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Venus Williams-backed WeWard can now lock your apps until you hit your steps Amanda Silberling 6:00 AM PDT · July 8, 2026 WeWard , an app that offers users rewards for logging their steps, is launching a feature called “Walking Mode” that allows users to restrict their use of chosen apps until...

Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips Anna Heim 1:00 AM PDT · July 8, 2026 The days of Nvidia’s unparalleled market dominance aren’t over, but challengers and choices are arising from all directions. ZML , a hot French AI startup endorsed by...

Venus Aerospace raises $90M Series B to build a new kind of rocket engine Tim Fernholz 7:07 AM PDT · July 8, 2026 Build a new kind of rocket engine and the world will beat a path to your door. Or at least that’s how it’s worked out for Venus Aerospace and its Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine...

Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images Lauren Forristal 12:28 PM PDT · July 7, 2026 Discord has acknowledged that a bug in its AI moderation system mistakenly banned more than 8,000 users over the past two months, after harmless images—including...

Why the rise of open source AI isn’t hurting Anthropic … yet Russell Brandom 1:04 PM PDT · July 7, 2026 On Monday, Decagon CEO Jesse Zhang published a provocative new theory, posted under the title “Everyone is wrong about open source AI in the enterprise.” The post grapples with one of the most...

Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos Lucas Ropek 3:18 PM PDT · July 7, 2026 Meta on Tuesday unveiled Muse Image, its new AI image generator built by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company’s dedicated AI unit. The...

As AI costs continue to rise , companies are looking for ways to cut back. The most recent example is Microsoft, which has reportedly begun to deploy a cost-savings strategy by relying less on software from OpenAI and Anthropic and instead deploying its own in-house models. Indeed, when it...

Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web Rebecca Bellan 9:27 AM PDT · July 7, 2026 Claude Cowork — Anthropic’s Claude Code-style agent for general knowledge work — is coming to your phone. Claude Cowork launched as a desktop app in January, but starting Tuesday it is available on web and mobile...

The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine Tim Fernholz 2:00 AM PDT · July 7, 2026 Forterra , a U.S. builder of autonomous vehicles, revealed today that more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs have been deployed in conflict zones in Ukraine for the past nine months, in...

Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom Julie Bort 5:00 AM PDT · July 7, 2026 Brothers Patrick and Ryan Coughlin, each with impressive careers in the tech industry (Patrick worked in national cyber defense, and at Splunk and Cisco; and Ryan...

Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: The worst breaches of 2026 so far Zack Whittaker 9:45 AM PDT · July 7, 2026 If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern — it’s front and center, woven into almost every major story of the year. Yes, wars are still...

This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car Sean O'Kane 7:00 AM PDT · July 7, 2026 Selling a car is a pain. You can take the easy route and use services like Carvana, but you may wind up with thousands of dollars less than your car is worth. Or, you could hope for...

US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom Julie Bort 4:21 PM PDT · July 6, 2026 South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix, rival to Samsung and U.S.-based Micron , is planning to sell nearly 17.8 million shares in a U.S. IPO, the company said on Monday ...

The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human Connie Loizos 4:56 PM PDT · July 6, 2026 Last week, researchers at cloud security firm Sysdig said they’d documented the first known case of “agentic ransomware.” It was an extortion operation, dubbed JadePuffer, in which an AI agent —...

Netflix invented binge-watching. Now it may have outgrown it. Sarah Perez 5:47 PM PDT · July 6, 2026 A buzzy Bloomberg report citing Netflix data suggests viewers are increasingly abandoning popular shows before the second season. The likely reasons aren’t hard to guess: Netflix frequently...

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents Russell Brandom 12:49 PM PDT · July 6, 2026 Known for its cloud infrastructure that allows developers to deploy agents without managing servers, Vercel has quietly become one of the most central companies in AI software. The...

How to reserve and change your WhatsApp username Ivan Mehta 7:15 AM PDT · July 6, 2026 Meta-owned chat app WhatsApp started to roll out username reservations for its 3 billion users earlier in June. The username feature is not active, but you can claim your username and start using it whenever...

Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation with $150M funding led by Meituan, Tencent Kate Park 2:00 AM PDT · July 6, 2026 Meta and Snap rolled out new smart glasses last month, the latest sign that the industry is racing to put a camera and an AI assistant onto users’ faces. As the...

Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales Rebecca Bellan 8:32 AM PDT · July 6, 2026 Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears that AI will replace people at companies. The...

Nearly 1 million people have lost a total of $3.8 billion after buying President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, according to cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen. The New York Times reports that Nansen’s analysis is based on transactions that are publicly visible on the blockchain, showing...