TECH

As Intel welcomes a new CEO, a look at where the company stands

Semiconductor giant Intel hired semiconductor veteran Lip-Bu Tan to be its new CEO. This news comes three months after Pat Gelsinger retired and stepped down

TECH

Manus probably isn’t China’s second ‘DeepSeek moment’

Manus, an “agentic” AI platform that launched in preview last week, is generating more hype than a Taylor Swift concert. The head of product at

TECH

SpaceX Starship spirals out of control in second straight test flight failure

SpaceX’s Starship spiraled out of control while in space during a test flight on Thursday, marking the second launch in a row that the vehicle has

TECH

People are using Super Mario to benchmark AI now

Thought Pokémon was a tough benchmark for AI? One group of researchers argues that Super Mario Bros. is even tougher. Hao AI Lab, a research

TECH

Sergey Brin says RTO is key to Google winning the AGI race

Google co-founder Sergey Brin sent a memo to employees this week urging them to return to the office “at least every weekday” in order to

TECH

How much does ChatGPT cost? Everything you need to know about OpenAI’s pricing plans

OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot platform ChatGPT keeps expanding with new features. The chatbot’s memory feature lets you save preferences so that chats are more tailored to

TECH

Did xAI lie about Grok 3’s benchmarks?

Debates over AI benchmarks — and how they’re reported by AI labs — are spilling out into public view. This week, an OpenAI employee accused

TECH

Saronic raises $600M to mass produce autonomous warships

Austin-based defense startup Saronic has raised a $600 million Series C to build an autonomous ship factory called “Port Alpha,” it announced yesterday, quadrupling its

TECH

These researchers used NPR Sunday Puzzle questions to benchmark AI ‘reasoning’ models

Every Sunday, NPR host Will Shortz, The New York Times’ crossword puzzle guru, gets to quiz thousands of listeners in a long-running segment called the

TECH

Meta CTO says staff should quit if they don’t like Meta’s new policies

Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth has choice words for Meta employees frustrated with the tech giant’s latest policies: They are free to quit, Business Insider reported.