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Generated: 2026-08-07 06:00:02 | Timespan: 72h | Period: 24h
Apparel retailers are turning to AI as supply chain regulations tighten in the US and Europe
Apparel brands like Target, H&M, and Gap use AI to enhance supply chain transparency and meet new sustainability regulations effectively.
The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret
The Trump administration shared the details of its plan with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs on Tuesday. For now, the public remains in the dark.
OpenAI reaches $3.2 million settlement with DOJ over claims it discriminated against US workers
OpenAI disputes the Justice Department's view, but said it wanted to move forward with a program to support employees "requiring immigration support."
'This place is crazy': Ex-Apple engineer's texts highlight OpenAI's AI-centric workplace
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI and OpenAI publicly released a series of text messages as part of its defense.
It looks like 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry nailed his bet against AI chip stocks
Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame said he bet against the iShares Semiconductor ETF, which tumbled 21% in July.
Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt
Yet more rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have been caught attempting to hack real targets online without permission. The discoveries add to a growing list of previously unknown incidents that have alarmed AI safety experts and intensified pressure f…
I let two AI apps track every bite I ate for three days straight to help me count calories and get back into shape. Here's the most accurate one
I decided to let two AI-powered calorie-tracking apps kickstart my fitness journey, recording every single morsel I consumed for three days straight.
OK, Well, There Are Even More AI Agent Hacking Incidents
Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving instructions for future bad behavior.
SpaceX has more neocloud revenue
SpaceX's AI revenue grew more than three times to $2.6 billion from the year before, mostly because of deals that the company made to provide compute to other AI companies, according to SpaceX's quarterly earnings. The AI division, which the company said in i…
Spotify Execs Bet People Will Pay for AI Music. Stock Price Plunges
The company is going all in on AI features, including AI-generated songs, to turn free users to paid.
AI used new levels of 'autonomy and deception' to trick people in safety test
The UK's AI Safety Institute said recent behaviour from Anthropic and OpenAI models was malicious and unprecedented.
OpenAI has reported 2 more incidents of rogue AI agents, this time during third-party testing
External parties reported that OpenAI's AI agents had gone rogue during their evaluations.
These are the AI world's biggest questions as the White House hashes out a framework with OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google met in D.C. to review Trump's AI oversight framework amid cybersecurity concerns and regulatory questions.
Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.
Google Overhauls AI Leadership As DeepMind CEO Steps Aside
Google is reshuffling its AI leadership as Demis Hassabis steps away from day-to-day management of DeepMind to become chairman and Alphabet's chief scientist, while CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu takes operational control. Meanwhile, longtime chief scientist Jeff Dean…
‘Not healthy’ LLM use is more common than you think
Hank Green, a popular YouTuber and science communicator, said he is stepping back from production amid intense criticism over his use of AI. Green described his AI usage as "not healthy," but stressed that he used it for finding research sources and not to wr…
SpaceX Stock Drops After First Earnings Call as Musk Fails to Woo Investors With AI Goals
Musk promised robots on the Moon to justify directing the bulk of SpaceX's $18.4 billion capex on AI.
Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17
Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 44 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
AMD executives say the chip company has a key advantage over Nvidia: being more open
AMD executives said the company's open-source software is a key advantage in its competition against Nvidia, enhancing AI chip development.
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo
We were pretty sure that Fenix Flexin's "Rubberz" was made using AI, but musician Medasin was confident that it was made using Treblo specifically. Now the company and a new detection tool seem to confirm it. On Monday, the company announced the open-source T…
The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers
Today, I’m talking with Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, about the growing backlash against AI data centers. Gaby recently reported a fantastic piece about Hernando County, Florida, where last month the county commission unanimously appro…
The next chapter of our AI momentum
Today, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared some changes with Google DeepMind teams.
How to get a free pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses (Gen 2) with an AT&T internet plan — yes, it's real
Sign up for AT&T's 5 GIG internet plan and you'll be eligible for a free pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses AND a $200 reward card.
What smart people in tech are saying about Google's AI leadership restructuring
Opinions diverge on what it means for DeepMind's future as Google overhauls its AI leadership.
