Topic: company strategy
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Anthropic Warns of AI's 'YOLO' Bubble
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, criticizes competitors' aggressive and financially risky growth strategies, contrasting them with his company's more measured approach and warning of potential industry instability. He highlights the dangers of "circular deals" with chip suppliers and the strategic...
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Blue Origin Ends Its Suborbital Space Tourism Program
Blue Origin is pausing its New Shepard space tourism program, a move widely seen as permanent, to reallocate resources toward its lunar ambitions, including the New Glenn rocket. Despite a successful operational history with 38 launches and 98 space tourists, the program was a financial drain and...
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Pinterest Cuts 15% of Staff to Fund AI Investment
Pinterest is laying off nearly 15% of its global workforce to reallocate resources toward accelerating its development of AI-powered products and capabilities. The company is already integrating AI into its platform, including features like a shopping assistant and personalized boards, while leve...
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Cursor CEO: Why We'll Thrive Despite OpenAI, Anthropic Rivalry
Anysphere, the company behind the AI coding assistant Cursor, is prioritizing deep product development over an IPO, focusing on enhancing its platform despite reaching $1 billion in annualized revenue and facing competition from its own AI model suppliers like OpenAI. The company differentiates i...
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Glean Powers the Enterprise AI Revolution From the Ground Up
Glean differentiates itself by focusing on a foundational intelligence layer that connects AI models to a company's internal systems and context, rather than just building a user-facing assistant. Its platform is built on three key pillars: flexible access to multiple AI models to avoid vendor lo...
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PhonePe Shuts Down Pincode App in E-Commerce Retreat
PhonePe has discontinued its Pincode consumer e-commerce app to focus exclusively on developing B2B solutions for offline merchants, shifting away from the competitive quick-commerce market. The Pincode app, launched in 2023 on the ONDC network, was a hyperlocal marketplace that struggled to gain...
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Meta Slashes Metaverse Budget by 30%
Meta is reportedly planning significant budget and workforce cuts for its Metaverse division, signaling a major strategic recalibration away from its heavy investment in virtual reality. The move reflects a lack of market traction for its Metaverse products and investor pressure, as the costly in...
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iPhone 18: Apple's Biggest Redesign in Years
Apple is planning a major iPhone redesign for the iPhone 18 series, potentially altering its traditional fall launch structure and introducing a dramatically different model lineup. The delay of the iPhone Air 2 to spring 2027, due to adding a second rear camera, may result in a fall 2026 lineup ...
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AI Audio Models Will Become Commodities, Says ElevenLabs CEO
ElevenLabs CEO predicts AI audio models will become commoditized in the next few years, making advanced capabilities widely accessible despite some distinctions remaining for specific voices or languages. Staniszewski emphasizes that developing superior in-house models is currently crucial for co...
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Porsche Shifts Gears: Gas Engines Over EVs
Porsche is shifting its strategy back toward internal combustion engines due to concerns about electric vehicles' performance and long-term value in high-end sports cars. Incoming CEO Michael Leiters brings a background in both Porsche's culture and external innovation, having previously question...
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Dia's AI Browser Integrates Arc's Top Features
Dia is a new AI-powered browser that combines popular features from its predecessor Arc, such as the sidebar mode, with advanced AI capabilities, following its acquisition by Atlassian for $610 million. Arc, launched in 2023, introduced innovative features like separate workspaces and a Command B...
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Krafton Hunts for Its Next Hit After PUBG
Krafton is developing 26 new games to build franchises beyond *PUBG*, with a dozen slated for release within two years, including *Subnautica 2* and a mobile *Palworld*. The company plans to expand the *PUBG* universe with enhanced user-generated content tools, while the original game remains a t...
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Google AI Overviews Now Answer Your Follow-Up Questions
Google is transforming its search experience from a list of links into an interactive, conversational AI assistant, allowing users to ask follow-up questions directly within results. The company has deployed its advanced Gemini 3 AI model globally to power these AI Overviews, aiming to significan...
