Amazon's Panay bets on ambient AI devices over apps
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay says ambient, sensor-driven AI devices — not apps — are where personal computing is headed, as the company launches new Bee wearables.
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605 storiesVolvo deepens Nvidia partnership for hands-free driving
Volvo is expanding its nearly decade-long partnership with Nvidia, combining three pieces of Nvidia hardware and software to build an automated driving system for highways and city streets.
SK Hynix seeks China export approval to build US chip plant
SK Hynix's flash-memory unit Solidigm is reportedly seeking US approval to send chip equipment to its China plant as a condition for a new US NAND factory, Reuters reported.
AI agents are coming to Rivian's cars
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the automaker's cars will eventually run AI agents from outside companies like Anthropic, though he didn't specify a timeline.
Amazon's Bee launches two new AI devices, starting at $75
Amazon's Bee unveiled two new AI wearables, the $74.99 Frontier and $99.99 Eclipse, its first products since Amazon acquired the company last year.
Ricursive Intelligence bets on AI-designed chips for compute crunch
Ricursive Intelligence founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini unveiled AI that designs, tests, and improves computer chips, arguing it's key to meeting surging demand for compute.
Hiyd packs a health tracker into a disc that clips onto any watch
Hiyd has built a slim sensor disc that attaches to any watch via microsuction, tracking heart rate, sleep, and other biometrics without replacing the watch.
Mosqitter expands its AI-powered mosquito surveillance network
Mosqitter is turning its more than 5,000 mosquito traps into an AI-powered network that identifies species and tracks disease risk, launching its Febris monitoring system next month.
Science Corporation implants vision chip in first Stargardt patient
Science Corporation says it has implanted its PRIMA vision-restoring chip in its first patient with Stargardt disease, an inherited eye condition currently considered incurable.
Industrial Next pitches AI robots that retool lines in minutes
Industrial Next, a startup founded by two Tesla veterans, says its AI-driven robotic stations can retool a factory line in minutes instead of weeks, and it's partnering with BMW to evaluate the tech.
Helix Carbon wants to make blast furnaces cleaner, not replace them
Helix Carbon says an electrolyzer that recycles a blast furnace's own CO2 exhaust back into carbon monoxide can cut iron producers' coke use and save them $14 per ton of iron.
Cambridge Heavy Industries is building a tabletop fusion reactor
Cambridge Heavy Industries, a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup operating in stealth near MIT, has built a benchtop fusion device and raised a $6.2 million seed round to develop it.
Licube aims to supply lithium-6 fuel for fusion power
Licube, which licensed lithium-6 purification technology from Japan's Hirosaki University, says the fusion fuel market could reach $50 billion by 2040.
Niobia speeds up diagnosing costly battery and chip defects
Niobia's AI agents flag production defects on battery and chip lines and let engineers ask a chatbot what caused them in minutes instead of days.
Mind Robotics hires former Ford EV chief Doug Field
Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics venture Rivian spun out last year, has hired former Ford EV chief Doug Field as president.
Rivian-backed Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president
Mind Robotics, the industrial AI and robotics venture Rivian created last year, has hired former Ford EV chief Doug Field as president to run its day-to-day operations.
Laplace Intelligence red-teams robots before real-world deployment
Laplace Intelligence, an Ann Arbor startup competing at TechCrunch Disrupt, uses AI agents to red-team robots and self-driving cars in simulation before deployment.
LNK Energies retrofits diesel trucks to run on hydrogen
LNK Energies, an MIT spinout, says converting a diesel truck to hydrogen cuts its total cost of ownership by 13%.
Apple refreshes HomePod mini with an S10 chip and $149 price
Apple refreshed its HomePod mini smart speaker with a new S10 chip and Siri AI integration, pricing the device at $149, $50 more than the original 2020 version.
Apple launches a smart lock, doorbell and camera lineup
Apple unveiled an Apple Home Collection of smart locks, doorbells, thermostats and cameras, built with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric and arriving in December.