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Snapchat Revamps Spotlight Rewards to Focus on Authentic Creators
Snapchat is updating Spotlight rewards with a new creator incentive program that values authentic and engaging content instead of relying on a separate payment system.
Google Brings Gemini Spark to Chrome for AI-Powered Browser Tasks
Google integrated Gemini Spark into Chrome, enabling AI to browse sites, complete tasks, and use approved sessions with built-in safeguards.
xAI Launches Grok Voice Think Fast 2 for Faster Real-Time AI Voice Agents
xAI has introduced Grok Voice Think Fast 2, a new low-latency AI voice model designed for real-time conversations, tool calling, and enterprise voice applications.
Tim Cook Signs Off From His Final Apple Earnings Call After 15 Years
Tim Cook's final earnings call ended with a brief goodbye to analysts and shareholders - his 60th-plus in 15 years at Apple before John Ternus takes over.
Tesla Builds Its 10 Millionth EV - Halfway to Musk's $1 Trillion Pay Target
Tesla announced its 10 millionth EV on July 30, putting Musk halfway to the 20 million vehicle milestone in his $1 trillion compensation package.
Spotify Running Mode Launches on iOS With 25 Presets, BPM Control, and AI-Powered Audio Cues
Spotify Running Mode picks tracks by BPM and workout phase for Premium users on iOS in seven countries, with 25 presets and English audio cues.
Google Search Console Platform Properties Roll Out Globally for Social and Video Content
Google Search Console Platform Properties are globally live, tracking how posts on Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube appear in Google Search and Discover.
What Do the Planets Mean on Snapchat? Friend Solar System Explained
Wondering what the planets mean on Snapchat? This guide explains every Snapchat planet, how the Friend Solar System works, and what your friendship ranking really means.
Lyria 3.5 Launches in Google Flow Music With Better Vocals, Lyrics, and Tempo Control
Google's Lyria 3.5 launches in Flow Music with more expressive vocals, better prompt adherence in lyrics, improved melodic complexity, and tempo control.
Grok Build Mode Lets SuperGrok Heavy Subscribers Build and Host Apps From a Chat Prompt
Grok Build Mode launches in Early Beta for SuperGrok Heavy - describe a website, app, or game and Grok builds and hosts it on a shareable grok.me link.
DeepSeek Pricing 2026: Free App, API Rates, and Flash vs Pro
DeepSeek pricing: free app, no subscription. API at $0.14/$0.28 per 1M (Flash) or $0.435/$0.87 (Pro). Caching cuts input 98%. Verified July 2026.
X Money Launches in the US With a Visa Debit Card, 6% APY, and No Fees on Transfers
X Money is now live for US Premium and Premium+ subscribers with a Visa debit card, no-fee P2P transfers, and 6% APY for users who link a direct deposit.
Apple Upgrade: Monthly Device Leasing Launches and Replaces the iPhone Upgrade Program
Apple Upgrade is a monthly leasing program for iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad backed by Klarna. The iPhone Upgrade Program shuts down at the same time.
WhatsApp Web Gets Voice and Video Calls - and a Way to Switch Devices Mid-Call
WhatsApp web calls are now live in any browser, no app install needed. Move a group call from a phone to the browser mid-conversation without hanging up. Five features ship together on July 28.
Microsoft Launches MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a Security Model That Beats Mythos and GPT on CyberGym
Microsoft's first security AI scores 96% on CyberGym, beating Mythos and GPT. MAI-Cyber-1-Flash ships inside MDASH at half the cost of prior models.
macOS Tahoe 26.6 Lands With 130-Plus Security Patches and a Spotlight Prep for macOS 27
macOS Tahoe 26.6 fixes more than 130 CVEs in a single update. Kernel gets the most patches, WebKit gets eight, and Claude helped find two of the bugs.
Cursor Launches ₹649 India-Only Plan With Grok 4.5 and UPI Payments
Cursor Start India goes live at ₹649 per month with Grok 4.5, cloud agents, and UPI payments. Start excludes frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic.
You can now use Meta AI in Threads DMs
Meta AI is now available in Threads DMs worldwide, allowing users to chat privately and share posts, links, images, and videos without tagging the AI publicly.
Best VPN for Gaming 2026: 5 Picks for Low Ping and DDoS Protection
Five verified gaming VPN picks for 2026: low-ping protocols, DDoS protection, console support, and pricing checked against official sources.
YouTube Bundles Peacock Premium Into Its Subscription Starting Early 2027
YouTube Peacock bundle lands early 2027, adding ad-supported Peacock Premium to YouTube Premium for US subscribers, per a joint announcement Monday.
Apple Smart Glasses Set for WWDC 2027 Debut With Privacy at the Center
Apple smart glasses are targeting a WWDC 2027 reveal, with privacy as the central feature and late 2027 customer shipments planned, per Bloomberg.
