Welcome again a week under review! We have thousands of stories to separate from this week, as the biggest hits from Nvidia GTC; NASA astronauts finally returned home; Rippling lawsuit; And Google bought WIZ. Let’s achieve it!
Google finally makes it: Google made its biggest purchase in its history this week when it confirmed it was buying WIZ for $ 32 billion. Google says it will position WIZ as a “multicloud” offer, means that WIZ will not be a Google store alone. Last year, Google offered WIZ $ 23 billion for his business. Guess you pay to say no ever.
Talking about purchases: Xai, the company he’s Elon Musk, bought hotshot, a startup working on video generation tools with him. Purchase can signal that Xai plans to build his own video generation models to compete with Openai, Google’s Veo 2 likes and others.
NVIDIA GTC: The biggest Nvidia year conference ended on Thursday, and we were on the ground bringing you the latest from the chipmaker. The company announced two super personal computers to it; Groot N1, a basic model for humanoid robots; New GPU, called Blackwell Ultra, Ruby and Feynman wines; And much more.
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tidings
The gloves are off: HR Rippling sued Deel, another player in space, claiming record, abuse of trade secrets, torture intervention, unfair competition and helping and giving a violation of the task of trust. Deel denies the charges.
Welcome back to the ground: The two NASA astronauts that had been blocked for more than nine months at the International Space Station have eventually returned to Earth. Sunita “Sunni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore were sprinkled in Mexico Bay in a Dragon Spacex capsule Tuesday after a 17-hour return trip from ISS.
Rikel Rezeli: Google this week released a new pixel, called 9a. The $ 499 smartphone contains an up -to -date 6.3 -inch Acua screen, which Google says is 35% brighter than Pixel 8A. But the real update here is for the design: I’m throwing his camera bar on the back.
Hacked: The State Education Association of Pennsylvania (Psea), the largest organization for teachers in Pennsylvania, says hackers stole the sensitive personal information of more than half a million of its members. Psea said that members’ account numbers, pins, passwords and security codes were also achieved during the violation, according to a letter sent to affected individuals.
God! A 12th grade built an online website called Minecraft Bench (MC-Bench) that burns two against each other to see which one builds the best creations in Minecraft. MC-Bench is technically a programming reference point, as models are required to write code to create promoted construction.
Actually super useful: Google is changing the way you find email in your box. Instead of displaying everything chronologically, he will now use it to consider factors such as duration, more clicked email and frequent contacts when emails based on your search question. An interruption will allow people to switch among the “most important” or “most recent” electronic posts on a search results page.
Humanoids at home: Hype around humanoid robots for the home seems to have reached new heights. Norwegian company Robotics 1x is capitalizing this, announcing that it will test its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in “several hundred to several thousand” houses by the end of the year.
Analysis
Nvidia on top: Nvidia is sitting at the top of the world of him, but faces US tariffs, Deepseek and shifting advantages from his senior customers. At this year’s GTC, the company tried to provide the participants – and the rest of the world seeing – that the demand for chips will not slow down anytime soon.
Wayve travels with the wave: Wayve, which began in 2017 and has raised more than $ 1.3 billion over the past two years, plans to license his self-direction software for automotive and fleet partners, such as Uber. CEO and CEO of Wayve Alex Kendall sees promises in bringing his autonomous vehicle starting technology in the market.
