Alice&Bob raises $104M, says quantum computers based on cat qubits will be ready by 2030
Quantum computing remains something of a holy grail in the world of technology: it promises a huge leap in computing…
ENGlobal says hackers accessed ‘sensitive personal’ data during cyberattack
U.S. engineering firm ENGlobal has confirmed that hackers accessed “sensitive personal information” from its systems during a November 2024 cyberattack.…
Helion raises $425M to help build a fusion reactor for Microsoft
Few fusion startups have been as closely watched as Helion. The 12-year-old company is backed by Sam Altman, rumored to…
How DeepSeek’s efficient AI could stall the nuclear renaissance
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek stunned the world with the release of its R1 model, which appears to perform nearly as…
Zepto shifts HQ back to India as local listings gain appeal
Quick-commerce startup Zepto has moved its domicile to India from Singapore, joining a growing number of Indian startups that have…
Smartwatch pioneer and Kickstarter darling Pebble is returning in a new form
Four years after launching the (then) most lucrative crowdfunding campaign in Kickstarter’s history, smartwatch maker Pebble abruptly closed in 2016,…
Cornell’s robot jellyfish and worm are powered by a hydraulic fluid battery
Researchers at Cornell University on Monday showcased a pair of bio-inspired robotics running on a hydraulic fluid-powered battery. The redox…
Nvidia drops $600B off its market cap amid the rise of DeepSeek
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, became the talk of the proverbial AI town when it released its R1 model on…
TravelPerk raises $200M as valuation nearly doubles to $2.7B
Barcelona-based business travel management platform TravelPerk has raised $200 million at a hefty $2.7 billion valuation — almost double the…
DeepSeek claims its ‘reasoning’ model beats OpenAI’s o1 on certain benchmarks
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has released an open version of DeepSeek-R1, its so-called reasoning model, that it claims performs as…