China’s Rokid rival to Apple’s Vision Pro raises $70 million

This picture taken on September 22, 2023 shows a Rokid employee demonstrating an augmented reality helmet at the company’s office at the 2022 Asian Games host city Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. From autonomous bug zappers to android pianists and driverless ice cream trucks, machines rule the world, at least at China’s Asian Games. … Read more

Can MSI’s Steam Deck rival claw its way to handheld gaming success?

June Wan/ZDNET The handheld gaming space grew by one as MSI unveiled their Steam Deck competitor, the Claw A1M. The portable gaming console is the first to be built with Intel’s new Core Ultra chipset, which uses advanced AI algorithms and on-chip video codec support for enhanced video quality while streaming games as well as … Read more

Rival tycoons with shared love for basketball honored as PSA Executives of the Year

Ramon S. Ang (tipping cap) and Manny V. Pangilinan watch a Gilas Pilipinas game during the World Cup. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ Owners of two of the country’s biggest conglomerates who are both enamored with sports in general and basketball in particular, Ramon S. Ang and Manny V. Pangilinan will have a rare moment on stage … Read more

Mexican authorities investigate massacre after rival criminal groups clash in remote desert

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities in the violence-plagued southwestern state of Guerrero said they were investigating a gruesome massacre that took place in a part of a remote desert where two rival criminal groups have been fighting for control. Police investigators had found five burned bodies stacked onto a burned vehicle when they arrived … Read more

In case you missed it, ChatGPT rival ‘Copilot’ is now on iOS and Android

While you were deep in holiday hibernation, Microsoft quietly launched Android and iOS versions of Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat. SEE ALSO: Bing Image Creator users are doing some… interesting things with new DALL-E 3 upgrade The Android launch was first spotted by X user @technosarusrex, then picked up by Neowin on Dec. 26. … Read more

Baidu says its ChatGPT rival Ernie bot has more than 100 million users

HANGZHOU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 23: People learn about Baidu’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot service ERNIE Bot during the 2nd Global Digital Trade Expo at Hangzhou International Expo Center on November 23, 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Wang Gang/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) China News Service | China News Service | … Read more

Jupiter 3 Satellite Pushes SpaceX Rival Closer to Starlink Internet Speeds

Following the launch of its next-generation satellite, Hughes Network Systems is now starting to offer faster internet speeds to compete with its main industry rival SpaceX. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View The Maryland-based company has launched new high-speed satellite internet plans for its customers in the Americas, with download … Read more

CM Punk to lose WrestleMania main event due to longtime rival returning and costing him championship? Exploring the possibility 

Upon returning to WWE, CM Punk made a beeline for the one thing he’s always wanted: a WrestleMania main event match. The Straight Edge Superstar declared his intention to win the Royal Rumble match and then head straight for WrestleMania to challenge Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship. Unfortunately, an old rival might stop … Read more

Mistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million funding round

French startup Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. The company has raised €385 million, or $415 million at today’s exchange rate — according to Bloomberg, it values the company at roughly $2 billion. Mistral AI is also opening up its commercial platform today. As a reminder, Mistral AI raised … Read more