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In a cement plant operated by Conch Group, an agentic AI system built on Huawei infrastructure now predicts the strength of clinker with over 90% accuracy and autonomously adjusts calcination parameters to cut coal consumption by 1%—decisions that previously required human expertise accumulated over decadesThis exemplifies how Huawei is developing agentic AI systems that move beyond simple command-response interactions toward platforms capable of independent planning, decision-making, and execution.Huawei’s approach to building these agentic AI systems centres on a comprehensive strategy spanning AI infrastructure, foundation models, specialised tools, and agent platforms. Zhang Yuxin, CTO of Huawei Cloud, outlined this framework at the recent…

Finnish health tech company Oura has raised $900 million in fresh funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, with participation from new investor ICONIQ and contributions from Whale Rock and Atreides. The company said today that this funding will value it at “approximately $11 billion,” more than double the valuation it received for its last round in December. Bloomberg previously reported that Oura was closing new funding at $11 billion valuation. “This new funding is a testament to the strength of Oura business and the trust millions of members place in us every day. We’re proud to be building…

Farewell, V2: SpaceX on Monday night sent Starship’s current configuration on one last test flight, in a mission that the company says hit all its key goals, moving the program into its next phase. The nearly 400-foot-tall rocket lifted off from Starbase, Texas at 6:23 PM local time. The Super Heavy booster, reused from a March test, tried a new landing-burn profile, reigniting 13 engines before throttling down to five, and finally three for the final hover before completing a planned soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico roughly seven minutes after liftoff. Meanwhile, Starship’s upper stage deployed eight mock…

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.This means kids using teen-specific accounts will see photos and videos on Instagram that are similar to what they would see in a PG-13 movie — no sex, drugs or dangerous stunts, among others.“This includes hiding or not recommending posts with strong language, certain risky stunts, and additional content that could encourage potentially harmful behaviors, such as posts showing marijuana paraphernalia,” Meta said in a blog post Tuesday, calling the update the most…

Salesforce plans to invest $15 billion in San Francisco over the next five years to help businesses adopt AI. The move underscores the company’s push to stay competitive as AI becomes central to enterprise software.Founded and headquartered in San Francisco since 1999, Salesforce has been adding AI features across its products, including the workplace messaging tool Slack. The company is competing with ServiceNow, Oracle, and Microsoft to attract organisations eager to integrate AI into their operations.Part of the new investment will fund an AI incubator on Salesforce’s San Francisco campus and help companies deploy AI agents — digital assistants that…

In an effort to protect its underage users from harmful content, Instagram is rolling out new restrictions to teen accounts. Users under 18 will now by default only see content that adheres to PG-13 movie ratings, avoiding themes like extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use. Users under 18 won’t be able to change this setting without their parents or guardians’ explicit approval. Instagram is also introducing a stricter content filter, called Limited Content, that will prevent teens from seeing and posting comments on posts that have the setting turned on. The company said starting next year, it will…

If you’ve ever thought companies talk more than act when it comes to their AI strategy, a new Cisco report backs you up. It turns out that just 13 percent globally are actually prepared for the AI revolution.However, this small group – which Cisco calls the ‘Pacesetters’ – are lapping the competition. The third annual Cisco AI Readiness Index found these top performers are four times more likely to get their AI projects out of the pilot stage and into the real world. More importantly, they are 50 percent more likely to see measurable value from their efforts.What they’ve figured…

China sweeping restrictions on rare earth exports threaten the U.S. defense industry, providing President Xi Jinping with a powerful leverage over President Donald Trump in upcoming trade talks.Beijing will not allow the export of rare earth materials for use by foreign militaries, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on Oct. 9. These are the first restrictions imposed by China that specifically target the defense sector, according to Gracelin Baskaran, a critical minerals expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.”What this essentially means is that it will deny licenses to foreign militaries and companies that are producing military use end…

Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesMeta will now limit the content that teenage users can see on Instagram to what they would typically encounter in a movie rated PG-13, the social media company said Tuesday.With the new content guidelines, Meta said it will hide certain accounts from teenagers, including those that share sexualized content or media related to drugs and alcohol. Additionally, teenagers on Instagram will not be recommended posts that contain swear words, though teen users can still search for…

General Motors will record a negative impact of $1.6 billion in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles were slashed by the U.S. and rules governing emissions are relaxed.Shares fell less than 2% before the opening bell Tuesday. The EV tax credit ended last month. The clean vehicle tax credit was worth $7,500 for new EVs and up to $4,000 for used ones. General Motors, which had led the way among U.S. automakers with plans to convert production to an electric fleet of vehicles, said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it will have to book charges…