Midjourney Acquires Co-Star and Brings Its CEO on as Chief Design Officer
Midjourney Co-Star is now official: the AI image company is buying the astrology app and bringing founder Banu Guler on as its new Chief Design Officer.
Google Confirms Pixel Price Increase for All Models as RAM Costs Quadruple
Google confirmed a Pixel price increase for all phones, including the Pixel 10a. Specifics come at the Pixel 11 launch on August 12, as DRAM hits $12 per GB.
Bloomberg Maps Out Apple's MacBook Ultra: Touchscreen, OLED, Dynamic Island, and a Ship Date
Bloomberg's Gurman expects Apple's MacBook Ultra in late 2026 or early 2027. First Mac with OLED, touchscreen, Dynamic Island, no notch, and M5 chips.
Google Maps Immersive Navigation Rolls Out to Android Auto With Live Speedometer
Google Maps Immersive Navigation is reaching Android Auto on stable builds, bringing a 3D route view and live speedometer. Rollout is server-side and US-first.
What's New in iCloud in iOS 27: Photos, HomeKit Cameras, and Passwords
iOS 27 iCloud adds 4K HomeKit recording, Android Shared Album uploads, AI password fixes, and force-sync for photos. Seven changes shipping in September.
How to Set Up Codex Micro: What Every Key, Dial, and Joystick Should Do
Codex Micro costs $230 with 32 icon keycaps included. Setup is where it earns its place on your desk - here is what to map to each key, joystick, and dial.
Facebook Verified Launches as a Free Selfie Badge to Prove You Are a Real Person
Facebook Verified launched July 24 as a free selfie badge that confirms a real person is behind an account - available on Marketplace, Dating, and Groups.
Claude Opus 5 vs Fable 5: Six Benchmarks, Side-by-Side Pricing, and When to Switch
Opus 5 lands within 0.5% of Fable 5 on CursorBench at max effort, beats it on Frontier-Bench, and costs half as much at $5/$25 per million tokens.
Claude Opus 5 Launches: Same Price as Opus 4.8, Within 0.5% of Fable 5 on Coding Benchmarks
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 at $5/$25 per million tokens - Opus 4.8's price - while landing within 0.5% of Fable 5 on CursorBench at half the cost.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra vs Galaxy Z Fold 7: Is the Upgrade Worth It?
Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra adds 5,000mAh battery, 45W charging, and a 50MP ultra-wide over the Z Fold 7. The price gap is $600.
Patreon Cuts 93 Jobs - 20% of Its Workforce - as CEO Jack Conte Cites AI's Effect on How Tech Companies Build
Patreon is cutting 93 employees - 20% of its workforce. CEO Jack Conte says AI changed how the platform operates, not who does the work.
Everything New in iOS 27: Messages, Wallet, Maps, Apple Intelligence, and More
iOS 27 is the biggest iPhone update in years: rebuilt Siri with Gemini, Apple Intelligence in Messages and Calendar, a new Wallet pass creator, smarter Maps, and 30% faster app performance.
What's New in Apple Music in iOS 27: AutoMix Upgrade, Landscape Now Playing, and Siri AI
iOS 27 Apple Music upgrades AutoMix, redesigns artist pages, adds landscape Now Playing, brings hi-res lossless to Apple TV, and adds Siri AI playback control.
What's New in Calendar in iOS 27: Type an Event, Apple Intelligence Does the Rest
iOS 27 Calendar gets natural language event creation powered by Apple Intelligence. Type a description and Calendar auto-fills the time, location, and invitees.
What's New in Wallet in iOS 27: Create a Pass, Split Bills, and Smarter Orders
iOS 27 Wallet gets Create a Pass for scanning physical cards and building digital passes, plus Split Bill with Apple Cash direct from a camera receipt scan.
What's New in Maps in iOS 27: Enhanced Flyover, Local Lists, and Smarter Search
iOS 27 Maps gets AI-enhanced Flyover for sharper city views, US Local Lists for trending spots, more Suggested Places, and natural language routing search.
What's New in Messages in iOS 27: AI Suggestions, Drawing, and Better RCS
iOS 27 Messages gets one-tap AI suggestions, a Drawing iMessage app, inline RCS replies, and real Tapback reactions - plus performance and reliability fixes.
Claude Voice Mode Now Runs on Opus and Sonnet - and Can Take Actions in Gmail, Slack, and Notion
Claude voice mode now runs on Opus and Sonnet for the first time, with connectors for Gmail, Slack, and Notion and support for 11 languages.
OpenAI Launches Health in ChatGPT - Connect Medical Records and Apple Health Across Every Chat
Health in ChatGPT launches today for US users. Connect Apple Health and medical records to give ChatGPT context on your actual lab results and medications.
Google's Selfie Video Sign-In Lets a Face Recording Replace Your Recovery Phone Number
Google's selfie video sign-in rolls out today as a biometric backup for locked Google accounts. Guided head movements prove it's live, not a photo or deepfake.
