The smartphone industry’s next battleground may not be the phone itself, but how consumers get it. As premium devices become more expensive, Apple, Samsung, and…
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This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps |
Screen-time apps aren’t effective for many people because, in the end, they depend on your willpower. They remind you to stop scrolling or let you…
Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here's every company it's using to do it |
Uber has partnered with — and in some cases made direct investments in — more than 30 autonomous vehicle companies over the past two years.And…
OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok |
In Brief Posted: 3:47 PM PDT · July 31, 2026 Much has been made of the incident in which one of OpenAI’s agents broke out…
Exclusive: Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e-bikes after months of delays |
Rivian spinoff Also will finally start delivering its first e-bikes to customers next week, after months of delays related to unspecified supply chain issues. The…
India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them |
For years, India was the world’s largest app download market but one of its toughest places to make money. That is beginning to change as…
Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn't. |
For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends…
Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation |
In Brief Posted: 12:47 PM PDT · July 31, 2026 Google rolled out a new feature on Thursday that allowed users to deploy Nano Banana…
Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds |
In Brief Posted: 12:39 PM PDT · July 31, 2026 Index Ventures has raised $2 billion in fresh capital across three funds, the firm announced…
Sam Altman isn't the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI |
After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI,OpenAI CEOSam Altman saysmaybe it’stime for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments camejust days after…