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Apple stockpiles inventory as it braces for ‘significant supply constraints’
Apple is worried enough about supply shortages that it reported about $11.1 billion in inventory, which is almost double the $5.7 billion it reported last September.
View the articleAI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares
The former OpenAI researcher’s fund was forced to unwind public equities after leveraged public bets plummeted. But he still has cards to play.
View the articleReddit reports a solid quarter but shows signs of AI’s impact
Reddit's financial situation is looking good but uncertainty about its relationship to Google and the new AI-ified web are stirring market concerns.
View the articleInvestors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud host
Amazon isn't slowing down on data center spending — but investors don't seem to mind.
View the articleApple says gaming slowdown and App Store changes hurt services growth
Apple said a slowdown in mobile gaming and changes to the App Store’s business model — including court-ordered payment rule changes in the U.S. — weighed on its services business, even as the co...
View the articleDaniela Rus receives Bavarian Minister-President's High-Tech Prize
Director of CSAIL and MIT professor honored for her contributions to robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems.
View the articleConnecting research to policy on Capitol Hill
MIT students and postdocs discussed science funding and research with policymakers in Washington during the MIT Science Policy Initiative’s annual Congressional Visit Days.
View the articleJudge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label
A federal judge said the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk, casting doubt on the government's ban on its AI technology.
View the articleCareCloud begins to notify hundreds of thousands after hackers stole medical records
The health tech data giant, which handles vast amounts of patients' medical data, said hackers struck one of its protected health data stores.
View the articleEveryone Is Freaking Out About OpenAI and Anthropic’s Race for Dominance
Researchers fear AI is moving too fast, while Mark Zuckerberg is worried about who owns it. Plus: Inside Black Forest Labs’ push into robotics.
View the articleFriend, the lonely AI wearable, returns with a new voice and a much bigger price tag
Friend, the AI wearable, can now talk to its users — for an enhanced price.
View the articleGoogle says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI
As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies — like Microsoft and now Google — are finding and patching an exponential number of bugs in their products, thanks to the use of LLMs ...
View the articleFlorida plans to build air taxi pads using $200M intended for EV chargers
Florida wants to use federal EV charger funds to build an air taxi network connecting golf courses, luxury apartment buildings, and airports.
View the articleLinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated ‘slop’
LinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a “seems like AI slop” reporting option. It's also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading too...
View the articleNvidia’s Open Source Alliance Snubs OpenAI and Anthropic
This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the open vs. closed source debate in AI, key players in White House AI policy, and how to stop your chatbot logs from showing up in search engine results.
View the articleSynthetic-user startup Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation 5 months after $100M Series A
Add another member to the fast-and-furious AI unicorn club: Simile
View the articleSpotify launches ‘User notes’ to let users add memories to songs
Spotify says the new feature is designed to let users add personal captions to their favorite songs, such as noting why a track was added to a playlist or when they first discovered it
View the articleOpenAI Cuts API Prices on Its Two Cheaper GPT-5.6 Tiers
OpenAI lowered the API price of its two lower-cost GPT-5.6 models on July 30, 2026, cutting the cheapest tier by 80% and the mid-tier by 20% while leaving its flagship untouched. The change is logged ...
View the articleArun Hiremath, Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder of EvoluteIQ – Interview Series
Arun Hiremath, Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder of EvoluteIQ, is a technology executive and entrepreneur with nearly three decades of experience spanning enterprise automation, product strategy, ...
View the articleChrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting
The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.
View the articleBloom Security Emerges from Stealth with $20M to Secure the AI-Native Endpoint
Bloom Security has emerged from stealth with $20 million in seed funding to address a growing blind spot in enterprise cybersecurity: the expanding collection of AI agents, browser extensions, plugins...
View the articleSimile Raises More Than $200 Million at a $2 Billion Valuation to Scale Human Behavior Simulations
Simile has raised more than $200 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion post-money valuation, providing the Palo Alto-based startup with substantial capital to develop artificial intelligence mod...
View the articleAltman Meets the Officials Designing Washington’s AI Cyber Tests
Sam Altman meets senior White House officials on July 30, 2026 to discuss voluntary government cybersecurity testing of advanced AI systems, two days before the administration's own deadline for desig...
View the articleXsight Labs Raises $300M for Programmable AI Network Silicon
Xsight Labs said it has closed a funding round of more than $300 million at a $2.8 billion post-money valuation, capital the fabless chip designer will spend pushing its programmable Ethernet switches...
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