A leaked memo shows OpenAI is hitting the panic button. With competitors catching up, CEO Sam Altman is putting all side projects on hold to refocus the company on improving ChatGPT’s core experience. It’s a stark shift for the former leader.
Indiegogo is launching a new “Express Crowdfunding” format in early February. It allows creators to ship products while a campaign is still live, addressing a major pain point for backers and companies.
Google isn’t wasting any time. Following the rollout of the Android 16 QPR2 update to Pixel devices, the company has already published the corresponding source code to the Android Open Source Project. This gives the custom ROM community immediate access to build on the new software.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared an internal “code red,” pausing projects to focus on improving ChatGPT’s speed and reliability. This comes as Google’s Gemini hits 650 million users and outpaces it on key benchmarks. The pressure is officially on.
Amsterdam-based Volve Capital has closed its first fund at €9 million after a year of fundraising. The VC, founded by entrepreneurs Joost Bijlsma and Maurits Hovius, is targeting pre-Seed, pre-revenue startups in the Benelux and DACH regions.
Michael Burry, famous for predicting the 2008 crash, has revealed a new short position against Tesla. He argues the stock is overvalued and CEO Elon Musk’s massive 2025 compensation package will dilute shareholders. The stock dipped slightly after his post but remains up over 6% year-to-date.
A new report finds utility pilot projects are often redundant and inconclusive, slowing innovation. With data center demand surging, regulators and companies are testing new “sandbox” frameworks to fast-track tech like virtual power plants and flexible data centers.
NVIDIA’s CEO is pushing his own company to fully embrace AI automation, reacting strongly to managers who discouraged it. This comes as other CEOs reveal AI is already writing huge portions of their code, saving hundreds of millions.
In a stunning announcement, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has committed to sending the company’s first hardware to space in 2027. The plan is to build solar-powered data centers in orbit, starting with small test racks of machines. This “moonshot” is a direct response to the massive environmental toll of
The United Nations is leading a global push for “citiverse” platforms that merge physical cities with digital twins. European initiatives aim to connect 100 cities by 2026, while Rotterdam has appointed the world’s first Chief Citiverse Officer to lead their digital transformation efforts.
