Analyst(s): Brendan BurkePublication date: February 10, 2026 Texas Instruments (TI) has agreed to acquire Silicon Labs for $7.5 billion in cash, combining TI’s scale of analog and embedded processing with Silicon Labs’ wireless connectivity portfolio. The deal highlights a strategic bet on manufacturing capabilities and integrated markets. What is covered in this article: Transaction: Texas…
Agentic AI marks a significant shift in enterprise AI, moving from answering questions to doing real work. And unlike previous technology waves that offered capabilities that teams could leverage, AI agents deliver results. This changes the adoption curve. Once agents demonstrate tangible value at the task level, they proliferate quickly. During our own AI development…
A study by UC Riverside researchers offers a practical solution to one of artificial intelligence’s toughest challenges by enabling AI systems to reason more like humans, without requiring new training data beyond testing questions. In a preprint paper entitled “Test-Time Matching: Unlocking Compositional Reasoning in Multimodal Models”, assistant professor Yinglun Zhu and students introduce a…
Editor’s note: This article is part of In the Omniversea series focused on how developers, 3D practitioners and businesses can transform their workflows using the latest advancements in OpenUSD And NVIDIA Omniverse. Open source has become essential to drive innovation in robotics and autonomy. By providing access to critical infrastructure – from simulation frameworks to…
While concerns about the deployment of artificial intelligence are still active and current, including issues of plagiarism and a reduction in critical thinking, the growing threat posed by AI companions – AI chatbots designed to simulate friendship, emotional support, and, in some cases, romantic relationships with users – has quietly moved into the pockets of…
We are immersed in a world with all types of artificial intelligence (AI). Most of us feel a mixture of astonishment and astonishment, and sometimes we are dismayed and alarmed. Experts predict (and we can all see) that the inclusion of AI in our daily lives is likely here to stay. There are AIs used…
Many believe that the true future of AI in Hollywood lies not in a radical change in the way we produce films and television, but rather in solving problems and creating opportunities currently inaccessible to filmmakers and studios. That was a big part of the conversation during the “AI and Filmmaking: Freeing Space for Creativity”…
Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The company plans to use the capital to accelerate the deployment of its high-speed memory chips, a critical component for chips used for AI workloads, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Among the investors participating in the round is…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A company working with software company Oracle plans to build an AI data center in Memphis. The Daily Memphian reports that Nate Golden of Golden Acquisitions purchased the building at 1341 Sycamore View. Golden told The Daily Memphian he works with The STEM Practice, a technology company that works with Oracle….
This is a fairly common scenario in many synthesis labs: you know what raw material you have, and you know what product you need, but you don’t enough what reaction conditions will get you there. Unless you’re lucky enough to know someone with deep expertise in the best reaction for the job, you’ll likely spend…