<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[social media news - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest social media news news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:56:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Ford is switching from Google to Apple Maps for its next-generation EVs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ford will use Apple Maps as the built-in navigation system for its next generation of electric vehicles, replacing the Google-based software it has run since 2023. The integration uses Apple&rsquo;s new MapKit for Automotive SDK and will launch with Ford&rsquo;s $30,000 midsize electric pickup in 2027, according to a joint announcement from both companies on [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ford-is-switching-from-google-to-apple-maps-for-its-next-generation-evs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ford-is-switching-from-google-to-apple-maps-for-its-next-generation-evs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk says Optimus will be the hardest product Tesla has ever scaled]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk told investors on Tesla&rsquo;s second-quarter earnings call that Optimus will be &ldquo;the hardest product to scale manufacturing that we&rsquo;ve ever made at Tesla,&rdquo; warning that the humanoid robot has no existing supply chain and that every component is new. He said he wanted to &ldquo;calibrate people correctly&rdquo; on expectations, acknowledging that the initial [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-optimus-will-be-the-hardest-product-tesla-has-ever-scaled/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/musk-says-optimus-will-be-the-hardest-product-tesla-has-ever-scaled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD unveils Helios rack and MI455X accelerator in bid to close the gap with Nvidia]]></title><description><![CDATA[AMD unveiled a suite of new data centre products at its Advancing AI event in San Francisco on Thursday, claiming they will outperform Nvidia&rsquo;s competing hardware across AI training and inference. The announcements included the MI455X AI accelerator, the Helios server rack that packs 72 of those chips into a single system, and the Venice [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amd-unveils-helios-rack-and-mi455x-accelerator-in-bid-to-close-the-gap-with-nvidia/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amd-unveils-helios-rack-and-mi455x-accelerator-in-bid-to-close-the-gap-with-nvidia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four former DOGE staffers raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation for an AI military cyber startup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cathedral, a stealth military cybersecurity startup founded by four former Department of Government Efficiency staffers, has raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation. Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital led the round and both took board seats. The company plans to secure US government contracts for AI-driven offensive and defensive cyber operations against adversaries including [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/four-former-doge-staffers-raised-160-million-at-a-14-billion-valuation-for-an-ai-military-cyber-startup/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/four-former-doge-staffers-raised-160-million-at-a-14-billion-valuation-for-an-ai-military-cyber-startup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos has been approached to buy a stake in Liverpool FC. Amazon already holds the Premier League TV rights.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos has been approached to join a consortium seeking to buy a 30% stake in Liverpool Football Club from Fenway Sports Group, Sky Sports reported. The group is led by Amit Bhatia, the outgoing co-owner of Queens Park Rangers and son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal. The provisional offer is &pound;1.35 billion ($1.8 billion), [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jeff-bezos-has-been-approached-to-buy-a-stake-in-liverpool-fc-amazon-already-holds-the-premier-league-tv-rights/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jeff-bezos-has-been-approached-to-buy-a-stake-in-liverpool-fc-amazon-already-holds-the-premier-league-tv-rights/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travis Kalanick raised $1.7B for his robotics comeback, and Uber chipped in]]></title><description><![CDATA[Travis Kalanick is back, and Uber is helping to fund him. The founder Uber forced out in 2017 has raised $1.7 billion for Atoms, an industrial-AI and robotics company he has built in near-total stealth for years. Andreessen Horowitz led the round. Its co-founder Ben Horowitz is joining the board. And among the investors sits [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/travis-kalanick-raised-17b-for-his-robotics-comeback-and-uber-chipped-in/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/travis-kalanick-raised-17b-for-his-robotics-comeback-and-uber-chipped-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMD is investing $5 billion in Anthropic and deploying 2 gigawatts of Helios GPUs to run Claude]]></title><description><![CDATA[AMD and Anthropic announced a strategic partnership on Tuesday that commits AMD to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic and deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs in Helios rackscale solutions to run Claude. Deployment of the first gigawatt begins in the first half of 2027. Anthropic is already using [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amd-is-investing-5-billion-in-anthropic-and-deploying-2-gigawatts-of-helios-gpus-to-run-claude/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/amd-is-investing-5-billion-in-anthropic-and-deploying-2-gigawatts-of-helios-gpus-to-run-claude/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit may cut Google off from its content, and it isn’t the only one]]></title><description><![CDATA[For twenty years, the deal between Google and the web was simple. Publishers let Google crawl their pages. Google sent readers back in return. That bargain is breaking. Reddit is the latest, and loudest, sign. Its shares fell about 9% on Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company has discussed cutting off [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-may-cut-google-off-from-its-content-and-it-isnt-the-only-one/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/reddit-may-cut-google-off-from-its-content-and-it-isnt-the-only-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xbox is testing ad-supported game streaming. Amazon is folding Luna into Prime Video. Both admit cloud gaming has not worked yet.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft and Amazon announced new cloud gaming strategies on the same day, each acknowledging in different ways that the category has not reached the audience they expected. Xbox will test ad-supported game streaming, letting users in its Insider Programme stream games they already own for free with a one-hour session limit and advertising. Amazon is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xbox-is-testing-ad-supported-game-streaming-amazon-is-folding-luna-into-prime-video-both-admit-cloud-gaming-has-not-worked-yet/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/xbox-is-testing-ad-supported-game-streaming-amazon-is-folding-luna-into-prime-video-both-admit-cloud-gaming-has-not-worked-yet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia rival Etched doubles its value to $10.3B in seven months]]></title><description><![CDATA[Etched has a simple pitch. Nvidia builds chips that do everything. Etched builds chips that do one thing, inference, and claims to do it far better. On Thursday the bet got a lot more money behind it. The startup raised $300 million in a Series C round that values it at $10.3 billion. Sequoia led [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-rival-etched-doubles-its-value-to-103b-in-seven-months/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidia-rival-etched-doubles-its-value-to-103b-in-seven-months/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drone makers race to build navigation that survives warzone jamming]]></title><description><![CDATA[GPS spoofing and jamming have become standard countermeasures on the battlefield in Ukraine, separating drones from their operators and rendering some guided munitions useless. US-made Excalibur artillery shells fell out of favour after initial successes because their GPS guidance was jammable. Even fibre-optic control wires have been countered by entangling lines strung across fields. The [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/drone-makers-race-to-build-navigation-that-survives-warzone-jamming/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/drone-makers-race-to-build-navigation-that-survives-warzone-jamming/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s privacy policy reveals an AI shopping assistant is coming to the Apple Store app]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apple is preparing to add an AI-powered shopping assistant to the Apple Store app, according to a privacy policy update spotted by MacRumors. The updated document describes a &ldquo;Virtual Shopping Assistant&rdquo; that collects account information, device identifiers, carrier information, chat data, and optionally location data to personalise responses. The feature is not live yet. Apple [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-privacy-policy-reveals-an-ai-shopping-assistant-is-coming-to-the-apple-store-app/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/apples-privacy-policy-reveals-an-ai-shopping-assistant-is-coming-to-the-apple-store-app/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cambridge built a planet-scale AI model, and skipped Nvidia to do it]]></title><description><![CDATA[The AI industry runs on Nvidia. A team at the University of Cambridge has just shown it does not have to. They have built a planetary-scale foundation model for the Earth, and every chip that trained and ran it came from AMD. The model is called TESSERA, and its idea is borrowed from large language [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cambridge-built-a-planet-scale-ai-model-and-skipped-nvidia-to-do-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/cambridge-built-a-planet-scale-ai-model-and-skipped-nvidia-to-do-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alphabet locked in $811 billion of future spending on AI infrastructure. The number jumped $500 billion in one quarter.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alphabet had $811 billion in contracted future spending commitments at the end of June, up nearly $500 billion from just three months earlier. The figure, disclosed separately from capital expenditure in a quarterly filing, represents purchases Google has already committed to under supply agreements and open purchase orders. Roughly $200.7 billion of the total is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alphabet-locked-in-811-billion-of-future-spending-on-ai-infrastructure-the-number-jumped-500-billion-in-one-quarter/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/alphabet-locked-in-811-billion-of-future-spending-on-ai-infrastructure-the-number-jumped-500-billion-in-one-quarter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI sued over ChatGPT’s ‘dangerous’ medical advice in first case of its kind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott Winters says he trusted ChatGPT with his health, and it nearly cost him his life. The 55-year-old Florida pastor is suing OpenAI in San Francisco. He alleges the chatbot gave him dangerously wrong medical advice and talked him out of seeking care. Weeks later, a pulmonary embolism brought him, in his words, &ldquo;to the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-sued-over-chatgpts-dangerous-medical-advice-in-first-case-of-its-kind/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/openai-sued-over-chatgpts-dangerous-medical-advice-in-first-case-of-its-kind/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia’s open-source simulator trains surgical robots in under two minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The hard part of medical robotics is not the robot. It is the practice. A surgical system needs thousands of attempts to learn a delicate task, and you cannot run those on real patients. Nvidia thinks the answer is to let the robot rehearse inside a simulated body, millions of times over. The company has [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-open-source-simulator-trains-surgical-robots-in-under-two-minutes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/nvidias-open-source-simulator-trains-surgical-robots-in-under-two-minutes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jensen Huang made $172 billion selling AI chips. He just gave $75 million to an art school.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jensen and Lori Huang have given Vanderbilt University $75 million to establish the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang College of Art, Architecture and Design in San Francisco. The $75 million is a matching gift, and it has already spurred over $100 million in additional private support from alumni and donors including leaders in the Bay Area [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jensen-huang-made-172-billion-selling-ai-chips-he-just-gave-75-million-to-an-art-school/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/jensen-huang-made-172-billion-selling-ai-chips-he-just-gave-75-million-to-an-art-school/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the data centres powering AI: gold racks, demented noise, and 40 diesel generators]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI can seem like magic, a voice from a phone, an answer from nowhere. Step inside the buildings that make it, and the magic evaporates. What is left is noise, heat, metal, and an enormous appetite for power. Axios&rsquo;s Amy Harder toured a test server hall run by Digital Realty in Ashburn, Virginia, the heart [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/inside-the-data-centres-powering-ai-gold-racks-demented-noise-and-40-diesel-generators/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/inside-the-data-centres-powering-ai-gold-racks-demented-noise-and-40-diesel-generators/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google’s Gemini delay exposes a deeper problem: employee morale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google is losing a race it once led, and the problem may be its own people. Six current and former DeepMind employees told Axios that low morale is slowing the lab&rsquo;s model releases, Axios reported. The immediate symptom is Gemini 3.5 Pro. Google&rsquo;s most powerful model is months behind, according to Bloomberg. Google did ship [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/googles-gemini-delay-exposes-a-deeper-problem-employee-morale/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/googles-gemini-delay-exposes-a-deeper-problem-employee-morale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg launches an AI-optimism campaign, and a jab at the doomers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The AI industry has a mood problem, and Mark Zuckerberg thinks he can sell the cure. On Thursday, Meta&rsquo;s chief executive posted a sunny vision of the AI future, and wrapped it in a marketing campaign. In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg said Meta &ldquo;has always believed in giving people the power to share, connect, and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mark-zuckerberg-launches-an-ai-optimism-campaign-and-a-jab-at-the-doomers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/mark-zuckerberg-launches-an-ai-optimism-campaign-and-a-jab-at-the-doomers/</guid></item></channel></rss>