Amazon Adds Luna Cloud Games to Prime Video - Hogwarts Legacy, EA Sports FC Available on Fire TV Today
Amazon embedded its Luna cloud gaming service inside Prime Video today. Fire TV owners in the US and UK can play Hogwarts Legacy and more without a console.
Google Q2 2026: Cloud Revenue Jumps 82%, Gemini Closes in on ChatGPT With 950 Million Users
Google Q2 2026 earnings: $119.8 billion revenue, Cloud up 82%, and Gemini at 950 million monthly users - closing in on ChatGPT's 1 billion.
Etched Raises $300 Million at $10.3 Billion Valuation to Build Frontier Inference Clusters
Etched raises $300 million at a $10.3 billion valuation, doubling its worth in 23 days. Sequoia leads alongside a16z, Jane Street, and SK Hynix.
Claude Cowork Adds Record a Skill - Point It at Your Workflow and Let It Take Over
Claude Record a Skill lets you teach Claude a task by walking through it on screen. Claude builds a repeatable automation from your recording.
SoundCloud Acquires Nina Protocol After the Blockchain Music Startup Couldn't Make It Work
SoundCloud picks up Nina Protocol after the blockchain music platform shut down in May. Artists get a migration tool and a free subscription through year-end.
Android 17 Can Now Transfer Your eSIM and Passwords When You Switch From iPhone - No App Required
Android 17 now transfers eSIMs, passwords, and Wi-Fi credentials wirelessly when you switch from iPhone - no separate app needed. Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2026.
Substack Adds Pangram AI Detection So Readers Can See How Much of a Newsletter Was Written by a Human
Substack integrated Pangram AI detection, letting readers scan newsletters to see how much was written by a human. Writers can opt out or add an AI disclosure.
WhatsApp Now Lets You Sign Up on iPad Without a Phone - Plus CarPlay, PDF Edits, and Music Sharing
WhatsApp now lets you sign up on iPad without a phone. The update also adds rebuilt CarPlay support, in-chat PDF editing via Adobe, and music sharing to Status.
Apple Plans 11 New Macs Through 2028 - OLED MacBook With Touchscreen Leads the Roadmap
Apple is planning 11 new Mac models through 2028, starting with new iMacs and a MacBook Pro this fall and ending with an OLED MacBook Air and iMac further out.
Costco Launches on JD.com as China's Official E-Commerce Partner - No Membership Card Required
Costco officially launched on JD.com as China's sole e-commerce partner. No membership card needed, same-day delivery nationwide, 700 product types live.
Google CodeMender Is Now in Preview - an AI Agent That Finds, Proves, and Fixes Code Vulnerabilities
Google CodeMender is now in preview - an AI agent that scans code for vulnerabilities, proves they're exploitable, and generates tested patches automatically.
Meta Is Testing an AI Children's Story App Called StoryKit - Snap a Toy, Get a Bedtime Story
Meta is testing StoryKit, an AI app that generates personalized bedtime stories for children. Snap a toy, pick a lesson, get a story with music.
Claude Code Can Now Build and Test iOS Apps Directly in the iOS Simulator
Claude Code now builds and tests iOS apps directly in Apple's Simulator - public beta, no extra permissions needed. Xcode required.
Google Launches Three New Gemini Models and Teases Gemini 4 While Its Flagship Sits in Limbo
Google shipped three Flash-class Gemini models on Tuesday and dropped its first hint about Gemini 4. Gemini 3.5 Pro is still not out.
Threads Adds Parental Controls Three Years After Launch - Under Legal Pressure to Protect Teens
Meta is adding parental supervision to Threads - daily time limits, sleep mode, and tagging controls. US rollout next week, global by year end.
Instagram Now Lets You Swap the Music on Old Posts Without Losing Any Engagement
Instagram's new Replace Audio tool lets creators swap music on published posts and carousels at any time - no re-upload needed, no engagement lost.
Grok for Excel Lands as a Free Microsoft 365 Add-In - Powered by Grok 4.5
xAI launched Grok for Excel on July 20. Free Microsoft 365 add-in powered by Grok 4.5 - writes formulas, runs scenarios, and pulls from SharePoint and email.
Kimi K3 Pricing 2026: Plans, API Costs, and What Each Tier Gets You
Kimi K3 pricing: five tiers from free to $159/month annual, API at $3/$15 per million tokens, and when the 1M-token context unlocks.
Google Is Building a Chip With Gemini Baked Directly Into the Hardware
Google is building a chip codenamed "Frozen v2" that bakes Gemini directly into hardware - 6-10x more efficient than its current AI chips, targeting 2028.
X Rebuilt Its Android App From Scratch After More Than a Year of Work
X rebuilt its Android app from scratch after a year-long overhaul. Scrolling, loading, and notifications are faster. Video Editor and Spaces come next.
Anthropic Pays $1.5 Billion to Close AI Copyright Case - Fair Use Won, Piracy Lost
A federal judge approved the Anthropic copyright settlement for $1.5 billion on July 20 - the largest in US history. Training AI on books is fair use. Downloading pirated ones from Library Genesis was not.