Google is in talks for a $1.5 billion-plus deal with AI coding agent startup Mechanize
Google wants its AI to get better at coding. It might have found a shortcut with the startup Mechanize.
How an OpenAI influencer trip backfired
The brand trip is a right of passage for influencers. It's a mark of legitimacy that a sponsor wants to invite them on an all-expenses-paid vacation, often with luxurious freebies and activities. Trips can also spur hard feelings from uninvited influencers, t…
8 working parents share how they use AI to give them more time with their kids
Working parents say AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude help them manage schedules, freeing them up to spend more time with their kids.
Mistral Is in the Right Place at the Right Time
Open-weight AI models are having a moment in the wake of recent turmoil at US tech giants. For French AI lab Mistral, that’s the the best thing that could have happened.
Is This Poker Player Bluffing? The AI Thinks So
ESPN unveiled an “AI tells detection” tool during broadcasts of the 2026 World Series of Poker. Is it a neat computer-powered party trick, or a real threat to poker’s future?
The AI bros are lonely
AI power users told Business Insider that their love of the tech made them feel lonely. One suspected it contributed to a breakup with his girlfriend.
Anthropic confirms it's building an in-house chip team for Claude
The AI startup is hiring engineers to design custom chips for its Claude AI model, according to a job listing and a company statement.
Trump Is Desecrating a New Kind of National Monument
The White House is turning MAGA traitors into AI slop.
SpaceX and Nvidia are taking their relationship exclusive — here's what Musk said about their new status
On SpaceX's earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk said that his company was committed to buying graphics processing units from Nvidia only.
Morgan Stanley mapped 3 AI futures. One company wins them all.
Morgan Stanley mapped 3 AI futures. Here's why Nvidia and the cloud giants could win no matter what happens.
The Truth About AI That Every Business Leader Needs to Hear Right Now
Cut through the AI hype and fear — and learn the truth about what the technology can (and can't) do.
Gen Z Says This Is the Main Reason They Don’t Date: ‘Feels So Unattainable’
Gen Z increasingly chooses to stay home instead of go on dates, and more than half say this is the reason why.
Microsoft Tells Engineers 'Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For'
Microsoft is introducing AI token budgets for employees, making the cheaper GPT-5.6 its default internal model and telling engineers to focus on business results rather than maximizing AI usage. 404 Media reports: "As we accelerate our use of GitHub Copilot t…
Ukraine has drones that can lock onto targets when Russia severs the connection to their operators, letting them complete their attacks
Russian jamming can sever Ukrainian pilots' drone links, but target-lock technology can still guide the drones to their targets.
A University Used AI to Police Its Entrance Exam. Now 58,000 Students Need a Do-Over
“We demand honesty, not artificial intelligence,” protestors chanted.
What smart people are saying about OpenAI's 'Apple is getting this wrong' rebuttal
In a blog post, OpenAI wrote that Apple's recent lawsuit was "careless, aggressive and oddly personal." Here's what smart people are saying about it.
Young South Korean investors are finding company in collective misery by sharing their losses on social media
One Instagram user said that while she had failed at dieting, her investment account managed to lose weight.
SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X
Once, I had some questions about why SpaceX, Elon Musk's healthiest company, acquired xAI, his sickliest one. Now I have some questions about why we're calling the whole thing SpaceX. Look, what we have here, by revenue, is primarily a telecom company and a c…
Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up
After Uber and Waymo ended their partnership in Phoenix earlier this year, experts and robotaxi watchers wondered whether the companies' improbable bromance was fraying. Not so, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said today. The two companies are committed to continu…
Google’s AI Search Reportedly Told Users That Flock Cameras Are a Goldmine
Seems bad.
Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month
Google Assistant's days have been numbered ever since Gemini arrived on the scene, and its time is now up. Google has announced that it will be removing access to Assistant on Android phones and tablets, along with paired devices like smartwatches or headphon…
Meta Is Challenging Claude Code and Codex With New Muse Code
With coding as a key capability for AI companies, Meta throws its hat into the ring.
