In a literal interpretation of taking the fight directly to the enemy, Y Combinator-backed tech startup Tornyol has committed to the complete eradication of mosquitoes from human habitats using an autonomous, insect-hunting micro-drone. The Silicon Valley and French-founded company reached a major engineering milestone when its palm-sized prototype successfully executed its first autonomous "air-to-air kill," tracking down and obliterating a flying insect in mid-air without h

Meta Platforms is in preliminary discussions to lease up to $10 billion worth of raw computing power to its prominent AI rival, Anthropic. The potential two-year agreement would mark Meta’s official entry into the cloud infrastructure business, transforming the social media giant from a pure model builder into a major landlord of the physical hardware powering the global AI boom. The blockbuster proposal, first reported by the New York Times, outlines an arrangement where Ant