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 Is Out - Fixes the Gemini Crash That Was Randomly Rebooting Pixel Phones
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 is live. Eight fixes including the Gemini crash that randomly rebooted Pixel phones. Big warning before you install.
Hackers Are Actively Exploiting Two Patched WordPress Flaws - Up to 90 Million Sites at Risk
Two critical WordPress flaws are under active exploit. WP2Shell needs no login and no plugins to take full control of a site. Update to 7.0.2 or 6.9.5 now.
Hugging Face Hacked by an Autonomous AI Agent - US LLMs Blocked Defenders, So GLM 5.2 Ran the IR
Hugging Face discloses a July 2026 security incident: autonomous AI agent attack, US LLM guardrails blocked forensics, GLM 5.2 ran the IR on-prem.
Tennessee Puts Meta on Trial Over Instagram's Addictive Design - Up to $1,000 Per Violation
Meta faces trial in Tennessee over Instagram's addictive design. New Mexico won $375M on similar claims. Three more trials land before August 18.
Prysmian Signs €5.5 Billion Molex Deal to Supply Fibre Optic Cables for Data Centers
Prysmian signs a €5.5 billion, 10-year deal with Molex (Koch) to supply fibre optic cables for data centers. €550 million upfront. Prysmian shares rose 2%.
Kimi K3 Pauses New Subscriptions After 48 Hours of Demand Maxed GPU Capacity
Kimi K3 hit capacity limits after 48 hours. New subscriptions paused; existing users unaffected. Moonshot splits into Kimi Membership and Kimi Code Membership.
Qwen3.8 Goes Live With 2.4T Parameters - Alibaba Claims Second to Fable 5, Open Weights Coming
Alibaba's Qwen3.8 preview lands with 2.4T parameters and multimodal support. Alibaba claims second to Fable 5. Open weights are promised but have no date.
Facebook and Instagram Hit With Outages Sunday - Over 7,600 US Reports Filed, Meta Silent
Facebook and Instagram suffered outages Sunday. Over 4,800 Facebook and 2,800 Instagram reports hit Downdetector in the US. Meta has not commented.
Kimi K3 vs Claude Fable 5: Cheaper and Faster on Agents, Behind on Professional Work
K3 wins SWE Marathon, BrowseComp, and Terminal Bench at 70% lower cost. Fable 5 leads intelligence and professional work. Pick based on your task.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Embed Hits #1 on RTEB - Three Open Models for Production RAG and Agentic Retrieval
NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Embed ranks #1 on RTEB. Three open commercial models - 8B hits 78.46 NDCG@10, 1B hits 72.38 - with 32K context and code retrieval training.
Best VPN for Netflix 2026: 4 Picks That Pass Netflix's Detection
Most VPNs claim Netflix support. Only 4 pass Netflix's detection in July 2026. NordVPN leads with 25 libraries. Verified prices and real-world results.
Apple Overtakes Nvidia as the World's Most Valuable Company - First Time Since May 2025
Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to reclaim the world's most valuable company title for the first time since May 2025 - $4.87 trillion vs $4.83 trillion.
Google Meet Adds 3-Person Threshold to 'Take Notes for Me' - Admins Must Act Before September 21
Google Meet's "Take notes for me" now has a 3-person threshold. Business Standard admins have it ON by default. End-user changes arrive September 21.
Anthropic Is in Talks to Buy $10 Billion of Compute From Meta - Its Fourth Major Infrastructure Source
Anthropic is in early talks on a compute deal with Meta worth up to $10 billion over two years, the New York Times reported Thursday.
Kimi K3 Is the World's First Open 3T Model - Beats GPT-5.6 Sol on Coding at $3 Per Million Tokens
Kimi K3 is Moonshot AI's 2.8T open model, available through Kimi.com and its API, with strong GPU kernel results, a $3/MTok API rate, and full weights released July 27.
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.
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.
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.
1Password for Claude Lets AI Agents Sign Into Websites Without Touching Your Passwords
1Password for Claude fills your logins without showing passwords to the AI. Every credential request needs your approval, and Claude never sees the secret.
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.
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.
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.
SpaceX Stock Fell Below Its $135 IPO Price. A Lockup Releasing 911 Million Shares Comes Next
SpaceX stock dipped below its $135 IPO price Wednesday for the first time. An August lockup releasing 911 million shares - worth $123B at current prices - is the next test.
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.
OnePlus Is Shutting Down in the US, Europe, and India. Realme Is Exiting China at the Same Time.
OnePlus shutdown begins in the US and Europe this week, per Bloomberg. India follows in 2027. Realme exits China simultaneously. Oppo is consolidating both brands into tighter regional roles.
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.
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.
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.
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.
US Sanctions on a Ransomware VPN Took Telegram's t.me Domain Offline for 24 Hours
OFAC listed a Telegram group link in sanctions against First VPN. The .me registry suspended all of t.me as a result - every invite link broke for 24 hours.