The Viral Smart Glasses-Sniffing App Is Informative, but Anticlimactic
For $3, the Antizuck app claims to sniff out smart glasses while running in the background.
I Usually Laugh Off These AI Hacking Reports, but This One Sounds Serious and Scary
Okay, okay, joke's over.
Jack Ma quietly invested $30 million in Corgi, one of Y Combinator's hottest startups
Yunfeng Capital, led by Jack Ma, quietly invested $30 million in AI startup Corgi, marking a rare deal amidst US-China investment tensions.
Read Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro's memo to employees after a strong quarter
Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro said the company's strong quarter "reflects the strength of our businesses" and "the extraordinary work you do every day."
The law firm of the future may look less like a pyramid — and more like an obelisk
After 17 years at Quinn Emanuel, Christopher Kercher is building a law firm around the idea that AI can help lawyers offer faster, cheaper service.
Some student-loan borrowers mistakenly received past-due notices. Correction emails are coming.
Student-loan borrowers reported notices from MOHELA informing them that they're delinquent on their payments. That wasn't the case.
What Is AI Model Distillation?
More and more models are being built on the shoulders of giants—for better or worse.
Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Nowhere is the US data center boom bigger than in Texas. But less than a year after declaring Texas the "epicenter of AI development," Governor Greg Abbott has declared a moratorium on all new power grid …
Silicon Valley's favorite fantasy is back: one app to rule them all
Silicon Valley has spent years obsessing over "super apps" that can do it all. Google, Microsoft and OpenAI are making moves in that direction.
AI could finally make the super app work in the US. Or kill it for good.
Major American tech companies are dusting off their plans to build an app that does everything.
$1 billion travel agent platform Fora just landed its first CMO
Alanna Gregory, who previously worked at Block, said her priorities as CMO are to make Fora an iconic brand, and grow its network.
Back to school already? I've been testing ePaper notebooks all week so you can start the year off right
I've been using the TCL Note A1 NXTPAPER and Boox Go 10.3 Gen II for weeks to find out which note-taking tablet is best, and just in time for back-to-school season.
They're a world leader in using drones for healthcare. But drones can't do it all
Drones carrying medical supplies constantly crisscross the skies of Rwanda. The Trump administration is giving a major grant to the effort — and at the same time cutting aid to the country.
The Pentagon's counter-drone force has rolled out a new online marketplace for buying defensive tech
Developed with Kaizen Laboratories, the new shop allows users to find systems based on price, features, performance reviews, and requirements.
Fake AI job candidates are forcing a hiring rethink at Arena, its CEO says
Arena's cofounder and CEO says fake job candidates passed interviews with the company's engineers and then disappeared.
Alex Karp rings the alarm for salespeople, saying Palantir's teams crushed earnings with a 'miniscule and shrinking' head count
"We have discarded conventional wisdom in favor of our own," CEO Karp said of Palantir's best-ever quarter.
The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting
WIRED spoke with an engineer who was interviewed by Edward “Big Balls” Coristine for a government engineering role at the NDS, the White House agency staffed by other DOGE veterans.
Bose’s upgraded QuietComfort headphones add head-tracking immersive audio
Bose announced a second-generation version of its entry-level QuietComfort noise-canceling headphones that were originally introduced in late 2023. The new headphones feature a refreshed design with a more comfortable headband that's easier to adjust and ANC …
Two of Ring’s latest video doorbells are a lot cheaper than usual
Ring’s Wired Doorbell Pro and Battery Doorbell Plus are two of the brand’s most well-rounded video doorbells, whether you’re looking for a hardwired model or one that runs on a battery. Right now, its Wired Doorbell Pro is down to $199 ($50 off) at Amazon and…
A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals
Nobody likes getting a swab shoved up their nose. A startup in Japan has developed a much less intrusive system.
