Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content |

9:49 AM PDT · July 31, 2026 Snapchat is the latest company to strengthen its stance against AI slop. The social network platform will no…

GM and Ford are talking less and less about EVs |

Just a few short years ago, General Motors and Ford were all in on electric vehicles, spending billions of dollars on those efforts. Now the…

Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users |

9:08 AM PDT · July 31, 2026 In his final earnings call as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook said that the company’s long-awaited Siri AI…

The robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope tumbled out of control |

12:07 PM PDT · July 28, 2026 A Katalyst Space robot that was launched to grab on to a space telescope and raise it to…

Elon Musk's X settles multiyear legal battle with the World Federation of Advertisers |

8:36 AM PDT · July 29, 2026 Elon Musk’s X has settled its multiyear legal battle with advertising trade group the World Federation of Advertisers…

Perplexity employee who worked on Comet launches an AI browser aimed at knowledge work |

AI browsers were all the rage in 2025. Companies large and small tried to build browsers that baked in AI in an effort to own…

Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents |

In Brief Posted: 5:09 PM PDT · July 28, 2026 Data security company Cyera, which recently raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, announced…

Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls |

Encore AI, a startup that studies companies’ customer interactions to train and deploy AI voice agents that can work alongside customer support and sales teams,…

Fast Metals is treating waste with more waste to extract critical minerals |

Aluminum has left an indelible mark on the world — more than 3 billion tons of red mud, a waste product of the refining process,…

DoorDash is building its own drone delivery business |

DoorDash is building a drone delivery business, including its own aircraft, as part of an effort developed by its robotics and autonomy team, which will…