US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubled down on his warnings to Chinese AI companies on Wednesday, saying sanctions remain on the table after a White House official accused Moonshot of improperly distilling Anthropic’s Fable model. Model distillation is a common AI training technique in which a smaller model learns from the results of a larger
Tesla no longer plans to reach “volume production” of three of its newest products (the Cybercab, the Tesla Semi and its Megapack 3 commercial energy storage solution) in 2026, according to a second-quarter shareholder letter released Wednesday. The company also removed language from its first-quarter letter about its Optimus robot reaching “volume production.” The company
SoundCloud announced on Wednesday that it acquired Nina Protocol, a decentralized music platform that allowed independent artists to sell music directly to their fans while keeping 100% of their revenue. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. It’s also unclear if any members of Nina’s team will join SoundCloud. The company has not yet
Science Corporation, a startup developing new brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), has won approval from Europe’s medical device regulator to begin selling a device that restores vision lost due to age-related macular degeneration. The company said the device, called PRIMA, also received a designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is the first step toward
Google on Wednesday announced a new migration experience built directly into Android 17 that should make it easier to switch from iPhone to Android. The feature allows users to wirelessly transfer more types of data from an iPhone without needing to download a separate app, Google says. By simplifying the onboarding process and supporting more
Governments have long warned against paying a hacker’s ransom demands, arguing that doing so only allows criminals to profit from their cyberattacks and fund the next one. There’s another reason, too: hackers are unlikely to leave you alone if you pay once, and many will come back demanding more. In a report released Wednesday, cybersecurity
