The Matic robot vacuum now offers gesture controlled spot cleaning and a built-in voice assistant. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Matic, my current favorite robot vacuum, just got a big upgrade. The company has launched Matic … Continue reading You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up
Dali Rajic will take over as OpenAI’s top salesperson. Source: TechCrunch OpenAI hires new CRO as executive shake-up continues Continue reading OpenAI hires new CRO as executive shake-up continues
He is charged with stalking resulting in the death of an executive, but the specifics of his plea were unclear. A murder trial in state court is set for next month. Source: New York Times Luigi Mangione, Facing Stalking Charges … Continue reading Luigi Mangione, Facing Stalking Charges in Federal Court, Is Expected to Plead Guilty
2K is launching a new AAA game development studio, Small Axe Studios, with an ambitious goal: to build the company’s “next blockbuster sports franchise,” according to a LinkedIn post. The post doesn’t explicitly say what sport this new game will … Continue reading 2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’
Ford said today that its next-generation electric vehicle – recently dubbed Fathom – will go into production at the automaker’s recently overhauled Louisville Assembly Plant in the first quarter of 2027. The first Fathoms will be prototypes, with Ford’s team … Continue reading Ford’s $28,000 Fathom EV nears production after $2 billion factory overhaul
Meta is launching an optional Scam Alert feature on WhatsApp that uses on-device machine learning to flag suspicious messages. Earlier this year, Meta also launched scam detection for device linking requests on WhatsApp. The new Scam Alert feature, which is … Continue reading Meta adds AI screening to detect WhatsApp scams
X is expanding the open source code behind its ‘For You’ feed and launching new transparency tools that show users when its ranking systems have affected their accounts or posts. Source: TechCrunch X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users … Continue reading X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’
Wyoming, one of the most conservative states, has a legislature divided between a hard-right House and a merely right Senate. Ultraconservatives want a complete takeover in the Aug. 18 primaries. Source: New York Times In This State, an Intense Fight … Continue reading In This State, an Intense Fight in the G.O.P. for Control of the Right
Imagine a trio of bumbling, English lads who fantasize about becoming megastars while knocking back a few pints in a grimy pub somewhere in London. Picture the guys chortling and trying to one-up each other’s idealized visions of the future … Continue reading I looked inside an AI generated movie, and the best parts were all human
Nvidia has a plan to make sure its GPUs won’t lose value. It wants to convince a new crop of financiers to keep lending for AI buildouts. Source: TechCrunch Nvidia’s new 0B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging … Continue reading Nvidia’s new $500B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging GPUs
