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AI Summary

  • Amazon is increasing hardware prices by a significant 60%, citing memory shortages as the primary driver, while Oura reportedly plans an IPO valuing the company over $16 billion.
  • Zillow and Redfin have settled their FTC antitrust case, and the ongoing advancements in AI are a major theme, with OpenAI building AI agents for various applications and startups like Valor and Point72 backing AI ventures at substantial valuations.
  • The tech industry is grappling with privacy and security concerns, particularly around Instinct's AI assistant and the potential for LLMs to exploit inference engines on host machines.
  • The mobility sector is seeing developments like Waymo's custom chips driving robotaxi ambitions and increased federal scrutiny on brake problems in GM EVs, alongside Uber facing a hefty fine over automated driver suspensions.
  • Intellectual property and AI training are hot topics, with legal questions arising about training AI models on copyrighted books, while MS Paint and Photos are now invisibly watermarking locally generated output.

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  • Lenovo confirms Legion Go issues after gamers report bricked devices 17 minutes ago by Sean Hollister
    Gaming, News, PC Gaming, Tech

    Cursed BIOS. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge When a company's software update turns your computer into a useless brick, should fixes be free? Framework, the modular computer startup, apparently thinks so . But it's not clear that computing giant Lenovo will go that far. Three weeks after a Redditor presented a nearly $300 repair bill for their handheld gaming PC - among other reports of damage and high repair bills - the company is breaking its silence. It says, in short: try holding down the power button longer, and if that fails, contact customer support. Here's the

  • The cat-and-mouse game over 3D-printed guns has begun 4 hours ago by Mack DeGeurin
    Policy, Tech

    The creator of the world's first 3D-printed gun claims he's developed a way to thwart government-mandated software meant to block 3D printers from making firearms . It's an opening volley in what's shaping up to be an evolving battle between regulators trying to stem the tide of ghost guns and individuals trying to create workarounds. Cody Wilson, who claims to have made the detection-defying tool, is calling it "Hochulization" as a direct jab at New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who pushed through the nation's first law mandating gun file detection software on new printers earlier this year. "New York is

  • Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case over their rental listings partnership 7 hours ago by Stevie Bonifield
    Antitrust, News, Policy, Tech

    The FTC and Zillow have announced a settlement that ends the case alleging that a 2025 "partnership" between Zillow and Redfin violated antitrust laws. The FTC had alleged Zillow agreed to pay Redfin to syndicate its listings, while Redfin would end its own advertising contracts and promise not to compete with Zillow for multifamily listings. The FTC's settlement proposal allows Redfin to continue syndicating rental listings from Zillow "unencumbered by the anticompetitive restraints" in the original deal, but also requires Redfin to restart its own rental listings advertising business, which it wound down as part of the partnership. Dani …

  • Robotaxis are real now — so is the pushback 7 hours ago by Rani Molla
    Autonomous Cars, Electric Cars, Policy, Report, Tesla, Transportation, Waymo

    Robotaxis are expanding. So is the fight over the rules governing them. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul withdrew a proposal earlier this year that would have opened the door to driverless robotaxis outside New York City after taxi drivers, unions, and state lawmakers opposed it. Six months later, commercial driverless service remains illegal in the state, and legalization efforts are stalled. In DC, labor unions are fighting legislation that would legalize commercial robotaxis, while lawmakers are weighing a 200-vehicle cap and a 15-cent-per-mile fee that would fund Metro upgrades and aid workers displaced by autonomous vehicles. A July Cit

  • The Witcher 4 developers target a 2028 release 8 hours ago by Jay Peters
    Entertainment, Gaming, News

    CD Projekt Red is aiming to launch The Witcher 4 sometime in 2028, joint CEO Michał Nowakowski says in a new video . CD Projekt Red has been working on its next mainline Witcher title for years and has shown videos of it, but now the studio is providing a target release window for when the game might actually come out. There's more new Witcher to come before The Witcher 4 , though. At this week's Gamescom event, CD Projekt Red will be showing off its upcoming Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past , which is scheduled to release


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