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Maxon Breaks Silence on Its AI Tool Controversy
Maxon clarified its new AI tool, MDT, will be a standalone product, not a feature integrated directly into ZBrush, though it will connect to their software ecosystem. The company assured users that MDT uses a third-party AI agent, meaning it was not trained on artwork from the Maxon community, ad...
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Why There's Still No Steam Deck 2
Valve is developing a second-generation Steam Deck but is delaying its release until technology allows for a substantial performance leap, not just minor upgrades. The company requires a significant improvement in both performance and power efficiency from new SoCs, aiming for more than a 50% boo...
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Lamborghini Reveals Temerario Super Trofeo Race Car
Lamborghini unveiled the Temerario Super Trofeo, a dedicated racing car that will join global championships in 2027 as the sixth model in its single-make racing series. The vehicle features a 640-horsepower twin-turbocharged V8 engine and shares components like the gearbox with the upcoming Temer...
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Intel's Bold Bid to Regain Chip Supremacy
Intel's Fab 52 facility in Arizona is now operational, producing its first chips using the advanced 18A process technology and marking a key step in the company's strategy to regain semiconductor market leadership. The facility features a highly automated and ultra-clean environment, with strict ...
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Datacurve Secures $15M to Challenge ScaleAI
Datacurve raised $15 million in Series A funding to provide high-quality, specialized data for AI training, with backing from investors including professionals at DeepMind and OpenAI. The company uses a bounty system to engage software engineers in creating complex datasets, focusing on user expe...
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Paradox Splits with Cities: Skylines Studio After 15 Years
Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order have mutually ended their 15-year partnership, with development of Cities: Skylines 2 transitioning to Paradox's internal studio, Iceflake Studios, starting in 2026. Cities: Skylines 2 faced significant performance issues and delays, particularly for console...
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Peloton Unveils New AI-Powered Hardware for a Smarter Workout
Peloton is launching a Cross Training Series with updated equipment featuring 360-degree swivel displays and movement tracking cameras, enabling seamless transitions between cardio and strength workouts in a unified ecosystem. The new lineup includes AI-powered Peloton IQ, which provides real-tim...
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Why Mobile AI Isn't Sparking Outrage
The mobile gaming sector has widely adopted AI tools to enhance production and player experience with little controversy, unlike the PC and console industries where AI use often sparks ethical and creative debates. InnoGames utilizes AI to expand content output and improve live operations for gam...
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Razer CEO: Users May 'Fall in Love' With Its AI Hologram Assistant
Razer is expanding beyond gaming by establishing AI hubs and developing prototypes like Project Ava, a holographic AI assistant powered by xAI's Grok model. CEO Min-Liang Tan describes a product philosophy driven by passion and cultural inspiration, acknowledging potential for user attachment but...
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Asus Smartphone Business on Indefinite Hiatus
Asus is halting new smartphone development indefinitely, shifting its strategic focus to AI-driven products like robotics and smart glasses instead. The company's Zenfone and ROG Phone lines struggled due to uncompetitive software support and premium pricing, failing to gain significant market tr...
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AI Drives First Gaming Price Increase of 2026
Asus has announced major price increases for 2026, directly attributing them to soaring AI demand, which is creating supply gaps and inflating costs for essential components like DRAM and SSDs. The AI-driven component shortage is so severe it may delay the release of next-generation consoles, suc...
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Google's Gemini 3 Makes Search Smarter
Gemini 3 is Google's advanced AI model that enhances reasoning, multimedia interpretation, and coding within its ecosystem, starting with Search to make digital interactions more intuitive and efficient. Google is embedding AI across its product lineup, from established services like Maps and Gma...
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Character.AI Bans Minors From AI Chatbots
Character.AI is banning users under 18 from open-ended conversations with AI characters, implementing a two-hour daily limit immediately and a full ban by November 25, enforced by a proprietary age assurance model. The policy change responds to legal challenges and regulatory trends, including la...
