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Google’s most anticipated AI model for 2026 has missed the launch window that the company set months ago. Gemini 3.5 Pro, which Google previewed at its I/O developer conference in May with a promise to launch in June, is now expected to arrive on July 17 instead. The company has not announced a specific release date or publicly confirmed the revised timeline. However, multiple reports say Google decided to delay the rollout to collect more feedback from early testers and make further improvements before making the model widely available. The delay comes at a time when competition in the AI…

Just days after reports revealed that Google had limited Meta’s access to Gemini because of soaring demand for AI computing power, Meta is now preparing a move that could reshape its place in the AI industry. According to reports, the company is developing plans to sell excess AI computing capacity to outside customers through a new cloud infrastructure business. If the plan moves forward, Meta would no longer be just one of the world’s biggest buyers of AI infrastructure; it would also become a supplier, competing with established cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.…

Tesla has expanded its Robotaxi service to Miami, marking another step in the company’s push to bring fully autonomous ride hailing to more U.S. cities. This time, however, one detail has drawn immediate attention. The vehicles are operating without a human safety monitor from the first day of service. The launch makes Miami the latest city in Tesla’s growing Robotaxi network and the first time the company has introduced the service in a new market without placing an employee inside the vehicle to observe its performance. The move follows earlier Robotaxi launches in Austin, Dallas, and Houston. A New Phase…

The AI race has largely been focused on OpenAI, Anthropic and Google over the past year. But a Chinese model released last month is quietly changing the conversation by showing that developers may no longer need to pay premium prices for top-tier coding performance. GLM-5.2, developed by Chinese AI company Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu AI, is emerging as one of the strongest open-weight language models available today. Independent benchmark comparisons and early industry testing show it competing closely with Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 on several coding tasks while costing a fraction of the price. Strong Coding Performance at a…

Before developers, businesses, and the wider AI community could try xAI’s Grok 4.5, the model had already spent ten days inside two of Elon Musk’s biggest companies – SpaceX and Tesla. These companies became the first testing grounds for xAI’s newest model, giving employees early access while the rest of the industry waited. This decision was more than a product test, as it showed a pattern of how Musk is increasingly treating his companies as one connected ecosystem where AI models are developed, tested, refined, and deployed before reaching the public. SpaceX and Tesla Became Grok 4.5’s First Users On…

South Korea has unveiled plans for at least $880 billion (£666 billion) in investment to build out its chip manufacturing and artificial intelligence capabilities in the years ahead. The plan falls under what the government is calling its Three Mega Projects, covering new chip production hubs, data centres and robotics technology. President Lee Jae Myung announced on June 29 the plan is aimed at rejuvenating the economies of areas outside the capital, Seoul. Why Now Lee’s announcement comes as regional rivals including Taiwan, China and Japan pour money into chip factories and related technology, with the AI boom driving up…

Microsoft has built a new business dedicated to sending its own engineers directly into the business structure of its biggest customers. The goal is to prove that hands-on deployment can finally push enterprise AI adoption forward, especially at a moment when many companies still struggle to get real value from their AI investments. The new unit, Microsoft Frontier Company, launched with an initial $2.5 billion investment and is staffed by 6,000 industry and engineering experts. It will be led by Rodrigo Kede Lima, who was previously president of Microsoft Asia. How the Model Works Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s Commercial…

Europe’s highest court has dismissed Google’s last legal challenge to a €4.1 billion antitrust fine, closing an eight year legal battle over how the company used its Android operating system to protect the dominance of its search engine. The Court of Justice of the European Union announced the decision last week, with no further option and court to appeal to. The penalty, among the largest antitrust fines ever imposed on a technology company in Europe, is now final and enforceable. What Google Was Fined For The case traces back to 2018, when the European Commission accused Google of abusing its…

Tata Electronics, the Indian manufacturer that assembles roughly a third of the iPhones built in India and supplies semiconductor components to Tesla, has confirmed that hackers broke into its systems and published more than 630 gigabytes of company data online. The extortion group World Leaks claimed possession of more than 630GB of information spanning over 204,300 files. The group posted the archive on its dark web leak site on June 12, 2026. However, Tata confirmed the breach ten days later and said the intrusion had not disrupted its manufacturing operations. What the Stolen Files Contain Researchers who reviewed samples of…

OpenAI has proposed handing the United States government a 5% ownership stake in the company, a slice worth close to $42.6 billion based on its most recent $852 billion valuation, according to a Financial Times report. The idea, pitched by CEO Sam Altman, would not stop at OpenAI. It calls for other major American AI developers, including Anthropic, Google, and Meta, to hand over similar stakes into a shared public fund. The Alaska Model Altman is reportedly using the Alaska Permanent Fund (APF) as his template. Set up in 1976, the APF invests the state’s oil revenue and pays Alaskans…