The Future of AI, Automation & Digital Innovation
Meta has released a security update for its Ray-Ban smart glasses that prevents recording if the indicator LED has been tampered with or destroyed. The measure responds to modifications that allowed covert use of the device, raising serious questions about privacy and regulation.
MeetingTV has sued Palo Alto Networks and its subsidiary Koi Security over an AI-generated threat intelligence report that falsely linked the startup to a Chinese espionage campaign. The case sets a precedent on legal liability for AI use in cybersecurity.
Google asked Gemini users what improvements they want and published the top 10 requests, from Gmail integration to better accuracy. Learn about the roadmap and what to expect.
For the first time in two years, global PC sales fell 3.6% in Q2 2026, according to Omdia. The cause is not lack of demand but the soaring price of memory, driven by AI's insatiable appetite. This threatens to price the most affordable devices out of the market.
Samsung and Google have led the ratification of the NVMe TP4193 standard, which brings SSD virtualization to hardware. This reduces latency and hypervisor overhead, facilitating live migration of virtual machines in AI data centers. However, requiring new hardware will push up enterprise SSD prices.
Google implements a label informing users if an ad was created or edited with AI. The measure aims to increase transparency in digital advertising, though labeling responsibility falls on advertisers for external tools.
SpaceXAI has unveiled Grok 4.5, its most advanced model to date, designed specifically for coding tasks and autonomous agents. This version, the first after the acquisition of Cursor and the company's IPO, aims to directly compete with the flagship models of OpenAI and Anthropic in the enterprise market.
Hugging Face has integrated vLLM as a native modeling backend, delivering inference speeds up to 24 times faster. This breakthrough reduces costs and democratizes access to large language models, with profound implications for startups, enterprises, and the future of work.
Aidoptation has received the first EU authorization to test a Level 4 autonomous car on Belgian highways, with the peculiarity that its system does not use artificial intelligence. This approach based on logical rules and sensors could change the debate on safety and regulation of autonomous vehicles.
Colibrì, a proof of concept by engineer Vincenzo (JustVugg), allows running the 744-billion-parameter GLM-5.2 model on just 25 GB of RAM and an NVMe SSD. Although extremely slow (0.05-0.1 tokens/second), it demonstrates that frontier AI can be brought to consumer hardware, with implications for privacy and democratization of AI.
The growing energy demand from AI data centers is testing the US power grid. Experts and companies are seeking solutions that combine efficiency, renewable energy, and new technologies to prevent collapses and ensure sustainable growth.
The UK startup ecosystem recorded its best first half since 2022, with €14.8 billion in investment, doubling the previous year's figure. Artificial intelligence was the main driver, accounting for nearly three-quarters of the capital.