Tech
Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro Is Months Late - Coding Benchmarks Fell Short
Gemini 3.5 Pro is months behind schedule after Google's coding benchmark push fell short, leaving only 3.1 Pro available as OpenAI and Meta advance.
Apps
xAI Adds Automations to Grok - Schedule Jobs or Trigger Them From Your Inbox
xAI launched Grok Automations on July 16, letting users describe a repeating task once and run it on a schedule or trigger it from a matching email.
Apps
Roblox Build Lands July 28 - Type a Prompt, Publish a Game From Your iPhone
Roblox Build opens for alpha testing in New Zealand on July 28, letting users generate starter games from a text prompt inside the iPhone and iPad app.
Apps
Google Adds Calendar to Its Connected Apps in Search - and AI Mode Can Now Create Events for You
Calendar joins Gmail and Photos in Google Search connected apps. AI Mode now reads your schedule and creates events automatically - the first that can act, not just inform.
Apps
Google Renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook - and Gemini 3.5 Is Coming to AI Pro
NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook. Google announced the rename Thursday with Gemini 3.5 + Antigravity coming to AI Pro and notebooks heading to Search.
Tech
AI Models Refuse Criticism of Repressive Governments Twice as Often, Study Finds
AI models refused political criticism of China and Saudi Arabia 34% of the time - double the rate for permissive regimes. Meta's Oversight Board tested 10 models in its first LLM study.
Industry
Ten Japanese Robotics Giants - FANUC, Sony, Kawasaki - Just Joined NVIDIA's Cosmos Coalition
NVIDIA confirmed 10 Japanese industrial firms - including FANUC, Sony, and Kawasaki - are joining its Cosmos Coalition to build physical AI for manufacturing. Kawasaki also starts an AI shipyard with NVIDIA digital twins.
Tech
iOS 27: 30% Faster Apps, a New Siri, and Every Feature That Changes Your iPhone
iOS 27 features include a conversational Siri AI, Spatial Reframing in Photos, 30% faster app launches, and Safari tabs that group themselves. Here's what each one actually does.
Startups
DeepSeek Raised $7.4 Billion Last Month at $50 Billion. Now It Wants $1.5 Billion More and a 2027 IPO
DeepSeek raised $7.4B in June at a $50B valuation. Bloomberg reports it's already in talks for another $1.5B at $71B - and targeting a 2027 IPO.
Tech
Chinese Regulators Approved Apple Intelligence. Alibaba's Qwen Model Will Power It.
China approved Apple Intelligence today. Apple Intelligence China will use Alibaba's Qwen for text and image generation on all Apple platforms.
Hardware
OpenAI's First Consumer Hardware Is a Portable Speaker With No Screen, a Camera, and Parts That Move
OpenAI's first hardware product is a portable, screenless smart speaker. Mechanical parts move on their own. Apple is seeking an injunction to block it.
Tech
Google Images Turns 25 With a Pinterest-Style Redesign and Nano Banana Image Generation in Search
Google Images turns 25 with a redesign: a personalized "For You" gallery, collections, and Nano Banana image generation built into AI Overviews on Search.