Sources: TechCrunch, The Verge
The Steam Deck is four and a half years old, and handheld gamers are eagerly awaiting a Steam Deck 2 - but Valve has consistently said it needs a new chip with a "generational leap" in performance and efficiency before building the sequel. There's some reason to believe that…
Read on The Verge →
Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker.
Read on TechCrunch →
OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.
Read on TechCrunch →
Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.
Read on TechCrunch →
A federal judge has dismissed a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media Corporation, which accused Google of driving away web traffic with its AI-powered search features, as reported earlier by Reuters. US District Judge Amit Mehta…
Read on The Verge →
When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn't see rows of cars — he sees millions of dollars just sitting there, depreciating. Come see MyMonthlyCar in the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, taking place October 13 to 15 in San Francisco.
Read on TechCrunch →
Sony is launching a new AI upscaling technology specifically for the regular PS5. The new tech, called Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), is a "new performance tier of AI upscaling" that's a result of Sony's Project Amethyst work with AMD, according to a blog post. Sony…
Read on The Verge →
Amazon Web Services' Strand Labs has released the latest Jevalike decision model, Strands Decider 2B.
Read on TechCrunch →
Shopify’s new Canvas site builder lets merchants create and customize their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick, while watching the changes happen in real time.
Read on TechCrunch →
The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.
Read on TechCrunch →
I'm pretty sure I won't be buying the $1,299 Meta VR Glasses. That's too rich for my blood in today's economy, and my feelings about Meta are… conflicted. But I want you to understand that Meta just changed the game. We've had glasses, but we've never had glasses like this. The…
Read on The Verge →
After nearly 18 years at LinkedIn and Microsoft, Ryan Roslansky is leaving the company. Roslansky, who until recently was the CEO of LinkedIn, was promoted to the head of Office last year and then took control of Microsoft Teams earlier this year. Roslansky's departure has…
Read on The Verge →
The CEO promised to get more specific about his vision. But the details are still absent.
Read on TechCrunch →
New York City residents struggling to get out of recurring subscription fees can now submit complaints to the city government. As of Thursday, the city's click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, which requires businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign…
Read on The Verge →
Brian Chesky on making Airbnb agent-friendly, the state of consumer AI, and why the world needs an AI-native operating system.
Read on TechCrunch →
Today I’m talking with Josh Dzieza, a longtime features writer here at The Verge, about Kevin O’Leary’s plans to build a massive data center in Utah.  The idea was to build the world’s biggest data center — a 40,000-acre AI campus with nine gigawatts of power, or more…
Read on The Verge →
At OpenAI's annual DevDay conference, the company pulled out all the stops to compete with its rivals - primarily Meta, whose Muse AI agent platform has seen early runaway success. CEO Sam Altman walked onstage to cheers and announced Dots, a "real-deal AI" agent powered by…
Read on The Verge →
The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps.
Read on TechCrunch →