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Roblox launches an AI-powered game-creation feature in its mobile app Lauren Forristal 11:22 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 Roblox announced Thursday a new feature called “Build,” allowing users to design games from their mobile devices using AI. The Build feature lets anyone turn simple text prompts...

Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills) Julie Bort 1:07 PM PDT · July 16, 2026 Ryan Beiermeister has joined Founders Fund as a partner, she announced on Monday. Beiermeister is well-known in Silicon Valley for a number of reasons. For one...

Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos Sarah Perez 11:32 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 OpenAI’s Sora may have shut down , but Google apparently thinks there’s still interest in a tool that lets you star in your own AI videos. On Thursday, the tech giant announced an update to Google Vids...

San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco Kirsten Korosec 4:25 PM PDT · July 16, 2026 It turns out that even San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie, who once declared that the city should be a testbed for emerging tech , has his limits. Especially when that emerging...

SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition Sean O'Kane 4:01 PM PDT · July 16, 2026 SpaceX abruptly aborted the second attempted launch of its upgraded Starship rocket system on Thursday, just moments after the booster ignited at the company’s complex in South Texas. CEO...

Yes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line Sarah Perez 8:38 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 Sudo make me a sandwich . The future has arrived! DoorDash just introduced a limited beta of DoorDash CLI, a command-line tool for developers that lets you order DoorDash directly from your AI agent...

Why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball? Amanda Silberling 8:31 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 You may have heard that OpenAI released its first piece of hardware this week: a $230 mini keyboard . You may not have heard that alongside this “command center for agentic work,” OpenAI also released a...

Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service Sean O'Kane 8:00 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 Sheryl Sandberg has led a $10 million investment into Self Inspection , a San Diego-based startup that is also backed by former Tesla president Jon McNeill’s DVx...

Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’ Kate Park 7:40 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 While the rest of the AI industry races to label its work as “AGI” or “superintelligence,” Alexandre LeBrun, the CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, avoids the terms...

Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you Ivan Mehta 4:30 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 The race to build the next AI interface is crowded with startups. The Sandbar ring, Plaud’s AI pin and desktop notetaker, and Pocket’s credit card-sized...

Amid rising consumer electronics prices and slow demand for new purchases, Android phone maker OnePlus plans to wind down its U.S. and Europe operations this week, according to a report from Bloomberg . The report cited a source saying that OnePlus’ shuttering of its U.S. and European shops is...

Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms Sean O'Kane 1:22 PM PDT · July 15, 2026 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday that the driver of a Tesla who crashed into a house in June had pressed the accelerator pedal to 100%, overriding the...

Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling Connie Loizos 11:04 AM PDT · July 15, 2026 Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, released its first in-house AI model Wednesday morning, called Inkling ...

Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s unpermitted gas power plant Tim De Chant 10:39 AM PDT · July 15, 2026 Google said it has made its largest solar power and battery storage purchase to date. The first two phases of the project, located in Arkansas, will generate...

SpaceX falls to $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch Sean O'Kane 11:06 AM PDT · July 15, 2026 SpaceX’s shares fell to just above $135 on Wednesday, the price that CEO Elon Musk and his company chose ahead of its blockbuster June 12 IPO that raked in nearly $86 billion. The company’s stock...

Vint Cerf is working on a plan to unleash AI agents on the open internet Tim Fernholz 5:00 AM PDT · July 15, 2026 Vint Cerf says his favorite place is where he’s never been before. One of the architects of the protocols behind the open internet, Cerf left Google after 20 years last week, but...

Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not just models Rebecca Bellan 6:10 AM PDT · July 15, 2026 AI models are becoming ever more capable, but exactly what enterprise adoption will look like remains a big question. In a bid to shape that future, labs...

Lorde says AI glasses are ‘not sexy’ Amanda Silberling 4:10 PM PDT · July 14, 2026 While Kylie Jenner serves as a human billboard for Meta’s AI glasses, pop star Lorde isn’t buying it. During a set at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid last week, Lorde had some choice words about the new...

OpenAI’s new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning Julie Bort 2:50 PM PDT · July 14, 2026 Users of OpenAI’s latest coding and cybersecurity-oriented flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol, are posting horrifying accounts on social media, claiming the model just up and deleted their...

Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out Lucas Ropek 12:41 PM PDT · July 14, 2026 Anthropic is known for its creative marketing, but the AI company may have been a little bit too creative when it conjured up its most recent advertisement. Titled “There’s hope in hard questions,” the...