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Anthropic’s Claude sees ‘elevated errors’ as it tops Apple’s free apps after Pentagon clash
Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence models had “elevated errors” on Monday, as the app held its spot as the most popular free app on Apple‘s App Store. Claude’s status website showed “degraded performance” on Claude Opus 4.6, its latest model released last month. In an update […]
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Starlink to partner with Deutsche Telekom to launch satellite mobile service in Europe
SpaceX’s Starlink will partner with German telco giant Deutsche Telekom to launch a satellite-based mobile service in 10 European countries, the companies announced on Monday. The service will go live in 2028 and bring mobile communications to areas where network expansion is particularly challenging, including in areas with nature conservation requirements or demanding topography, Deutsche […]
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Nvidia to invest $4 billion in two photonics companies
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Siemens and Nvidia announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to develop industrial and physical AI solutions to bring AI-driven innovation to industrial workflow. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg […]
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The digital front: Iran’s internet down for second day amid reports of U.S.-Israel cyberattacks
Mirsad Sarajlic | Istock | Getty Images Iran is facing a severe internet blackout impacting its population of over 90 million as the country’s conflict with the U.S. and Israel continues. The country has now spent over 48 hours in a near-total internet blackout, according to data from independent internet watchdog NetBlocks posted at 2:35 […]
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China’s Honor shows off smartphone with robotic camera arm and teases a humanoid robot
The Honor Robot Phone features a camera that pops out of the main body of the device. Honor Honor on Sunday showed off the capabilities of its Robot Phone as the Chinese electronics firm looks to stand out from some of its bigger rivals like Samsung and Apple. The company, which spun off from Huawei […]
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‘Silent failure at scale’: The AI risk that can tip the business world into disorder
Aire Images | Moment | Getty Images As the business world comes to grips with artificial intelligence, the biggest risk may be one where those running the economy can’t possibly stay ahead. As AI systems become more complex, humans aren’t able to fully understand, predict, or control them. That inability to understand at a fundamental level where AI models are going […]
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Anthropic’s Claude hits No. 2 on Apple’s top free apps list after Pentagon rejection
In this illustration, the Claude AI app is seen in the app store on a phone on February 16, 2026 in New York City. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Defense Department used Anthropic’s Claude Ai, via its Palantir contract, to help with the attack on Venezuela and capture former President Nicolás […]
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Google wants Intrinsic to be ‘Android of robotics’ as it pushes into physical AI
Intrinsic CEO Wendy Tan White has led the company to graduate out of Alphabet’s “Moonshot” factory X. Intrinsic Google became a powerhouse in smartphones by creating the Android operating system and partnering with handset makers in need of an answer to Apple’s iPhone. Now the search giant has a similar plan for tackling robotics. Earlier […]
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OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon, hours after rival Anthropic was blacklisted by Trump
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said late Friday that his company has agreed to terms with the Department of Defense on use of its artificial intelligence models, […]
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Jack Dorsey made the loudest case yet that AI is already replacing jobs
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Block Inc., listens during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images The tech industry has spent the last couple years debating whether artificial intelligence will actually eliminate jobs at scale or simply be used as an excuse […]
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