Tech
AI Summary
- The rapid advancement and widespread adoption of AI continue to be a dominant theme, with companies like Microsoft launching dedicated AI deployment firms and discussions around AI's real costs and potential job market impacts emerging from major players like Google, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs.
- Meta is actively exploring new AI applications, launching a generative AI game app called Pocket and reportedly building its own cloud business, while also facing scrutiny regarding the pace of AI agent development.
- The tech industry is grappling with privacy concerns and regulatory actions, as evidenced by FTC settlements, proposed bans on geolocation data sales, and ongoing debates about data consent orders, underscoring an 'American Privacy Emergency'.
- The future of hardware and physical media is in flux, with discussions ranging from the potential demise of video game discs and the advancement of new display connections like HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort, to the introduction of new gadgets and the potential for digitizing old game formats.
- Despite the AI frenzy, some traditional tech sectors are experiencing significant growth, with Tesla reporting a substantial jump in Q2 sales and Rivian raising its EV sales forecast, indicating continued momentum in the electric vehicle market.
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TechCrunch
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Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Australia applications close July 6
an hour ago
by Isabelle Johannessen
Startups, Startup Battlefield Australia, TechCrunch Disrupt 2026If you're going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline passes, the opportunity is gone.
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Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped
2 hours ago
by Lucas Ropek
AI, ai agent, In Brief, Mark Zuckerberg, MetaAt an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.
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Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force
2 hours ago
by Tim Fernholz
Space, Rocket Lab, True Anomaly, U.S. Space ForceTrue Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the U.S. military.
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Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections
4 hours ago
by Marina Temkin
Hardware, Venture, arizona, TSMC, Thiel Capital, etchedSelby's VC firm, Copper Sky Capital, is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.
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IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain
5 hours ago
by Anna Heim
Hardware, Startups, Espoo, finland, IPO, IQM, NASDAQ, quantum computing, SPACsIQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.
Hacker News
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Engadget
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Meta has released an app for making generative AI games
3 hours ago
by Anna Washenko
Apps, MetaPocket is listed in app stores but seemingly unavailable in the US.
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Cloudflare will filter out web crawlers that serve AI companies
4 hours ago
by Ian Carlos Campbell
AIThe hosting platform wants sites to have more control over how AI companies use their content.
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Why bulky laptop chargers are a relic of the past
7 hours ago
by Lawrence Bonk
LaptopsLaptop chargers are much easier to travel with these days, and there's one specific technology that is largely to thank.
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Tesla Q2 vehicle deliveries are up 25 percent over last year
8 hours ago
by Lawrence Bonk
EVs and TransportationThe company has been gaining traction in Europe.
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword's release date has been pushed up to avoid the pre-GTA 6 scramble
11 hours ago
by Matt Tate
GamingCapcom is trying to get Onimusha: Way of the Sword out the door before the fall release calendar gets really crowded.
The Verge
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Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home
3 hours ago
by Emma Roth
Electric Cars, News, Policy, Tesla, TransportationThe man whose Tesla struck and killed a woman inside her Texas home last month is now facing manslaughter charges, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal and local news outlet KHOU 11 . 44-year-old Michael Butler was arrested on Wednesday and claimed to have been driving his Model 3 using Tesla's Full-Self Driving (FSD) system at the time of the crash, according to an arrest affidavit . The court document includes the officer saying that data extraction from Butler's phone found several FSD-related Google searches from May 2026: "Tesla fsd not aggressive enough 2026 model," "tesla fsdnot [sic]
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Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket
4 hours ago
by Jay Peters
Apps, Meta, News, TechMozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year , and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-focused pitch: this new app lets you make and share little interactive "gizmos" built from an AI prompt, as reported by Business Insider . Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media , and he's previously described a vision of how users could use AI to make interactive experiences and share them with people. The launch of Pocket appears to be one manifestation of that idea, and it follows Meta
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The best July 4th sales we found so far
5 hours ago
by Cameron Faulkner
Deals, Gadgets, Verge ShoppingJuly 4th sales are typically a precursor to what we’d see during a mid-July Prime Day, but obviously things are flipped around this year. Last week’s big Prime Day sale is over, yet there are a number of familiar deals still poking around in the week leading up to the nation’s birthday. Best Buy is hosting its own 4th of July sale, for example. And, if you’re on the hunt for tech and gear for the outdoors, REI is hosting a sale on products that will last through the week. There are even some Apple deals you can get, some
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Weber marks down grills and griddles to their best prices ever for July 4th
7 hours ago
by Brad Bourque
Deals, Gadgets, Verge ShoppingThe Weber Spirit E-325 grill with three burners. | Image: Weber If our recent Decoder interview with Weber Blackstone CEO Roger Dahle has you craving freshly grilled meats or veggies, Weber just so happens to have a variety of grills, smokers, griddles, and accessories selling at big discounts ahead of the July 4th holiday. It makes a bunch of models, but we’ve landed on a range of grills and griddles at varying price points. Weber is cheaper than other retailers by about $50 on most of these picks, but we’ve noted where you may be able to find them at
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The video game disc is dead
9 hours ago
by David Pierce
Apple, Gadgets, Gaming, Podcasts, Tech, VergecastFor decades, to be a gamer was to accumulate a lot of stuff. Consoles, controllers, accessories, weird VR gloves that never worked properly, but mostly the games themselves. Over the years, games have come in every shape and size you can imagine. And now that era appears to be ending. On this episode of The Vergecast , David and Nilay talk about Sony's plan to end production of PlayStation discs , Microsoft's ongoing strategy for digitizing games , and in general the end of physical game media. It all makes a certain kind of business sense - and these companies
Wired
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The Onion’s ‘Infowars’ Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It
an hour ago
by Miles Klee
Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Shock, JocksThe satirical site is fighting to officially take over Infowars. In the meantime, CEO Ben Collins says the new show will mock “how fucking stupid” conspiratorial brain rot has become.
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How Big Is ‘Love Island USA’? More Than 10 Million People Are Already on Its App
5 hours ago
by Reece Rogers
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Reality, Bytes“We have more people voting on the ‘Love Island USA’ app than we do in many political elections taking place across the country,” says the show's executive producer.
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Spotify Confirms Streaming Fraud After Kalshi Trader Cries Foul
7 hours ago
by Kate Knibbs
Business, Bot, BetsOne of Kalshi’s most prominent traders tells WIRED he’s swearing off Spotify-related markets until the issue is resolved.
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Can Cursor Remain a Platform for OpenAI and Anthropic’s Models Inside SpaceX?
7 hours ago
by Maxwell Zeff
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Model, BehaviorCursor hopes to continue offering third-party AI models after it's acquired by SpaceX, testing the relationships between frontier AI labs.
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The DEA Plans to Ban Opioid-Like Kratom Compound 7-OH
9 hours ago
by Manisha Krishnan
Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Drug, WarThe federal agency says it will temporarily schedule the drug, which has been called “gas station heroin,” as a controlled substance—a boon for MAHA and the mainstream kratom industry.