12 Jun 2026
Sonae’s Bright Pixel participates in Europe's largest Series A robotics funding round through its investment in Theker.
Bright Pixel Capital, the technology investment arm of the Sonae group, has announced its investment in Theker as part of the Barcelona-based robotics and artificial intelligence company’s US$85 million Series A funding round, marking the largest Series A round ever conducted by a robotics company in Europe.
Christopher Graeme, Christopher Graeme-barber
2026
12 Jun 2026
EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Sorkin’s Aaron First Interview About His The Social Network Follow-Up
First Look The writer and director of The Social Reckoning reveals what it was like to step back into the world of Mark Zuckerberg, why Jesse Eisenberg won’t be reprising the role, and how Jeremy Strong got the part.
@VanityFair, Rebecca Ford
2026
12 Jun 2026
AppMagic & Gamigion: Türkiye's Mobile Gaming Market in 2026 - sponsored by PWN Games
Türkiye’s mobile gaming market grew 6% in 2025 to $347 million. Modest in global terms, but the market has been growing for three consecutive years, though the pace is slowing.
Dmitriy Byshonkov
2026
12 Jun 2026
Is Vibe Coding Already Dead? Even Karpathy Is Moving On
Is vibe coding already dead? Even Karpathy is moving on getty Andrej Karpathy gave vibe coding its name in February 2025 . By February 2026 he had declared it outdated and moved on. In May he joined Anthropic to rebuild its pretraining research team from the inside. The man who coined the term has already named the next phase. He calls it agentic engineering. If you have been telling clients you…
Jodie Cook
2026
12 Jun 2026
Bosch doubles down on China as innovation hub while advancing robotics ambitions
Bosch is deepening its commitment to China as both a key market and an increasingly important innovation hub, while accelerating its push into robotics and automation technologies, company executives said at their 2026 Bosch Connected World conference in Berlin.
刘明
2026
12 Jun 2026
Watch: Korean humanoid robot performs viral K-POP dance, learns by watching videos
AI Sapiens is developing reinforcement learning-based locomotion with DYNAMIXEL-Q actuators to reduce the sim-to-real gap. AI Sapiens enables a complete pipeline for imitation learning, covering data collection, training, and inference.
@IntEngineering, Jijo Malayil
2026
12 Jun 2026
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is the smartest AI model, but why that's not the same as being the best one
Claude Fable 5 is, by most reasonable measures, the most capable AI model anyone can buy right now. It is the public-facing version of Claude Mythos 5, an even more powerful model that Anthropic refuses to release. The naming is deliberate—both words mean a story, but a fable is the safer, tamer version of the kind of tale a myth carries. Mythos sits behind closed doors, available to a handful of…
News Desk
2026
12 Jun 2026
China backs next generation of tech champions as new rules reshape path overseas
East Asia Government funding continues to fuel innovation in hubs such as Shenzhen, but tighter controls on outbound investment could add new compliance hurdles for firms with global ambitions. Visitors view product demonstrations at a technology showcase in Shenzhen. New: You can now listen to articles. This audio is generated by an AI tool. 12 Jun 2026 02:59PM SHENZHEN: In a bustling conference…
Deborah Wong
2026
12 Jun 2026
Largest robotics Series A ever raised in Europe: How THEKER pulled CRV, Samsung, and LVMH to Barcelona with $85M — TFN
Barcelona robotics startup THEKER has raised $85M in what it says is Europe’s largest robotics Series A. The round marks three simultaneous firsts: CRV’s first Spanish investment, Samsung’s first bet on a Spanish company, and LVMH’s first entry into the Spanish startup ecosystem. THEKER’s robots are already running inside live Inditex production facilities — a distinction the company says very…
Sofia Chesnokova
2026
