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Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI fund lost most of its value. Now it’s back with $400M.
Google may spend $1.5bn on a 35-person startup to catch up on AI coding
Huawei FreeBuds Pro 5 review: Hands down, the best bargain earbuds I’ve tested in a while
Google’s $15bn India data centre is running into water and wildlife
Minecraft is coming to Switch 2, and even the Creepers are getting prettier
Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers
Study finds AI-generated animal stories rarely have a female lead
Viture’s lightest smart glasses yet still put a massive 146-inch screen in front of your eyes
OpenAI’s AI models coordinated a months-long breakout to hack Hugging Face
Atoms hires Travis Kalanick’s old Uber finance chief as CFO
OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’
DeepSeek warns of a ‘significant’ price rise, reversing its cheap-AI pitch
Meta’s AI model hacked a real company during a safety test
OpenAI wants Apple’s trade-secrets case thrown out
The New York Times falls short on digital subscribers as competition bites
Meta enters the AI coding wars with Muse Code and a price to match
Uber’s tech chief says the AI ‘tokenmaxxing’ era is ending
Meta confirms its AI hacked another company’s system, and the pattern is anything but Irregular
Scam Uber emails are targeting users with fake payment alerts
OpenAI’s AI models secretly built a message board to coordinate hacking
WhatsApp is making it easier for channel admins to label AI-generated posts
Meta served ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse content, continuing years of child safety failures
Apple’s iCloud Private Relay isn’t as private as you think
This new technology could make spotting fake products easier for everyone
EVgo is bringing Tesla V4 Superchargers to its US charging network
Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months
NASA built the Roman Space Telescope to study dark matter, but it can also help protect Earth from killer asteroids
X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year
Bose’s upcoming QuietComfort headphones appear online in six gorgeous colors
Apple’s iPhone Air could serve as the blueprint for its 20th anniversary iPhone
Google Home’s Interactive Storytime feature has me wondering who actually asked for this
Anthropic confirmed it is designing custom chips for Claude. It wants engineers who have “shipped silicon.”
Yann LeCun’s second attempt at a VC fund lands with $100M and Gemini’s co-lead as a partner
A startup that slashes AI agent bills just raised $35M. Anthropic is a backer.
Google is cutting 52 jobs in Washington the same week it lost four star researchers
Anthropic built an inspection layer that lets enterprises block sensitive data before it reaches Claude
Sunbird relaunches its iMessage app for Android, three years after a privacy scandal shut it down
Reddit is replacing Automod with AI that reads intent, not keywords. Old Reddit’s days are numbered.
Two of Ring’s latest video doorbells are a lot cheaper than usual
A cheaper Galaxy Watch with more than a week of battery life may be in the works
Google named the new boss of Gemini 4. Both of Gemini’s co-leads quit the same day
Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up
Google is killing Assistant on phones September 4. Gemini is the only option left.
AT&T just gave parents a kids tablet that won’t have them sacrificing their iPad
GPU prices are approaching 2.5x their launch cost. Asus and Gigabyte just made it official with a second 2026 price hike.
Apple’s selling refurbished MacBook Neos with a $100 discount
The US wants Chinese optics out of its AI data centres. Amazon and Microsoft pay first.
Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo
Zoox will start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on August 10
Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership

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