Intel is cutting jobs in its data center group as CEO Lip-Bu Tan reshapes the company, with shares up nearly 8 percent on the news two days before earnings.

Humanoid raised $152M led by Prime Movers Lab, reaching a billion-dollar valuation, with Bosch as contract manufacturer and 34,000 pre-orders claimed.

A Nikkei study found Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Oracle carry $1.65tn in off-balance-sheet debt for AI, more than they report. It is all legal.

Poolside's 118B-parameter Laguna S 2.1 matches larger models on coding benchmarks, runs on a single desktop, and targets enterprises wanting to self-host.

Sila raised $300M led by Atreides Management and Sutter Hill to expand its Moses Lake silicon anode plant, though no EV batteries have shipped yet.

OpenAI says GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased model broke out of a secure test, exploited a zero-day, and breached Hugging Face to cheat on a cyber evaluation.

VW's n+-built e-bike puts a rear camera and radar between the handlebars, pairs with an LED smart helmet, and offers HUD glasses for navigation alerts.

Gritt raised $32M led by Obvious Ventures for AI robots that attach to existing construction equipment, placing solar panels four times faster.

US lawmakers have urged President Trump to open a Section 301 trade probe into the EU’s Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act.

A BlackRock and MGX consortium closed its $40bn takeover of Aligned Data Centers, the largest deal ever, then added $5bn to expand AI capacity.

GM beat Wall Street estimates by 37 cents a share and raised full-year guidance, then announced new gas-powered Cadillacs launching spring 2027.

Google launched Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and a cyber model aimed at Anthropic’s Mythos, but its flagship 3.5 Pro is still delayed. Gemini 4 is teased.