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BlackBerry QNX revenue rose 26% to $72.3M as NVIDIA Halos opens a robotics path and guidance climbs. What the backlog and royalties mean for the AI trade.
Read full articleBitcoin sinks to a fresh 2026 low as the selloff drags on. Kraken makes a major move into DeFi. And BlackBerry is staging a comeback.
AI's potential to expose banking vulnerabilities may prompt stricter regulations, reshaping cybersecurity strategies and investor priorities. The post Anthropic’s Mythos model raises alarm for Rep. Andrew Garbarino over AI threats to bank security appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Framework Ventures has closed a $400 million fourth fund that will finance startups developing crypto, artificial intelligence, robotics, and energy technologies as the venture capital firm broadens its investment mandate. Framework Ventures announced the new fund on Friday and said…
And I’m glad. The subsidies that make AI feel cheap could hollow out our teams and expertise before the real bill arrives.
Other tech giants have also planned multi-billion-dollar AI investments in the large and fast-growing Indian AI market.
Apple's price hikes may trigger a ripple effect, prompting competitors to adjust their pricing strategies amid rising component costs. The post Apple raises prices on MacBooks and iPads amid memory cost surge driven by AI demand appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The industry’s next phase may depend on the companies building its infrastructure, governance, security, and real-world applications.
For years, Microsoft has hyped Windows 11 cas an OS with AI, and the company is finally putting the building blocks in place for that transformation. Microsoft execs shared examples of how the company is integrating AI in Windows 11 at its Build event earlier this month, highlighting how AI models and agents will make the OS smarter, allowing users to interact with it using natural language and intent. Specifically, Windows 11 PCs will provide unmetered intelligence so users can run AI for free without a network connection. “No token cost. No sensitive data leaves the device. It also reduces latency,” Anastasiya Tarnouskaya, product manager for Windows ML, said during a Build session. Hardware makers introduced AI-capable hardware before the applications were available. But Tarnouskaya said more than 500 million PCs are already running local AI workloads. “Thanks to recent advancements in AI models, hardware, and the software stacks that run them, today, every Windows PC is becoming in