Endeavor Catalyst announced the closing of its fifth fund with $320 million in commitments, increasing its total assets under management to over $850 million. The fund aims to support founders in regions outside the Bay Area, with a focus on those who are part of Endeavor's global network of entrepreneurs. The firm plans to make 40 to 50 investments annually, targeting up to 150 companies with checks typically ranging from $1 million to $3 million.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-07
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently endorsed artificial intelligence as a tool for individuals to verify their medical advice and reduce reliance on authorities. His stance has sparked criticism from both MAHA allies, who see it as a departure from their traditional skepticism of corporate influence, and medical experts, who argue that AI's capabilities are misunderstood. Kennedy's advocacy positions AI as a means for Americans to better understand and manage their health data independently.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-07
Android Authority's battery benchmarks show the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra's new 5,000mAh silicon-carbon cell outperforms last year's 4,400mAh lithium-polymer battery in most tests, but the improvement is smaller than the raw capacity increase suggests. The report attributes this partly to the phone's new 200MP camera and faster processor offsetting battery gains, particularly in photo-shooting endurance.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-07
Researchers from Cornell University and collaborating institutions have fabricated a silicon-doped alpha-phase aluminum gallium oxide semiconductor with a bandgap of approximately 7 electron volts. The work, supported by multiple US funding agencies including AFOSR, AFRL and NSF, demonstrates controlled doping of this ultra-wide-bandgap material system.
nature.com
· 2026-10-07
Berth is a new open-source application that runs coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex on a developer's own machines, allowing tasks to continue even after the laptop is closed. It is distributed as a signed and notarized app for both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
berthd.app
· 2026-10-06
Recent Macs equipped with Apple Silicon, such as the M5 MacBook Pro, are capable of running popular games like Assassin's Creed Shadows, Dead Island 2, and Cyberpunk 2077 natively. Additionally, the Gaming Porting Toolkit allows users to run Windows games on macOS with minimal setup, exemplified by smooth gameplay of GTA V on an M4 Pro MacBook Pro. Compatibility information for specific titles can be checked on community sites like MacGamingDB.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-05
In an interview, Sam Altman likened artificial intelligence to fire, emphasizing its transformative potential. He also compared OpenAI to a Greek deity that bestowed this powerful tool upon humanity, highlighting the organization's role in advancing AI technology.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-05
Steve Feldstein's Bytes and Bullets and Sharon Weinberger's Valley of Death, both published in 2026, explore how AI, drones and other emerging technologies are reshaping military competition among global powers. Weinberger's book traces how the Pentagon helped fund early tech firms that later grew wealthy and independent enough to negotiate with the defence establishment on their own terms, a dynamic she terms the Pentagon-Silicon relationship.
nature.com
· 2026-10-05
Vx is a new programming language that requires explicit transfer() calls whenever data moves between memory locations such as NPU high-bandwidth memory and host DRAM, treating that location as part of a variable's type rather than leaving it to a runtime. On Apple's unified-memory architecture such a transfer compiles down to almost nothing in practice, but the call must still appear in source code.
vxlang.org
· 2026-10-03
David Robinson, who previously authored safety reports for OpenAI's major model releases, has resigned and published an editorial in The Atlantic criticizing the broader AI industry's approach to safety. He argues that Silicon Valley operates with excessive confidence and constant rushed development cycles that overlook potential risks.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-03
TypeSafe AI released an AI model called Jev about three weeks ago. The model has already prompted other developers to create copycat versions and has stirred discussion in Silicon Valley about alternatives to large language models.
wsj.com
· 2026-10-02
A hobbyist developer documented progress toward running Linux on Apple's M4 Mac mini, building on work by the Asahi Linux project. The effort required disabling macOS boot security, loading the m1n1 bootloader, and working around the new SPTM hardware security layer that blocks the usual MMIO-tracing approach used for earlier Apple Silicon chips.
yuka.dev
· 2026-10-02
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