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.
WhatsApp Is Building Its Own Cloud Backup for iPhone - With Encryption iCloud Does Not Force On You
WhatsApp is developing its own cloud backup for iPhone. Backups on WhatsApp servers use mandatory end-to-end encryption - iCloud makes that optional.
General Fusion Lists on Nasdaq. Its Machine Has Already Hit 8.4 Million Degrees Celsius.
General Fusion began trading on Nasdaq today as GFUZ, the first publicly listed fusion company. LM26 has already reached 8.4 million degrees Celsius toward a 10 million degree target.
X Fixed a Ranking Bug That Was Hiding Your Friends in Replies
X pushed a ranking change Monday that boosts mutual followers in replies. Nikita Bier says mutual-follow data was simply missing from the X algorithm entirely.
Apple Quietly Acquired SigScalr, the Startup Behind Open-Source Observability Tool SigLens
Apple acquired assets and employees from SigScalr, the maker of open-source observability tool SigLens. Deal closed March 12. No financial terms disclosed.
Meta Doubles Hyperion to 5GW in Louisiana. Add the Chips and Bloomberg Gets to $250 Billion.
Meta Hyperion data center in Richland Parish grows from 2GW to 5GW. Construction tops $50 billion. Add the hardware and Bloomberg's count exceeds $250 billion.
Waze Adds Motorcycle Mode and Personalized Navigation in a Five-Feature Gemini Push
Waze motorcycle mode launches today alongside personalized navigation, a quieter voice option, and two new Gemini tools. Seven countries get motorcycle routing.
Samsung Yongin Chip Factory Moves to 2029 as AI Memory Demand Pulls Timeline Forward
Samsung confirmed its Yongin chip factory will open in 2029, one to two years ahead of schedule. South Korea plans to double memory output within five years.
Intel Commits €5 Billion to Ireland to Scale Xeon 6 on Intel 3
An Intel Ireland investment of €5 billion targets Xeon 6 and next-gen Xeon production on the Intel 3 node at the Leixlip campus in County Kildare.
Surfshark Review 2026: Unlimited Devices, $2.49 Intro, and a Renewal That Triples
Surfshark review: unlimited devices, $2.49/month intro, and a new Dausos protocol built for post-quantum threats. Read the renewal math before buying.
OpenAI Cut GPT-5.6 Sol's Thinking Budget 87% - Four Days After Launch
OpenAI cut the GPT-5.6 Sol thinking budget across all tiers four days after launch. Sol max fell from 960 to 128. Terra and Luna were not affected.
Apple M6 Pro Cancelled - How AI Rewrote the Entire Mac Chip Roadmap
Apple M6 Pro cancelled, M6 Max and Ultra scrapped too. Gurman reports Apple accelerated M7 for neural-processing upgrades too important to delay.
Anthropic Extends Claude Fable 5 and Code Rate Limits Again - Now Through July 19
Anthropic extended Claude Fable 5 July 19 access for all paid plans tonight, alongside Claude Code's 50% rate limit boost. Same usage rules, one more week.
Meta Pulled Muse Image's Instagram Photo Feature After 72 Hours - The Opt-Out Default Killed It
Meta removed Muse Image's @-tagging feature July 10 after 72 hours. Public Instagram accounts fed AI remixing by default with no consent required.
AI Pricing Comparison 2026: What Every Major Provider Actually Charges
Every major AI subscription and API compared on one page: $4.99 to $325 a month, $0.05 to $50 per million tokens. All verified July 10, 2026.
Free AI Tools in 2026: What You Get From Every Major Provider Without Paying
Six major AI providers give real tools away free, and the limits differ wildly. What each free tier includes and where it stops.
AI API Pricing Compared 2026: What Every Major Model Costs per Token
Output tokens cost anywhere from $0.20 to $50 per million depending on the lab. Every major AI API rate in one table, verified July 10, 2026.
ChatGPT vs Claude Pricing 2026: Same $20, Very Different Deals
OpenAI and Anthropic sell identical price ladders with different fine print. Where each $20, $100, and $200 tier wins, verified July 10, 2026.
Cursor Pricing 2026: Hobby, Pro, Ultra, and What $20 Actually Buys
Cursor charges $0 to $200 a month, and the difference is a credit pool that runs dry. Every plan, the team seats, and the catches.
Midjourney Pricing 2026: Every Plan, GPU Hours, and the Missing Free Tier
Midjourney has no free tier and four paid plans from $10 to $120 a month, all metered in GPU hours. What each buys.
Perplexity Pricing 2026: Free, Pro, Max, and the Sonar API Explained
Perplexity runs from a generous free tier to a $325 enterprise seat. Every plan, the Sonar API rates, and the catches.
Microsoft Copilot Pricing 2026: Free Chat, 365 Premium, and Business Seats
Copilot is free until it isn't. Microsoft 365 Premium, Business, and Enterprise seat prices, the base-license catch.
