New ‘GTA VI’ Extended Look Will Be Exclusive To Netflix For Six Hours

Rockstar has announced that Grand Theft Auto VI will have an “extended look” three weeks from now, on August 27. The twist here is that it will premiere first on Netflix.

Microsoft’s AI business is booming. A filing shows most of it is just OpenAI
Microsoft’s AI business is booming. A filing shows most of it is just OpenAI

Microsoft’s AI business looks like a triumph. Its shares jumped after earnings last week, and the AI unit is growing fast. A new filing shows how much of that rests on a single partner. Microsoft booked $24.1 billion in revenue from OpenAI during the y…

Sequoia Capital is putting $10bn behind AI and ‘reindustrialization’
Sequoia Capital is putting $10bn behind AI and ‘reindustrialization’

Sequoia Capital, is making the largest bet in its history, and it is not only about software. The venture firm is committing $10bn to a strategy built around artificial intelligence and what it calls reindustrialization. The figure is a statement in it…

Asymmetry: U.S. And Ukraine Face The Same Ballistic Missile Challenge

The U.S. and Ukraine both face the same challenge of a shortage of Patriot missiles to intercept ballistic missiles. But for Ukraine, the threat is existential.

Unitree’s IPO could value China’s robot champion at $7bn or more
Unitree’s IPO could value China’s robot champion at $7bn or more

China’s best-known robot maker is about to test the public markets. Unitree could be worth more than 50 billion yuan, roughly $7bn, after its Shanghai listing, according to its IPO sponsor.The estimate comes from CITIC Securities. As the deal’s sponsor…

“Full Serve” EV Charging Is Coming From Self-Driving. We’re Not Ready.

Soon, most EVs will be able to drive themselves slowly to nearby chargers. This will lead to the rise of “full serve” charging where a human or robot plugs the car in

X’s head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down after a year
X’s head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down after a year

One of X’s most visible executives is heading for the door. Nikita Bier is stepping down as the platform’s head of product after roughly 13 months in the job. He arrived with a specific reputation. Bier is a serial entrepreneur known for building viral…

Berlin’s Moss becomes a unicorn betting on ‘controllable’ finance AI
Berlin’s Moss becomes a unicorn betting on ‘controllable’ finance AI

Another European fintech has joined the unicorn ranks. Berlin-based Moss has raised €30m in a Series C round that values the spend-management company at more than €1bn. The round was led by Portage. The specialist fintech investor headlined the raise, …

Revolut is valued at $115bn. Its founder’s new share deal targets $500bn
Revolut is valued at $115bn. Its founder’s new share deal targets $500bn

Nik Storonsky wants a bigger slice of Revolut, and he has picked an ambitious price. The cofounder and chief executive is in talks over a new share award, the Financial Times reported. It would grow his stake if the fintech reaches a $500 billion valua…

Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers
Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers

Nintendo has smashed its first-quarter earnings estimates for the fiscal year, bolstered by strong games sales and US tariff refunds, though its customers likely won’t receive anything from the latter. In its latest financial results, Nintendo reports that operating profits soared to 142.5 billion yen (about $902 million) between April 1st and June 30th, compared […]