Sunbird relaunched its iMessage app for Android users after three years away
Sunbird Messaging is back on the Google Play Store, offering Android users blue bubble privileges in iMessage complete with reactions and high quality videos for $2.99 a month. Apple and Google have made cross platform messaging better in recent years with su…
Disney gives TikTok creators official access to Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar characters
Disney is introducing fan-created TikTok content to its Disney Plus app in its latest attempt to break into short-form creator videos. The Walt Disney Company announced today that it's partnering with TikTok to bring "an expansive collection of thoughtfully c…
Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling a leadership vacuum
Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees, amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil.
The disconnect between effort and value
They’re often out of whack. A Hard Day’s Night took less than 15 hours from idea to finished record. More Than a Feeling, from Tom Scholz and Boston, took five years. Each pleased their audiences. One is not 1,500 times more valuable than the other. Sometimes…
The K-shaped economy isn't dead yet
From a "K" to a "C," policymakers and economists keep trying to define the economy's shape. It's leading to alphabet soup.
Jeff Bezos Just Sold $4.1 Billion in Amazon Stock. Now Shares Are Down.
The sale came one day after Amazon shares hit an all-time high and pushed the company's market value above $3 trillion.
U.S. missile stockpiles dwindle. And, FDA weighs approval of flu shots with mRNA tech
The U.S. Army's missile stockpile is dwindling and could take years to replenish. And, the Food and Drug Administration is deciding whether to approve a flu vaccine with mRNA technology.
This is the hot job at SpaceX
SpaceX is staffing up to persuade companies and governments that Starlink can serve as their primary internet provider.
Telegram CEO says an extortionist planted CSAM in a chat to get it pulled from the App Store
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov blames an extortionist for planting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in a public chat to get the app temporarily removed from Apple's App Store on Monday night. "Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting us," Durov…
The Asus Chromebook Plus CX34 is at one of its lowest prices
The Asus Chromebook Plus CX34 is a dependable laptop that doesn’t cost a fortune, despite being nearly three years old. It’s cheaper than usual right now, and you have a few options in the sub-$400 range. The option with the most storage is currently on sale …
Our favorite memories at the movies
It's a great time to go back to theaters! The Odyssey is currently making believers in IMAX. And combined with the power of Spider-Man, it's also breaking box-office records. After Verge senior reviewer David Imel reported back on his latest 70MM IMAX adventu…
Pixel 11 Leak Shows a New HiLight LED Light on the Back of the Phone
The feature -- previously rumored as Pixel Glow -- may bring a visual twist to Google’s next Pixel series
NASA Backs Wild Plan for a Laser-Powered Drone to Explore Giant Caves Below the Moon’s Surface
NASA awarded $175,000 for preliminary research into lunar cave-spelunking drones as part of $3.2 million dispersed via its “innovative advanced concepts” awards this summer.
Last chance! Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 preorder deal could get you the foldable for as little as $699.99, but you're running out of time
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Fold 8 Ultra hit store shelves on August 7th, but you can still enjoy some hefty trade-in discounts if you buy from Samsung.
The Clip-Style Wireless Earbuds Field Is Getting Awfully Crowded
The CMF Clip Pro are open-ear wireless earbuds with a charging case that looks like... not a charging case.
I Was Told I’m ‘Just a Mom With a Side Hustle.’ Here’s What Those Words Reveal About Modern Business and Motherhood.
Motherhood is reshaping leadership, challenging outdated biases and redefining what it means to build a successful company.
TCL's new budget tablet just landed in the US with a surprising launch discount
The Tab A1 Plus NXTPAPER is finally getting a full launch in the United States, and TCL is marking the occasion by slashing $100 off the price of the tablet.
Customer Experience Is a Different Game Now. Most Companies Are Still Playing the Old One.
The businesses seeing the greatest ROI from customer experience tend to share this one characteristic.
The oldest college in every state
The oldest college in the United States is Harvard University, founded in 1636.
T-Mobile Is Stretching Its Device Commitment to 3 Years with New Installment and “2.0” Phone Plans
The carrier is incrementing its plans to “2.0” versions and giving customers the option of paying off devices over 36 months.
Lime is doubling down on cities where it already operates. It's about creating more loyal riders, its CEO says
Lime CEO Wayne Ting focuses on adding scooters and bicycles in US cities to enhance reliability and rider engagement after company's IPO.
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