CMA dithers as Microsoft's cloud meter runs on your dime
… This is not accidental; it is the result of years of intentional, strategic positioning. …
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Cheap Chinese models are overtaking Anthropic
… On Monday, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission issued a report assessing the competitive threat posed by Chinese AI companies. …
OpenAI tries to build its coding cred by acquiring Astral
… "One bad version of this deal would be if OpenAI start using their ownership of uv as leverage in their competition with Anthropic." But Willison also suggests a possible motive for the deal unrelated to competitive leverage. …
Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra still glued to bad habits
… For a device positioned at the very top of the Android market, that's a hard sell, especially when repairability is increasingly being used as a competitive differentiator. …
Intel eases reliance on TSMC with Core Series 3 CPUs
… Intel is also positioning the part as a low-power edge processor that's competitive with systems like Nvidia's Jetson Orin Nano for object detection, image classification, and video analytics workloads. …
Meta cuts about 700 jobs as it shifts spending to AI
…Where possible, we are finding other opportunities for employees whose positions may be impacted,” a spokesperson wrote. In a post-earnings note on January 28, Zuckerberg said this was the year Meta…
Indonesia’s game rating system leaks developer creds
…Robot shatters human half marathon record A humanoid robot beat human competitors in the Beijing half marathon on Sunday. A WeChat post from the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area shows the robots…
Norway's Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification
…Do you actually own anything digital? Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad, director of digital policy at the Norwegian Consumer Council, told The Register : "We wanted to outline a more positive vision for what…
Brit rent-a-GPU biz Nscale picks up $2B, hires Nick Clegg
…Clegg stepped down from his position as Meta's president of global affairs just over a year ago, a role that saw him serve as chief apologist for Zuckcorp. His departure was…
Anthropic will let your agents sleep on its couch
…Anthropic suggests that its hosted ghost workers can handle a broad set of office tasks – a position underscored by Claude Cowork's declaration of general availability on Thursday. The AI biz emphasizes…