• MoonMath AI Open-Sources a HIP Attention Kernel for AMD MI300X That Beats AITER v3 on Every Shape and Rounding Mode

    June 22, 2026

    MoonMath AI team has released a bf16 forward attention kernel for AMD’s MI300X GPU. It is written in HIP, not hand-written assembly. The code is open-source under the MIT license. The MoonMath.ai team reports it beats AITER v3, AMD’s own optimized kernel, on every tested shape. Bare-metal access came from HotAisle, an AMD cloud provider. Attention is the fused softmax(QKᵀ/√d)·V operation inside every transformer. The MI300X is AMD’s CDNA3 data-center GPU, with the ISA target (gfx942). This kernel runs on that hardware only. TL;DR MoonMath.ai open-sources a bf16 forward attention kernel for AMD MI300X, written in HIP, not assembly (MIT).…

  • GM’s clever hands-free driving tech still not locked in for Australia despite local filing

    June 22, 2026

    General Motors still has yet to confirm its Super Cruise hands-free driving technology for Australia, despite filing to trademark the name locally and continuing the global rollout of the feature. The American automaker submitted a filing to IP Australia on October 7, 2025, with a General Motors Australia and New Zealand (GM ANZ) spokesperson at the time confirming “it’s quite common practice for organisations to trademark proprietary terms in the markets they operate”. The company had no announcements to make at the time, and this hasn’t changed despite GM moving closer to rolling out the tech in new markets. Looking…

  • Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans

    June 10, 2026

    Waymo has created a new computer model designed to more accurately answer a fundamental question: how does its autonomous driving software stack up against humans? The Alphabet-owned robotaxi company, which developed the computer model of human driving capabilities in conjunction with TU Delft, published a research paper about it in Nature Communications on Wednesday. Waymo said it expects the new model to be more accurate than the previous version it has used over the past several years. The new model was built using a framework called active inference — the theory that a driver is constantly imagining possible futures and…

  • New Chevrolet Corvette C9 may have been revealed in GM video

    June 10, 2026

    The next-generation Chevrolet Corvette may have been teased in footage from a tour of the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, where the iconic sports car is designed. The tour shown on NBC included an interview with GM CEO Mary Barra and, in the background, computer screens appeared to show coupes featuring the Corvette’s distinctive forward-leaning nose. Looking for your next car? We’ll help you research and compare so you choose with confidence. It may be the first glimpse of the ninth-generation ‘C9’ Corvette, which GM Authority recently reported will enter production in 2029. A full-size clay model of a two-door sports car…

  • Snap Will No Longer Allow Younger Teens’ Spotlight Videos To Be Publicly Viewable

    June 10, 2026

    Maybe it wasn’t a great idea to let 14-year-olds post videos to Spotlight in the first place. Snap Snapchat is making another change meant to further restrict the reach of its youngest users. The app will no longer allow young teens to share content to a publicly viewable version of Spotlight, the app’s hub for shortform video content. Unlike most other parts of Snapchat, videos shared to Spotlight are public and can be viewed by anyone in the app. Up to now, Snap allowed users as young as 13 to contribute content to the feature, though the app…

  • Best Authentication Platforms for AI Agents and MCP Servers in 2026

    May 25, 2026

    The Model Context Protocol has moved from Anthropic’s internal experiment to a de facto industry standard at a speed few integration protocols have matched. Since its launch in November 2024, MCP has grown explosively: OpenAI adopted it in March 2025, Microsoft announced support in Copilot Studio in March 2025, and by late 2025 combined Python and TypeScript SDK downloads had crossed 97 million monthly. In December 2025, Anthropic donated MCP to the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation. Gartner projects that up to 40% of enterprise applications will include integrated task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up…

  • 2027 Lexus RX spied: Subtle exterior changes could come with major interior update

    May 25, 2026

    The facelifted Lexus RX large crossover SUV has been spied testing, but while exterior changes appear scant there could be a larger overhaul inside. Spy photographs show what appear to be the flagship RX500h F Sport Performance with no changes made to its rear. Up front, the headlights are undisguised but the bumper and grille have been camouflaged, suggesting some changes have been made here. It’s possible this is an early prototype and further changes could be made to the vehicle’s exterior. It’s unclear when the updated RX will be revealed, though an unveiling is possible this year. Looking for…

  • Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no. 

    May 9, 2026

    As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via email on March 31. One of the employees cut that day told TechCrunch about the experience: “I had, like, this weird feeling in my stomach. I went to go sign into the VPN, and the VPN was like, ‘this user doesn’t exist anymore.’ Then I called my friend, and I was like, ‘Hey, can you see me in Slack?’ And she said, ‘No, your account’s been deactivated.’” The person soon received an email stating their role was terminated immediately. The severance offer arrived a few days later. But…

  • Opel slashes R&D jobs, will get Leapmotor-based EV

    May 9, 2026

    Opel/Vauxhall will be the first brand in the Stellantis stable to develop a model based on Leapmotor hardware, but this will come as small comfort to the engineers that will leave the marque by the end of 2027. Overnight Stellantis confirmed it will begin building the Leapmotor B10 at its factory in Zaragoza, Spain, possibly as early as this year. It will be the first Leapmotor vehicle to be made in Europe, and will allow the B10 to avoid EU tariffs on made-in-China EVs, which can be as high as 35.4 per cent. The companies are also working together on…

  • Discord Is Back After An Outage That Took Some Users Offline

    May 9, 2026

    Primakov/Shutterstock Discord is recovering following a brief outage that saw some users unable to use the popular chat app. At 3:08PM ET, the company said it had begun investigating an issue with its API systems. Shortly thereafter, at 3:24PM ET, Discord said it had identified the problem, but noted at the time it was still affecting users, making it difficult for them to access the service.  “We are continuing to work to remediate the issues impacting availability for some Discord users,” the company said at3:56PM ET. “This is causing impact across our service, including logging…