Meta buys agentic AI startup Manus to boost consumer AI push
Meta is buying Manus, a fast-growing agentic AI startup that already generates subscription revenue, in a deal reportedly worth about $2 billion. The acquisition brings a profitable, task-executing AI system into Meta’s ecosystem as the company races to compete with OpenAI and Google on consumer-facing AI. Manus, a Singapore-based company with Chinese roots, announced Monday […]
AST SpaceMobile launches largest satellite ever, challenging Starlink with direct-to-phone 5G
AST SpaceMobile has launched the largest satellite ever deployed in low-Earth orbit, escalating competition with SpaceX’s Starlink by promising something its rival still cannot deliver: direct 5G service to standard smartphones without special hardware. The Texas-based startup says the new satellite, BlueBird 6, is designed to connect directly to existing mobile phones anywhere on Earth, […]
Microsoft engineer sparks debate with goal to eliminate C and C++ by 2030
Microsoft engineer Galen Hunt briefly set off alarm bells across the developer community after declaring an ambition to “eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030.” The statement, posted on LinkedIn and paired with a job opening, quickly fueled speculation that Windows itself could be headed for a wholesale rewrite in Rust. […]
IDC warns global PC shipments could further drop in 2026
Global PC shipments could fall by as much as 9 per cent in 2026 as worsening memory shortages collide with rising costs and weakening consumer demand, according to a newly revised outlook from International Data Corporation (IDC). The research firm has sharply downgraded its expectations just weeks after issuing a far milder forecast. The new […]