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Apple Reportedly Scaling Back iPhone Air Plans
Apple is reducing iPhone Air production and shipments due to lower-than-expected consumer demand, despite its praised lightweight design. The demand shortfall is specific to the iPhone Air, with other iPhone models continuing to perform well in the market. This reflects Apple's ongoing challenge ...
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Apple's Next 10 Products Leaked for 2026 Launch
Apple's upcoming product roadmap includes a wide range of devices such as smart home gadgets, next-generation iPhones, Macs, and iPads, with key launches like the M5 MacBook Pro and Apple Vision Pro already in preparation. The flexible launch window from November to April indicates that Apple has...
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Sam Altman: No ChatGPT Ads Planned, But Not Ruled Out
Sam Altman highlighted ChatGPT Pulse as his favorite recent feature and confirmed no immediate advertising plans, though future ad integration within Pulse remains possible. ChatGPT Pulse personalizes user experience by learning from interactions and connected apps to deliver tailored daily summa...
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Volvo Fixes EX90 SUV Bugs With Major Software Update
Volvo has released a major software and hardware update for its EX90 SUV to fix technical issues like unresponsive screens and malfunctioning driver assistance systems that delayed its launch. The update introduces an 800-volt architecture for faster charging and uses Nvidia's Drive AGX Orin chip...
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Nothing raises $200M for its first AI-native devices
Nothing has secured $200 million in funding, valuing the company at $1.3 billion, to develop AI-native devices with a new operating system aimed at breaking current standards. The company plans to launch an "AI OS" for a hyper-personalized experience across a range of hardware, from smartphones a...
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GM Slows EV Production Ahead of Tax Credit Expiration
General Motors is reducing production of key electric vehicle models due to an anticipated drop in consumer demand, particularly as the federal tax credit for EVs is set to expire. Production adjustments include temporary pauses and slowdowns at facilities in Tennessee and Kansas, leading to layo...
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Meituan Open-Sources AI Model to Challenge Alibaba and DeepSeek
Meituan has launched a new open-source AI model, positioning itself to compete with major players like Alibaba and DeepSeek in China's AI market. The model, LongCat-Flash-Chat, features 560 billion parameters and uses a Mixture-of-Experts architecture for efficient task handling. This move reflec...
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Tesla's "Mad Max" Mode Faces Federal Investigation
Federal regulators are investigating Tesla's "Mad Max" driving mode due to safety concerns after reports of rapid lane changes and sudden acceleration in Full Self-Driving mode. The technology behind this aggressive driving behavior was previously tested in 2018 but was shelved after public criti...
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OpenAI's 'Code Red' to Boost ChatGPT as Google Rivalry Heats Up
OpenAI has declared a "code red" to urgently improve ChatGPT's user experience, focusing on personalization, speed, and reliability in response to competitive pressure. The company is postponing other initiatives like advertising integration and specialized AI agents to concentrate resources on e...
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Netflix Axes Its Squid Game Mobile Game Studio
Netflix has closed Boss Fight Entertainment, the studio behind the popular *Squid Game: Unleashed* mobile game, just over three years after acquiring it, indicating a strategic shift in its gaming ambitions. Despite celebrating the game's success, which reached number one in 107 countries, the cl...
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Tesla Cybertruck Sales Stall After Initial Hype
Tesla's overall EV sales are surging due to federal tax credits, but the Cybertruck is experiencing a dramatic sales collapse, with a 63% decline in the third quarter compared to the previous year. The Cybertruck's performance falls drastically short of Elon Musk's ambitious targets, selling only...
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Apple Reportedly Shelves Mac Pro Development
Apple has paused development of the Mac Pro, prioritizing the Mac Studio as its main professional desktop solution for the future. A significant Mac Pro update is not expected by 2026, as Apple is focusing on integrating the M5 Ultra chip into the Mac Studio instead. The Mac Pro has struggled to ...
