SoftBank Group is making a massive $4 billion bet on AI infrastructure by acquiring data center investment firm DigitalBridge. The deal, set to close by mid-2026, signals a huge strategic shift. But is it another overpriced gamble from Son?
The CEO of Professor Layton developer Level-5 has entered the AI debate. Akihiro Hino argues that treating AI as inherently bad could seriously hinder technological progress in gaming and beyond.
SoftBank is spending $4 billion to acquire DigitalBridge, aiming to build the physical backbone for its $500 billion AI vision, Project Stargate. This move signals a massive, risky pivot from software bets to owning the hardware that powers AI.
A team in China has developed an artificial skin for robots that mimics some principles of the nervous system. It uses spiking electrical signals to convey pressure and location, can trigger reflex actions, and features modular, magnetically-attached segments for easy repair. The system is designed
Generative AI is rapidly evolving from a general tool to a purpose-built clinical assistant. The focus is now on rigorous validation and expert oversight to harness its potential while minimizing risks to patients.
Google has quietly updated the Pixel Camera app to version 10.2, bringing the Pixel 9’s advanced panorama mode to last year’s Pixel 8. The new mode replaces the old Photo Sphere and even works with Night Sight for low-light shots.
Everyone wants to break into AI, but the path isn’t always clear. According to new reporting, industry insiders all point to one foundational step you can’t skip.
To bypass U.S. restrictions and feed a desperate need for compute, China’s modding community is creating custom RTX 5080 GPUs with double the VRAM. These “turbo” style cards are being snapped up for local AI training and inference tasks, raising questions about their long-term durability.
Nothing has started the phased stable rollout of its Android 16-based Nothing OS 4.0 for the CMF Phone 1. The CMF Phone 2 Pro is slated for the update “in the coming weeks,” while the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite will begin receiving it “at the beginning of January.”
The conversation around AI is fixated on end-user features. But a bigger transformation is happening for the engineers and product teams creating those tools. AI is changing the very process of creation itself.
