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Shanghai Startup Bets 3D Stacking Can Break Nvidia's Grip

Dongfang Suanxin unveils a road map anchored in near-memory architecture and software-defined compute, wagering that design innovation can outrun fabrication constraints.

By Wei Zhang·Jul 14, 2026·4 min read
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How Apple's Canceled Car Project Quietly Built the Foundation for Its AI Chips

The company's abandoned self-driving program drove a decade-long chip architecture pivot that now powers everything from Face ID to on-devic

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 4m
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Apple Takes OpenAI to Court Over Trade Secret Theft Claims

The lawsuit alleges a systematic campaign to extract confidential information as the AI firm pursues its own hardware ambitions, marking a s

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Meta Pulls Instagram AI Tool After User Revolt

The social platform's attempt to let AI reference public content sparked immediate pushback, forcing a rare retreat on a flagship feature ro

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
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OpenAI Merges Safety and Research Under Single Leadership

Johannes Heidecke's exit and the creation of a unified research-safety VP role signal a strategic shift in how the company governs frontier

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 Bets on Price to Break Into Enterprise Coding

The social media giant's new agentic coding model undercuts rivals on cost, but arrives months after OpenAI and Anthropic staked their claim

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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OpenAI and Microsoft Reaffirm Partnership as GPT 5.6 Powers Copilot 365

The new model designation comes amid ongoing questions about whether the two AI giants are reducing their interdependence.

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 4m
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Meta Lets Strangers Feed Your Public Instagram Photos Into Its AI Generator

The company's new Muse Image tool can pull from any public profile to create AI-generated images, with no notification to the original accou

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
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ChatGPT Work Arrives as OpenAI Pushes Agent Ambitions Beyond Coding

The productivity agent unifies GPT-5.6 models, computer use capabilities, and cross-app orchestration in a single desktop experience, while

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
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Why China's AI Labs Are Betting Big on Custom Silicon Despite the Risk

Mainland startups chase hardware-software synergy and lower operating costs, but the capital-intensive pivot demands scale few can reach.

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
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OpenAI Kills Atlas Browser After Eight Months

The autonomous web tool will shut down in August as the company consolidates around ChatGPT Work, signaling a strategic retreat from standal

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
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Japan Readies Test Flight of Cost-Cutting Reusable Rocket

JAXA's RV-X prototype represents Tokyo's bid to match SpaceX economics in an increasingly competitive orbital launch market

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 6m
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Meta Rolls Out Muse Spark 1.1 API to Challenge GitHub Copilot

Three months after launching its first in-house model, the social giant is betting developer tools can claw back ground lost to OpenAI and A

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Instagram Quietly Opted You Into AI Image Remixing

Meta's Muse Image feature allows anyone to generate images using your public profile photos, with opt-in enabled by default and no notificat

Priya Nair ·   · 4m
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SpaceX's Satellite Expansion Outpaces Its Own Record Despite Orbital Congestion Warnings

The company deployed 1,589 Starlink satellites in the first half of 2026, setting up a potential collision course with capacity debates and

Marcus Halloran ·   · 8m
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SpaceXAI's Grok 4.5 Promises Enterprise AI at Half the Token Cost

The newly public company positions its latest model as a direct challenger to Anthropic's flagship Opus, undercutting on both price and spee

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
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Chinese PCB Manufacturers Race to Build Capacity as AI Infrastructure Demand Surges

More than 20 mainland circuit-board producers have announced factory expansion projects in the first half of 2025, signaling a structural sh

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
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OpenAI Ships GPT-Live-1, a Voice Model That Knows When to Stay Quiet

The new conversational AI waits through pauses, interrupts less often, and routes queries to GPT-5.5 when deeper reasoning is needed.

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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OpenAI Bets Voice Will Replace Screens for Complex Work

New full-duplex models promise uninterrupted conversations and hands-free computing, but localization gaps show the challenge of building tr

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Amazon Bets on Multi-Step AI as Alexa+ Costs Mount

Internal documents reveal Moonraker project aims to make Alexa fully agentic while GPU expenses push past $100 million this year

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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OpenAI Replaces Turn-Based Voice with Duplex Architecture in GPT-Live

The new models can listen and speak simultaneously, interrupt gracefully, and delegate reasoning tasks in the background.

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
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Memory's Moment: Seoul's Chip Hub Gamble Tests AI Demand Against Market Cycles

Samsung and SK Hynix are betting billions on a new semiconductor complex, but the industry's boom-and-bust rhythm raises hard questions abou

Hana Park ·   · 7m
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Temasek Plans to Multiply AI Portfolio by 2.5x as Regional Tech Spending Accelerates

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund is doubling down on data infrastructure and chip investments amid questions about valuation froth in the s

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
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Meta Lets You Prompt Image Generation With Instagram Handles

Muse Image, the first output from Meta Superintelligence Labs, ships with conversational editing and cross-app integration across WhatsApp a

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Discord's AI Flagged Spreadsheets and Chessboards as Harmful Content

Over 8,000 users were wrongfully banned after automated moderation mistook grid patterns for illegal material, exposing the fragility of AI-

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m