Mantis takes disparate sources of data to make synthetic datasets that can be used to build so-called “digital twins” of the human body, representing anatomy, physiology and behavior.
ScaleOps just raised $130M to tackle GPU shortages and soaring AI cloud costs by automating infrastructure in real time.
It may be the end of March, but gaming companies are already getting ready for the summer. First up is Xbox, which just announced that it will be holding its next major showcase event on June 7th. That’s a typical window for Microsoft – last year’s edition took place on June 8th – and fits […]
It was January 2008, and Steve Jobs had just pulled the MacBook Air out of a manila envelope onstage at Macworld. Within minutes, Windows PC executives everywhere lost their minds. They grabbed the nearest office envelope, tried to shove in their plastic laptops, and tore straight through the paper. Engineers were summoned. Assistants were dispatched […]
It’s 1989. To play a video, listen to a song, or show photos on a desktop computer requires bolting on expensive hardware, built by a different company, using different software. There are no standards, no portability, no sharing. Tyler Peppel, Apple product marketer: It should have been a natural area for Apple to be in, […]
Fifty years ago, on April 1st, 1976, Apple Computer Company was founded. Today it’s one of the most valuable companies in the world, celebrated for producing ubiquitous products like the iPad and iPhone to now-nostalgia bait like the iPod Mini and PowerBook. Over the last five decades, the company has seen ups and downs but […]
In 2025, Patrick McGee published Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company, a deeply-reported look at the tech giant’s investment in – and growing reliance on – China. The following excerpt, pulled from Chapter 9 of Apple in China, examines the company’s relationship with Foxconn, today the infamous builder of iPhones. Foxconn […]
The startup, which is planning to go public later this year, designs chips specifically for AI inference, another challenger to Nvidia’s dominance.
Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026.
Vivo has launched the X300 Ultra in China today, the company’s latest flagship that really puts the “camera” in cameraphone. The device is “designed for professional photography,” according to Vivo’s press release, and features a set of Zeiss camera lenses that are optimized for specific shooting styles, including telephoto close-ups, wide-angle, and videography. My colleague […]