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OpenAI and Anthropic Back Employee Call to Pace AI Progress
More than 1,100 employees of the world's leading AI labs have signed a public statement asking Washington to help build the tools needed to deliberately slow frontier AI development, and within hours ...
View the articleHugging Face Traces the Rogue Agent to a Hijacked Sandbox
Hugging Face has published a technical timeline of the July 2026 intrusion that OpenAI's evaluation models ran against its production infrastructure, and it puts a third company in the attack path. Be...
View the articleBot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots.
View the articleMCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.
View the articleSam Altman is ready to decelerate
His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."
View the articleOzlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy
Ozlo’s first major update to its sleep earbuds introduces longer battery life, improved connectivity, enhanced audio, and new sleep features as the startup continues the product line once abandoned ...
View the articleThe robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope tumbled out of control
According to NASA, two of the three reaction wheels that control the spacecraft's alignment have failed, and there are problems with one of the spacecraft's thruster systems.
View the articleWaymo, robotaxi operators face fresh scrutiny over emergency response failures
Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-California ) has proposed a bill that would direct federal regulators to establish minimum national safety standards for autonomous vehicle operators.
View the articleMate Security Raises $35M to Build an Open Foundation for AI Security Operations
Mate Security has raised $35 million in Series A funding as enterprises look for new ways to operate security teams against attacks moving at machine speed. Canaan Partners led the round, with partici...
View the articleeBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers it terrorized in 2019
Ina and David Steiner inspired the ire of high-level eBay executives after occasionally criticizing the company in their newsletter. In 2019, a plot was concocted to intimidate the couple into halting...
View the articleThese App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era
Despite predictions that AI agents could make traditional apps obsolete, developers are shipping new software faster than ever. From smarter bookmarking tools and neighborhood marketplaces to digital ...
View the articleHBO Max embraces vertical video with a new ‘Shorts’ feed
HBO Max, like other streaming platforms, is rethinking content discovery as large libraries are making it hard for viewers to find something to watch and as audiences become accustomed to short-form c...
View the articleFBI Expects Adversaries to Turn Frontier AI on Software Bugs
The agency that investigates most computer intrusions in the United States now treats autonomous vulnerability discovery as a coming enforcement problem. Todd Hemmen, deputy assistant director of the ...
View the articleSaudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors
The investment comes after speculation that Saudi Arabia may take Lucid Motors private -- which the EV maker has denied.
View the articleOno Pharmaceutical Rolls Out Agentic AI Across Drug Discovery
Ono Pharmaceutical is putting AI agents in front of the scientists who run its earliest-stage research. Under a collaboration announced on July 28, 2026, the Osaka drugmaker will deploy Biomni Lab, th...
View the articleGoogle Lets Developers Block Gemini Agents’ Tool Calls
Google has added a control layer to the managed agents in its Gemini API, letting developers run their own code before and after every tool call an agent makes inside its cloud sandbox, and cancel the...
View the articleGenerative AI Is Changing How Scientific Ideas Begin
For most of modern science, the first stages of a research idea were largely invisible. A researcher noticed an anomaly, connected two concepts, questioned an established assumption, or identified a g...
View the articleData centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid
The decision arrives as the breakneck pace of data center construction has grid operators scrambling to generate power.
View the articlePayPal leaves the door open to a higher takeover offer following earnings beat
After reporting better-than-expected Q2 results, PayPal said it remains focused on its AI-driven turnaround, but would consider a deal that creates more value for shareholders.
View the articleElon Musk’s X Money app is rolling out in the US
Users get an X Visa debit card, which they can immediately add to Apple Pay and use to make instant peer-to-peer transfers within the app without fees or limits.
View the articleWhatsApp now lets you make calls using its web app
Similar to the smartphone and desktop apps, the web app will support calling features such as screen-sharing and reactions.
View the articleFish Audio Lands $52M Seed to Turn Open Voice Models Into Revenue
Fish Audio has raised $52 million in a seed round co-led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, money that arrives at a Palo Alto text-to-speech company that has spent the past year giving its models...
View the articleFish Audio raises $52M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises
Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million.
View the articleApple launches ‘Upgrade’ device leasing program in partnership with Klarna
The rollout of the program comes as Apple has been struggling with supply chain issues related to "RAMageddon," which refers to the industry-wide shortage of memory chips that is driving up the price ...
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