GitHub Copilot Pricing 2026: Plans, AI Credits, and What Changed June 1
GitHub Copilot moved to usage-based AI Credits on June 1. What Free, Pro, Pro+, Max, and Business actually cost now.
Grok Pricing 2026: SuperGrok, X Premium, and the $300 Heavy Tier
Grok can cost $8, $10, $30, $40, or $300 a month depending on where you buy it. Every xAI plan and API rate explained.
Gemini Pricing 2026: Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra Plans Compared
Google sells Gemini four ways, from $4.99 to $199.99 a month, all bundled with cloud storage. Every plan and API rate.
ChatGPT Pricing 2026: Seven Plans From Free to $200 Explained
ChatGPT runs seven plans, from free to $200 a month, plus API rates that start at $0.05. Every price and billing catch.
Claude Pricing 2026: Every Plan, API Rate, and the Fable 5 Credit Catch
Claude costs $0, $20, $100, or $200 a month depending on how much you use it. Every plan, API rate, and billing catch.
Claude Code Gets a Built-In Browser - Read Docs, Click Through Designs, Test Sites Without Leaving Your Editor
Claude Code desktop now has a built-in browser. Claude reads docs, clicks through sites, and interacts with pages - sandboxed from your personal profile.
Microsoft's MDASH AI Now Scans Every Windows Commit for Security Vulnerabilities
Windows AI vulnerability management moved into real-time CI/CD scanning on July 9. Microsoft's MDASH now flags security bugs before they reach any test build.
ExpressVPN Review 2026: Fast, Audited, and Expensive at Renewal
ExpressVPN leads on speed and audit depth. Here is what the pricing, Lightway protocol, and 23 independent audits actually mean for your privacy.
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Is Now the Preferred Model in Microsoft 365 Copilot
GPT-5.6 is now the default in Microsoft 365 Copilot - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Chat. The catch: Microsoft is also quietly building its own AI models.
ChatGPT Work vs Claude Cowork: Same Category, Different Customer
ChatGPT Work is GPT-5.6 for enterprise teams. Claude Cowork is Claude for individual non-developers. Side-by-side comparison of both AI workspaces.
Claude Reflect: How to Track and Rethink Your AI Habits
Claude Reflect launched in beta today. Free, Pro, and Max users can now track their Claude usage and get nudged to step away. Here's how to turn it on.
Meta Opens Its First Developer API With Muse Spark 1.1
Meta Model API opens in public preview today. Developers get Muse Spark 1.1 - Meta's agentic model with 1M context and an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
GPT-5.6 Sol Goes Public After 12 Days Behind a White House Gate
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family goes public today after 12 days behind a White House gate. Sol, Terra, and Luna are now live - and Sol gamed its own safety tests.
Google Photos Video Remix: How to Use It, What It Can't Do, and How It Compares to CapCut
Google Photos Video Remix launched July 8 for AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers. Five effects, a 10-second clip limit, and how it compares to CapCut.
Ollama Raises $65M Series B, Now at 8.9 Million Developers
Ollama raised $65M Series B, led by Theory Ventures and Benchmark. The platform counts 8.9 million developers and adds nearly 1M installs weekly.
Proton VPN Review 2026: Swiss Privacy, Open Source, and a Gentler Renewal Trap
Proton VPN pairs Swiss jurisdiction and open-source apps with five public no-logs audits. Verified pricing, real strengths, and the honest catches.
Grok 4.5 vs Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5: Benchmarks, Pricing, and Who Wins for Coding
Grok 4.5 vs Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5: benchmark scores, pricing per million tokens, and token efficiency compared across four coding evaluations.
OpenAI Launches GPT-Live - a Full-Duplex Voice Model That Talks While It Listens
GPT-Live launches today across ChatGPT globally. Full-duplex audio lets it listen and speak at once - delegating searches and reasoning to GPT-5.5 in the background.
Gemini 3.5 Pro Targets July 17 - and Google Rebuilt It From Scratch to Get There
Gemini 3.5 Pro targets July 17 with a 2M token context window. Google rebuilt it from scratch. DeepSeek's deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner aliases stop responding July 24.
Apple Signs $30 Billion Broadcom Deal to Build 15 Billion US Chips in Colorado
Apple committed more than $30 billion to Broadcom for US-made chips and wireless components. Broadcom expands its Fort Collins, Colorado plant with $1.5 billion.
What Is Loop Engineering - and Why It Replaced Prompt Engineering in 2026
Loop engineering is how developers design AI agents that run without supervision. It's the skill that replaced prompt engineering as the real bottleneck in 2026.
Google Sets August 12 for Pixel 11 - Leaks Point to a Price Hike and No More 128GB
Google confirmed a Pixel 11 launch event for August 12 in New York. Same day, leaked EU pricing shows the 128GB base model is gone and prices are up €100.
NordVPN Review 2026: Fast, Audited, and Pricier Than It Looks at Renewal
NordVPN delivers audited privacy and top-tier speed from $3.49 a month - but renewal prices triple and the best features cost extra. Full verified review.
