Mira Sethi focuses on how models are measured, compared and understood. Her coverage examines evaluation design, reproducibility and the assumptions behind claims of progress. She looks for the caveat that changes the headline.
Another day, another telecom meltdown. Verizon is scrambling to recover after a major outage left iPhone users across the US seeing that dreaded 'SOS' signal. The carrier has issued an apology and pro...
Alpaca, the engine powering the next generation of fintech, just closed a $150 million Series D round led by Drive, sources tell Automatica Press. The raise, which values the company at a cool $1.15 b...
The whispers started at the tail end of last year, and now Automatica Press can confirm: Servo, the ambitious browser engine project initially incubated at Mozilla, has closed a significant Series A r...
The robots are coming for your warehouse jobs – and this time, they're carrying 3,000-pound pallets. Mytra, the warehouse automation startup building autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) capable of moving ...
Another internet blackout in Iran, another tsunami of digital garbage flooding the rest of the world. The regime's latest attempt to quell internal dissent has backfired spectacularly, turning social ...
The dream of developer-owned testing (DOT) – where engineers shoulder the primary responsibility for ensuring code quality – is hitting a wall, according to a new study dropped this week. While theore...
Forget streaming—Amazon is about to drop a nuclear bomb on the reality TV landscape. Hot off the heels of *Fallout*'s critically acclaimed second season, Automatica Press can exclusively reveal that A...
Ricoh is doubling down on black and white photography in a move that's sure to raise eyebrows – and potentially redefine the high-end compact camera market. The company's new GR IV Monochrome, a dedic...
The multi-billion dollar observability market is about to get a shakeup. Tim Lossen, the engineer behind the popular open-source data router Vector, is publicly calling out major observability vendors...
Indie game developers are kicking off 2026 with a flurry of fresh titles, pushing the boundaries of genre and aesthetic. From zombie checkpoint simulators to farming-based shoot-em-ups, the creativity...
Wikipedia just hit its 25th birthday, and the open-source encyclopedia has quietly revolutionized how we consume, and even *define*, news. Forget the legacy media's stranglehold on the 24-hour news cy...
Listen Labs, the startup revolutionizing customer interviews with AI, just closed a $69 million Series B round led by Ribbit Capital, solidifying its position as a major player in the $140 billion mar...
Forget lugging around clunky projectors and fumbling with tripods. TCL is betting you'll drop $800 on their PlayCube, a portable projector that The Verge is calling "more fun than a Rubik's Cube." And...
Looks like Elon's pulling another rabbit out of his hat, or should I say, another satellite out of orbit? Word on the street, confirmed by the New York Times, is that Starlink is providing free intern...
Someone's been busy cooking up new threat vectors for the new year. Sources tell Automatica Press that a group dubbed Shadow#Reactor is using seemingly harmless text files to deliver the Remcos RAT (R...
Amazon is playing hardball. Sources tell the *Financial Times* that the e-commerce behemoth is demanding supplier discounts ranging from single-digit percentages all the way up to a whopping 30%. This...
Chasing that post-holiday streaming bump, Disney is back at it again, dangling a tempting carrot in front of potential subscribers. New and returning customers can snag the Disney+/Hulu (with ads) bun...
YouTube is changing the game for creators tackling tough topics. Buckle up, because this policy shift is a big deal: previously demonetized or partially restricted videos addressing sensitive issues l...
Shellbox has officially launched. The startup promises to keep your Linux boxes alive, even when your SSH connection drops—a pain point familiar to any developer who's ever lost hours of work to a fla...
Amazon isn't just doubling down on scripted *Fallout* content; they're vaulting headfirst into reality TV. Hot on the heels of the second season of the hit *Fallout* series on Prime Video, the streame...