Apple and LG built a doorbell, lock and thermostat together, Bloomberg says
Apple and LG built a doorbell, lock and thermostat together, Bloomberg says

Apple is working with LG Electronics on a video doorbell, a thermostat, a smart deadbolt lock and three security cameras, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The devices will carry the LG brand, not Apple’s. The accessories will work with Apple’s new smart …

Endeavor Catalyst closes $320M fund as Europe becomes its top growth market
Endeavor Catalyst closes $320M fund as Europe becomes its top growth market

Endeavor Catalyst has closed its fifth fund at $320M, and Europe is now its fastest-growing market. It made 12 investments through Endeavor’s European offices in the first half of 2026. That compares with 14 in all of 2025 and seven in 2024, the firm s…

Nous Research raises $90M to take its Hermes AI agent to businesses
Nous Research raises $90M to take its Hermes AI agent to businesses

Nous Research has raised $90M to build a business version of Hermes, its open-source AI agent. Nvidia, Microsoft’s M12, Samsung, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator and Menlo Ventures are among the investors, chief executive Dillon Roln…

Musk’s Grok Bot will use Anthropic’s Claude, Midjourney and Suno models
Musk’s Grok Bot will use Anthropic’s Claude, Midjourney and Suno models

Elon Musk’s Grok Bot will no longer run only on SpaceX’s own AI models. It will also use models from rivals, including Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno, Musk said in a post on X on Wednesday. “Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best ba…

Amazon’s About You page goes viral for what it guesses about shoppers
Amazon’s About You page goes viral for what it guesses about shoppers

Amazon’s “About You” page has become a social media hit, for the things it says about shoppers. One user on Threads found that Amazon had concluded she “has flat buttocks”, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. Her post set off a wave of others sharing…

Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone to check for AI-made media
Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone to check for AI-made media

Google has opened its SynthID Detector to everyone. The free website checks whether an image, video or audio file carries Google’s SynthID watermark, a hidden signal its AI tools add to what they create. The tool is available globally in English from W…

Biohub, Meta, Google DeepMind and the US pool $1.8bn for AI biology data
Biohub, Meta, Google DeepMind and the US pool $1.8bn for AI biology data

Biohub, the US Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health are putting $1.8bn into data to train AI models that predict how cells behave. Meta, Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs are joining with $300M between them, Biohub announced on …

CoreWeave plans its first India data centres with 240MW from AdaniConneX
CoreWeave plans its first India data centres with 240MW from AdaniConneX

CoreWeave will open its first data centres in India, using 240 megawatts of capacity at an AdaniConneX campus in Navi Mumbai. The US AI cloud provider announced the deal on Wednesday. CoreWeave expects the first phase to come online in mid-2028. AdaniC…

Rivercell raises $25M to build an AI model of how cells respond to drugs
Rivercell raises $25M to build an AI model of how cells respond to drugs

Paris start-up Rivercell has raised a $25M seed round to build an AI model that predicts how human cells respond to drugs and genetic changes. HV led the round, with HCVC, Alven and Bpifrance Digital Venture taking part, the company said on Wednesday. …

Google launches Playground to turn prompts into games, with Unity on board
Google launches Playground to turn prompts into games, with Unity on board

Google has launched Playground, an experimental platform that turns text prompts into playable games. It is teaming up with Unity to add more advanced tools, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. Google Playground opens today to users in the US…