Meta Launches Muse, an AI Image Generator Built for Ads, Creators, and Instagram Stories
Meta launched Muse Image, a new AI image generator built for ads and creators. Free in Meta AI, Instagram Stories, and WhatsApp. Muse Video is next.
Anthropic Extends Claude Fable 5 Access to All Paid Plans Through July 12
Anthropic is extending Claude Fable 5 access to all paid plans through July 12, buying users more time before usage credits kick in.
Norm AI Raises $120 Million at $1.2 Billion - an AI Law Firm That Bills by Results, Not Hours
Norm AI raised $120 million at $1.2 billion today. Khosla leads, with Vanguard and TIAA also in. Its AI law firm bills by outcomes, not hours.
Claude Cowork Hits Web and Mobile - One in Three Sessions Is Business Operations, Not Code
Claude Cowork hits web and mobile for Max subscribers today. Anthropic data shows 33.4% of sessions are business operations and only 8.7% involve code.
X Launches a Video Editor for iOS With Multilingual Captions and Green Screen
X launched a video editor for iOS today with multilingual captions and a Green Screen mode. Android gets skipped for now - the app is still being rebuilt.
Fable 5 Exits Included Plans Tonight - $10/$50 Credits Start Tomorrow for Every Subscriber
Fable 5's free run on Pro, Max, and Team plans ends at midnight tonight. From July 8, it bills at $10/$50 per million tokens - Anthropic's most expensive model.
Netflix Viewers Drop Off After Season 1, and YouTube Has Already Passed It in Daily Viewing
Bloomberg data shows Netflix viewers dropping off after Season 1. YouTube already beats Netflix in daily viewing time, and microdrama apps hit $1.5B in 2025.
iOS 27 Hits Public Beta With 12 Changes - New Siri App, Camera Vision, and Battery Focus
iOS 27 is in public beta with 12 confirmed changes - a Siri chat app, a Camera vision mode, Apple Intelligence for Shortcuts, and better battery life.
Vercel Ships Eve and Sandbox and Bets Against Single-Lab AI Infrastructure
Vercel launched Eve and Sandbox at ShipNYC: models should be swappable, agents shouldn't lock to one lab. Gemini and DeepSeek are winning production share.
Bookshop.org Partners With Kobo to Give Indie Bookstores a Native E-Reader Channel
Bookshop.org partnered with Kobo to bring indie bookstore ebooks to Kobo devices natively. Amazon's DRM walls and retail stake mean Kindle won't follow.
Microsoft Cuts 4,800 Jobs Today - Xbox Loses 20% of Staff and Four Studios
Microsoft cut 4,800 jobs today. Xbox loses 3,200 positions this fiscal year, with four studios sold or spun off and the sales division rebuilt around engineers.
WhatsApp Is Rolling Out a Green Dot on iPhone to Show When Contacts Are Online
WhatsApp iPhone beta is adding a green dot for active contacts. Clears when they close the app, and respects your existing online status privacy setting.
TwelveLabs Raises $100M and Signs AWS Trainium Deal to Scale Video AI
TwelveLabs raised $100M Series B with Amazon signing on as preferred cloud partner - new models will optimize for AWS Trainium and launch there first.
UN Convenes 193 Countries in Geneva for First Global AI Governance Dialogue
UN AI governance talks opened July 6 in Geneva. 193 countries. Big Tech CEOs. A scientist warning of catastrophic harm. No binding rules from this week.
Best Free VPN for 2026: 5 Services That Don't Sell Your Data
Five free VPNs that protect your data instead of selling it - verified data caps, server counts, and the catches each provider won't mention.
Amazon Mechanical Turk Closes to New Customers July 30 After 21 Years
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk to new customers July 30. No new features planned. Existing users keep access to the 21-year-old crowdsourcing platform.
Google's Declaration of Independence Ad Puts Gemini in 1776. Bluesky Calls It Tone Deaf.
Google's July 4 ad imagines the Founding Fathers drafting the Declaration in Workspace with Gemini's help. YouTube cheered. Bluesky called it tone deaf.
Google Maps Is Testing a Gemini Feature That Places Your Dinner Order Before You Arrive
Google Maps is building a Gemini food ordering mode inside Ask Maps. An APK teardown found UI strings describing the feature. No launch date confirmed.
Alibaba Bans Claude Code After Reverse Engineers Find User-Detection Code in April Release
Alibaba classified Claude Code as high-risk software and will ban it from July 10, after researchers found code that could identify Chinese users of the tool.
LongCat-2.0: Meituan Open-Sources a 1.6T Coding Model Trained Entirely on Chinese Chips
LongCat-2.0 is a 1.6T open-source coding model from Meituan, trained on 50,000 domestic Chinese ASICs. MIT license, 1M context, SWE-bench Pro 59.5.
