Could Google’s VEO3 be the beginning of a playable world model?
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google’s AI research institute Deepmind, appears to have hinted that Google’s latest video generation model, Veo 3, could potentially be used for video games on Tuesday evening. When I asked Google, “Let me play a video game with VEO 3 video,” Hassavis replied, “Wan a playable world model?” On Wednesday morning, […]
It’s on track to raise $150 million at a $2 billion valuation
One of Vibe-Coding’s world’s beloved figures and one of Europe’s fastest-growing AI startups, Lovable is committed to raising more than $150 million at a valuation of nearly $2 billion, according to the Financial Times. The salary increases and huge step-ups in valuation come just a few months after the Swedish startup raised a $15 million […]
Tesla’s energy storage business is sucked into the company’s downward spiral
Even Tesla’s energy storage business was a small, yet remarkable, bright place, so it’s hard to escape the clouds hanging from the company. Statistics released by Tesla show that the deployment of fixed storage products from Powerwall and Megapack has declined over the second quarter. In the second quarter of this year, the company installed […]
Data breaches reveal that Catwatchful’s “Stalkerware” is spying on thousands of phones
A stealth Android spyware operation security vulnerability, called Catwatchful, has exposed thousands of customers, including administrators. A bug discovered by security researcher Eric Daigle spilled a complete database of email addresses in the Spyware app, as well as a plaintext password for the password that Catwatchful customers use to access stolen data from the victim’s […]
Tesla faces second consecutive year of decline in sales after another bad quarter
Tesla delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter of this year, closing off an even weaker quarter for the company as it struggles to bring the pace of sales back to its 2023 level. This represents a 13.5% decline from Tesla’s number delivered in the second quarter of 2022, meaning Tesla could fall below total […]
Libian will receive the next billion dollars from Volkswagen as sales struggle continues
Libian hit a milestone in an agreement with German automotive giant Volkswagen. Libian announced Wednesday that it had delivered 10,661 vehicles in the second quarter. This is a 23% decline in sales from the second quarter of 2024, a slight improvement over the rough first quarter of Libian, which delivered 8,640 EVs. The company has […]
Foxconn tells hundreds of Chinese staff to return from the iPhone factory in India
Foxconn, Apple’s largest assembly partner, has ordered more than 300 Chinese employees to return from their iPhone factory in India. Employees have directed the majority of staff members at Foxconn, an iPhone facility in India, to return accounts, with only Taiwanese support staff remaining in the country, the report said. Bloomberg reported that the motivation […]
Congress greenlighted the NASA Moon Plan against Musk and Isakuman
The Legacy Aerospace Giants won Tuesday when the US Senate passed President Trump’s budget settlement bill that will attract billions more for NASA’s flagship Artemis program. The $10 billion addition to Artemis Architecture includes funding for additional space launch system rockets and orbital stations around the moon called Gateway, and is a denunciation to critics […]
Figma approaches a smash hit IPO that can raise $1.5 billion
Figma publicly shared its finances on Tuesday, bringing the design software company closer to IPOs. Additionally, this first S-1 lacks details such as the number of shares offered and the price, but regulatory filings provide the clearest view of its financial health and potential. IPO expert Renaissance Capital estimates Figma can raise up to $1.5 […]
Automattic puts Tumblr migration on WordPress
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg has confirmed that the company is no longer migrating its Tumblr blogging platform to WordPress, as previously announced. Executives shared the news on Verge’s decoder podcast, which was released Monday, saying the project was “pending” indefinitely. “What we decided is to focus on what’s noticeable to users and what they’re looking […]