Andreessen Horowitz Launches ‘Machine Age’ Fund to Tackle AI Supply Bottlenecks
The SpaceX and Anduril backer wants to expand its investments in chips, robots and other hardware.
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AI Is Putting Pressure on the Corporate IT Budget
Also, Nvidia and AWS expand their partnership.
Key Reasons Why Identity Fabric Matters in 2026
An Identity Fabric knits fragmented identity systems into a coherent layer that observes how identities behave across applications, APIs, and infrastructure. As enterprise access spans more cloud services and automated workloads, identity security depends less on static configuration and more on runtime visibility. This article covers the architecture, the risks of unmanaged identities, and
Two Unitree G1 EDU Humanoid Robot Flaws Enable Root RCE, One Starts Over Bluetooth
Security researcher Olivier Laflamme has disclosed two independent root remote code execution (RCE) chains affecting the Unitree G1 EDU, including a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) path that can reach root on the robot’s Locomotion PC. The flaws are tracked as CVE-2026-76639 and CVE-2026-76640, with the first involving a network-adjacent path through chat_go and bashrunner and the
The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plants
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it’s found a drug to make your blood young —Antonio Regalado I knew I’d officially become a “longevity influencer” when a company called Generation Lab offered me the…
Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, handing the AI company a victory as its second Pentagon lawsuit continues in Washington.
Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India
Sandhya Devanathan will oversee some OpenAI operations across Southeast Asia and Australia in her new role.
Apple TV’s sci-fi thriller Dark Matter gets even trippier in season 2
Confusion is a generally accepted side effect of mystery box shows. They slather on secrets with the promise of a satisfying payoff in the end, and sometimes the cast and crew even have a hard time following what’s going on. But even by the standards of the genre, Dark Matter is extreme. Its multiversal premise,…
Steam Controller vs Xbox vs DualSense: 34-Hour Gap [2026]
Valve’s redesigned Steam Controller sold out inside an hour of its May 4, 2026 launch, and eight months later it is still the hardest gamepad to actually buy. That scarcity has pushed a lot of PC and Steam Deck owners back toward the two controllers everyone already owns: Microsoft’s Xbox Wireless Controller and Sony’s DualSense.…
Blue-Collar Jobs Are the New Flashpoint in Data-Center Fight
Trade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians, joining the popular backlash against the construction.