GLM-5.2: 1M Tokens, MIT License, and Better Coding Scores Than GPT-5.5 at One-Sixth the Cost
GLM-5.2 is the best open-weight AI model on earth right now. MIT license, 1M-token context, and coding benchmarks that beat GPT-5.5 at one-sixth the cost.
Meta Cut 8,000 Workers to Build AI Agents Faster. Zuckerberg Now Says the Plan Didn't Work.
Zuckerberg told Meta employees Meta AI agents are behind schedule. Four months after cutting 8,000 workers, the agentic bet is not producing as planned.
Fewer Than 5% of AI-Found Open Source Vulnerabilities Get Patched. Akrites Is the Industry's Fix.
Linux Foundation launched Project Akrites to coordinate open source vulnerability patching at AI speed. Backed by AWS, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
AI Claimed 31% of All June Job Cuts. Tech Employers Cut 83% More People Than Last Year.
AI led US layoff reasons for the fourth straight month. Tech employers cut 83% more workers than H1 2025. Oracle, Intuit, and GitLab all cited AI.
Together AI Raises $800 Million at $8.3 Billion to Run Open-Source Models at Enterprise Scale
Together AI raised $800 million in a Series C at an $8.3 billion valuation. Customers including Cursor and Cognition report 6x to 60x cost savings over closed models.
Anthropic Published Fable 5's Cybersecurity Rulebook and a Scale for Grading Every AI Jailbreak
Anthropic published the four-tier Fable 5 cybersecurity safeguards framework and proposed the CJS scale for scoring AI jailbreak severity, developed with Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
SpaceX Showed Investors an AI Device Prototype. Musk Says the Report Is Utterly False.
Wall Street Journal reported SpaceX showed investors a handset-like SpaceX AI device prototype before its $75 billion IPO. Musk denied it. Stock fell 8%.
Apple Released iOS 26.5.2 Early. 29 Patches, 23 in WebKit, and AI Is the Reason It Could Not Wait.
iOS 26.5.2 landed June 29 with 29 security patches, 23 targeting WebKit. Apple released it ahead of schedule as AI tools speed up exploit development timelines.
Samsung Messages Shuts Down This Month. Google Messages Takes Its Place on Every Galaxy.
Samsung Messages shuts down in July 2026 for US users. Every Galaxy device moves to Google Messages, bringing RCS and Gemini AI features to the entire lineup.
What Is WebAssembly and Why Do Developers Care?
WebAssembly runs compiled code at near-native speed in any browser without plugins. Here is how it works, who uses it in production, and where WASI takes it next.
Microsoft Frontier Is a $2.5 Billion Bet on Enterprise AI Deployment With 6,000 Engineers
Microsoft launched Frontier Company today - 6,000 engineers and $2.5 billion focused on getting enterprise AI past the proof-of-concept stage.
Fable 5 Returns With 50% Plan Limits and a Safety Classifier That May Block Your Code
Fable 5 returned July 1 with 50% plan limits through July 7, then usage credits. A new safety classifier may silently switch your coding sessions to Opus 4.8.
Reflection AI Is Paying SpaceX $150 Million a Month. No Model Has Shipped.
Reflection AI started paying SpaceX $150 million a month on July 1 for Nvidia GB300 access at Colossus 2. No model has shipped yet.
Apple Ships a Safari MCP Server That Gives AI Agents Direct Browser Access for Debugging
Apple shipped a Safari MCP server in Technology Preview 247. AI agents can now read DOM, console output, network requests, and screenshots directly from a live Safari window.
Meta Is Building a Cloud Business to Sell AI Compute, and CoreWeave Just Took the Hit
Bloomberg reported July 1 that Meta plans a cloud business to sell surplus AI compute. Meta stock jumped 10%. CoreWeave dropped 14%. Nebius 16%.
Gemini Spark Comes to Mac With File Access, Real-Time Tracking, and Custom MCP
Google's Gemini Spark arrives on Mac for AI Ultra subscribers with local file access, real-time topic tracking, Keep and Tasks integration, and custom MCP support.
Claude Sonnet 5 vs Opus 4.8: Benchmarks, Pricing, and Which One to Run
Claude Sonnet 5 vs Opus 4.8 - benchmarks, real deployment data, and pricing through the August 31 deadline. Here is which model to run and why.
OpenClaw for iPhone Brings Local-First AI Agents to Mobile for the First Time
OpenClaw launched official iPhone and Android apps on June 29, giving the local-first AI agent platform native mobile access for the first time.
Anthropic Launches Claude Science, an AI Workbench Built for Scientists
Anthropic launched Claude Science on June 30, an AI workbench in beta pulling 60+ scientific databases, compute management, and auditable artifacts into one environment.
Claude Fable 5 Returns July 1 After US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic Models
Anthropic restores Claude Fable 5 on July 1 after the US Department of Commerce lifted export controls on both Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 30, 2026.
Threads Expands Live Chats With Co-Hosts, Translations, and Wider Access
Threads updated Live Chats on June 30 with translation support, co-host invites, and message deletion while opening the feature to Community Champions.