components intensifies.
Researchers found 768 leaked AWS keys that still work, and the containment policy leaves plenty possible
Researchers discovered 768 leaked AWS keys with 88% still active, including 526 root keys granting full account control. AWS's quarantine policy for detected leaked keys permits numerous damaging actions rather than completely disabling them.
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
An AI startup developed by Michael Polansky keeps living human skin tissue alive outside the body for weeks to discover new skincare compounds. The company is using this preserved skin tissue combined with AI models to test potential skincare products before human trials.
Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
Letara raised $16 million to expand its hybrid rocket technology beyond small satellite thrusters into space, defense, and security markets. The Japanese startup plans to leverage this funding to develop applications across a broader range of industry sectors.
TikTok to Pay $400 Million to Settle DOJ Child Privacy Case
TikTok and ByteDance will pay $400 million to settle a Justice Department lawsuit over collecting data on children in violation of online privacy law. The settlement resolves allegations from the Biden administration regarding unlawful data collection practices targeting minors on the platform.
Apple cuts more than 200 jobs across Siri and Vision Pro
Apple is eliminating over 200 positions, with approximately 100 from Vision Pro operations and 100 from Siri and software teams, including the closure of the headset's gaming unit. The company stated it is realigning teams and will create new roles to replace some of these positions.
Aptera has found someone to build its solar car, and it is in Shanghai
Aptera partnered with Shanghai's Launch Design for a $44 million manufacturing programme covering tooling, testing, and pilot production, with Aptera paying two-thirds of costs. Aptera reported $10.1 million in cash and substantial doubt about continuing as a going concern in its latest filing.
Slack wants to drag AI coding out of the terminal and into the group chat
Slack introduced Slack Code, which embeds AI coding agents including Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot, and Vercel's agent into dedicated channels where teams can collaboratively watch and review software development. The product creates project-specific code channels displaying code diffs, live previews, and running plans in dedicated tabs, then archives them with searchable audit trails when work completes.
Pew says 10% of the web now shows signs of AI authorship
Around 10% of sampled webpages showed strong signs of AI authorship in July 2026. Commercial .com domains contained roughly 10% AI-authored content compared to approximately 1% for .edu and .gov domains.
Hyundai’s luxury brand has a new flagship EV, and no European plans for it
Genesis unveiled the GV90, a full-size electric SUV with 490 kW power and a 123.5 kWh battery featuring pillarless coach doors. The vehicle launches in the United States early next year with no announced European availability.
How a 23-year old builder made AI video simple
A 23-year-old builder created a tool that simplifies AI video creation by focusing on usability rather than features. He identified that accessibility, not capability, represents the primary barrier limiting how many people can use current AI video tools.
Chinese video platform Bilibili is expanding worldwide
Bilibili relaunched its international app removing identity verification requirements and plans to launch an English-language website. The company is hiring community managers across six cities including London and says content will match between its international and Chinese platforms.
Taco Bell’s voice AI expansion shows the drive-thru has entered a new phase
Taco Bell has expanded voice AI technology to over 890 restaurants across 38 states through its partnership with Omilia. The deployment represents a shift from experimental voice ordering systems to standard operating practice in quick-service restaurant drive-thrus.
NanoClaw comes to Slack, letting you create persistent AI agent teams and colleagues from a single message
Users can create multiple AI agents with specialized skills and custom avatars in Slack through a single message using NanoClaw's new integration. The agents work together in channels and shared Slack Canvases while maintaining individual identities with their own avatars.
A data centre rack running on living neurons is now operating in Singapore
A biological data centre prototype using 20 neuron-powered CL1 computers has been activated in Singapore through collaboration between NUS Medicine, DayOne, and Cortical Labs. The system runs on living human neurons, though no published efficiency figures have been released.
Octopus Charge puts 210,000 US chargers in one app, without Tesla, Ionna or Electrify America
Octopus Energy launched Octopus Charge, an app aggregating over 210,000 US chargers from more than 20 networks without markup on energy prices. The service excludes Tesla, Ionna, and Electrify America while covering 1.5 million chargers across Europe's 40-plus countries.
Cinemas, schools and ICE are all banning Meta smart glasses
Meta smart glasses are being banned in UK cinemas due to concerns about film piracy and customer privacy. Schools and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have also restricted the camera-enabled eyewear.
Serval’s super agent Catalyst creates roving background agents to identify and fix IT issues before they’re ticketed
Serval made Catalyst, an AI agent that automatically creates enterprise automations, generally available and enabled by default for customers. Catalyst can inspect system histories and natural-language instructions to identify recurring work, then draft workflows and skills needed to automate it, while background agents continuously monitor connected systems to propose fixes before tickets are filed.
Avec’s latest AI feature reads your email so you don’t miss the due date
An email scanning feature identifies deadlines in messages and resurfaces them on relevant dates when users swipe left. The $8.4 million startup has not disclosed where the scanning process occurs.
Google is giving college students a free year of AI Pro, and a raft of study tools
Google is providing eligible college students a free year of its AI Pro paid subscription plan. The company is simultaneously launching study tools across Search and Gemini for the new academic year.
Meta launched a Mac app to put its AI to work for businesses
Meta released a Mac app for its AI chatbot that can observe screen windows and answer questions about their contents. The app also supports dictation across other applications and targets business and creator users.
Uber’s first European AV rides go live in Zagreb, with a safety driver
Autonomous vehicle rides began operating in Zagreb, Croatia through Uber in partnership with Pony.ai and Verne. The self-driving cars require a safety driver present in the vehicle.
Samsung hiked foundry prices up to 15%, with China paying the steepest
Samsung increased foundry prices by up to 15 percent for new chip orders following surging demand for AI chips. The price hikes affected customers in China most severely, according to people familiar with the matter.
Block’s new Apache 2.0 agent workspace Berd works across models and harnesses, stores conversation history locally
Block open-sourced Berd, a desktop application available under Apache 2.0 license for macOS, Windows, and Linux that lets users work with AI agents across different models in a single environment. The locally installed application reached version 0.6.2 with 91 contributors and stores conversation history locally while enabling users to attach files, configure AI providers, and manage persistent projects.
Fairphone’s most repairable phone yet is now available in the US at $650
Fairphone is selling the Gen 6+ directly in the US for the first time at $650 with twelve user-replaceable parts. The Dutch company is entering a market without equivalent EU repairability rules that took effect last year.
China is removing Microsoft’s Windows 10 from state agencies
China is removing a customised version of Microsoft's Windows 10 from state agencies earlier than scheduled due to data security concerns. The Ministry of State Security issued instructions to state-linked entities to uninstall the software, though specific vulnerabilities were not disclosed.