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Over Half of Japanese Game Studios Now Use Generative AI
Over half of Japanese game studios now use generative AI, primarily for creating visual assets, storylines, and programming support, as reported in a 2025 industry survey. The adoption spans major companies like Capcom and Square Enix as well as indie studios, with nearly a third developing propr...
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The Smart Glasses Race Is Officially Heating Up
A new wave of smart glasses is emerging, blending fashion with digital capabilities to deliver notifications, media, and navigation directly into the user's field of view, creating a seamless physical-digital bridge. Apple is accelerating its smart glasses initiatives, potentially offering both d...
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Square Enix Polls Fans on Desired Game Remakes and Remasters
Square Enix is surveying its Japanese players to gauge interest in remakes or remasters of older games, directly consulting its fanbase for future project ideas. The survey asks players to choose preferred games, visual styles like HD-2D or full 3D, and important purchase factors such as new cont...
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Google to Let Superfans Test Unreleased Pixel Phones
Google is launching a "Trusted Tester program" for fifteen Pixel Superfans to test and give feedback on an unreleased Pixel phone, marking a shift in product testing and community engagement. Participants must sign NDAs and use the prototype in special cases to hide its design, as Google embraces...
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NES-Style Mini PC Packs Ryzen AI 9 & Radeon 890M Power
The Retro X5 mini PC from Acemagic features a nostalgic Nintendo Entertainment System design and is powered by a modern AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor. Its hardware, including the Radeon 890M graphics, promises performance superior to devices like the Steam Deck, with robust connectivity and exp...
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Polestar 4 Redefines EV Minimalism
The 2026 Polestar 4 is a distinctive electric crossover starting at $57,800, notable for its Scandinavian minimalist design and the unique omission of a rear windshield to enhance its sleek profile and interior space. It features a minimalist interior with a 15.4-inch touchscreen and a 10.2-inch ...
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Microsoft debuts MAI-Image-1, its first in-house AI image generator
Microsoft has launched its first proprietary AI image generator, MAI-Image-1, accessible via Bing Image Creator and Copilot Audio Expressions, with plans for a European Union debut soon. The model excels at creating highly realistic images, particularly in complex lighting and detailed landscapes...
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Tesla's 'Affordable' EVs Are Stripped-Down Model 3 and Y
Tesla has launched more affordable Model 3 and Model Y Standard versions, starting at $38,640 and $41,600 respectively, with deliveries beginning in December 2025 to attract a broader audience. These models feature cost-cutting reductions, including omitted amenities like panoramic roofs and adva...
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OpenAI Launches Impression-Based Ads for ChatGPT
OpenAI is introducing impression-based ads in ChatGPT, starting with limited tests for select advertisers using a pay-per-impression model to create a predictable revenue stream. Ads will appear for free and ChatGPT Go users but not for Plus, Pro, or Enterprise subscribers, and will be minimally ...
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ChatGPT to Introduce Ads with Shopping Links
OpenAI will introduce clearly labeled advertisements and sponsored shopping links to the free and lower-cost ChatGPT Go tiers in the U.S., marking a significant monetization step. The ads will appear in a separate chat section, will not influence AI responses, and user conversations will remain p...
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Atlas Obscura's Vision for the 3D Web
Atlas Obscura is launching the Obscura Society in 2026, a WebXR-based social 3D lounge where users can explore digital recreations of unusual places and interact via avatars and voice chat. The platform prioritizes accessibility by using HTC's Viverse, which requires no dedicated account and can ...
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Microsoft to Launch Free, Ad-Supported Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft is developing a free, ad-supported tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming, enabling users to stream games they own and access retro classics without a Game Pass subscription. The free version will feature session limits, such as one-hour play sessions with a monthly cap, and will include preroll ad...
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