Justice Department sides with OpenAI in publishers’ copyright fight
Artificial Intelligence
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash and a cybersecurity variant limited to governments
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ROBOTS
Hugging Face is selling a $399 robot duck with open-source software
Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics has put its $399 Microduck up for preorder, a 25cm robot duck that walks, roller skates and picks up socks. The software stack is open source. The hardware is not, and it cannot lift much more than 100 grams. Nvidia is reportedly buying the parent.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Wonderful raises $550M Series C at $5B valuation, led by Insight Partners with Salesforce
Insight Partners led the round with Salesforce joining, the valuation has more than doubled since March, and the company's central pitch, that enterprises should not be locked into one provider, is becoming European law rather than a feature
BUSINESS
A US court says Google keeps its ad exchange. The Commission said only a sale would work
Judge Leonie Brinkema declined the Department of Justice's divestiture request in the ad tech case Google lost in 2025, while the European Commission's preliminary position after its €2.95B fine is that only the divestment of part of Google's services would end the conflicts of interest