Amazon Shuts Down Mechanical Turk After 21 Years – End of “Artificial Artificial Intelligence”
Amazon is closing its crowdworking platform Mechanical Turk on September 30, 2026. The very AI that MTurk helped build now makes it obsolete.
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Humanoid Robots: Shipments Triple – China Dominates With 97 Percent
In the first half of 2026, about 19,100 humanoid robots shipped worldwide – more than triple last year. China accounts for over 97 percent.
Tesla Discontinues Its Solar Roof – After Almost Ten Years
Tesla will only supply conventional solar panels going forward and is ending the Solar Roof, which it internally deems not financially viable.
Stripe Acquires OpenRouter for Over 7 Billion
Payment provider Stripe is buying AI startup OpenRouter for more than 7 billion dollars – securing the routing layer between apps and AI models.
T-Mobile and KKR form joint venture to acquire fiber optic provider Metronet
T-Mobile US and investment firm KKR are forming a joint venture to acquire fiber provider Metronet, expanding T-Mobile’s fixed broadband portfolio.
150 NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPUs control the 1.2 million LEDs of the Vegas Sphere
How NVIDIA drives the Las Vegas Sphere: 150 RTX A6000 GPUs render its 1.2 million exterior LED pucks, and the enormous power draw behind the giant display.