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Malaysia’s SkyeChip unveils the country’s first edge AI processor

The Southeast Asian country reaches an AI milestone as it looks to become a more competitive player in the global AI race.

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Plaud launches a new AI hardware notetaker, the $179 Note Pro

Plaud.ai launches its new Plaud Note Pro hardware notetaker with better mics and recording range.

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US sanctions fraud network used by North Korean ‘remote IT workers’ to seek jobs and steal money

Treasury officials say the North Korea government used the fraud network to generate money for the regime’s nuclear weapons program.

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Hyundai is working with a startup on plant-based leather that smells like the real thing

Uncaged Innovations is working with Hyundai to develop alternatives to leather with a fraction of the environmental impact.

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SpaceX notches major wins during tenth Starship test

SpaceX notched some new wins with the tenth Starship test flight.

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Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls, sources say

The startup, now valued at $750 million, is one of three that recently raised funding to use AI agents for helping healthcare practices answer patient calls.

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Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI

Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program as AI and data infrastructure take center stage.

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Microsoft headquarters go into lockdown after activists take over Brad Smith’s office

The incident is the latest escalation by current and former employees who are demanding the company end its cloud contracts with Israel.

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Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome

Anthropic is the latest AI lab to offer an AI agent with the ability to view and take action in a user’s Chrome browser.

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A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok

“Let Down” broke into the Billboard Hot 100 nearly 30 years after its release, marking just the fourth Radiohead song to enter the charts.

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