OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok
OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face.
Month: July 2026
Endra Expands To The US With $50m Firepower As Data Center Boom Outruns Engineering Workforce
Every large building you have ever walked into was designed twice. An architect designed the part you can see, the shape and the rooms and the light. Then a second, far less famous group of engineers designed the part you cannot see: where every wire runs, where every outlet, vent, pipe, fire alarm and light … Read more
With Switch 2, iPhone, and laptop tricks, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 is finally a worthy EDC
The Sharge Disk Pro 2. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Sharge, the company that makes delightful retro Mac-shaped chargers and see-inside batteries, is finally impressing me with a portable SSD. I couldn’t recommend the Sharge Disk, Disk Plus, or even the Disk Pro, but I’d be happy to own the new Disk … Read more
Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e-bikes after months of delays
Also has big plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself as a “vehicle” company, and has plans to make four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon.
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India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them
India’s app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.
Bitcoin holds July gain as ‘forced-selling fuel was already spent,’ analysts say
The largest crypto shrugged off a barrage of bad news this month, but traders remain cautious as rate hike fears and jobs data loom.
Google Yanks Google Earth AI Image Tool a Day After Launch Over Deepfake Fears
The Nano Banana tool let users generate fake satellite scenes from a text prompt, alarming investigators who rely on Google Earth to verify breaking news and atrocities.
Bank of Italy finds no consistent cost advantage for stablecoin remittances
Researchers found that fiat conversion costs and payment infrastructure, rather than blockchain fees, accounted for most of the differences in stablecoin remittance costs and settlement times.
Online Review Trends Suggest Consumers Are Looking Beyond Star Ratings
Does a flawless 5-star rating still seal the deal for customers? Is this indicator of brand performance still the number one signifier of trustworthiness? Recent online review trends say no. Increased sensitivity to fake and AI-written online reviews has motivated a major shift in consumer perceptions and behavior. Consumers are looking beyond the surface and … Read more
AI Music Company Suno Loses Copyright Case in Germany
The decision requires AI companies to license copyrighted music used to train models and generate songs, marking another legal win for music rights holders in Europe.
94 Blog Posts To Learn About Flutter App Development
Let’s learn about Flutter App Development via these 94 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. Flutter app development utilizes Google’s UI toolkit to build natively compiled, cross-platform applications from a single codebase. It matters … Read more
I Analyzed 1,434 Products to See If Price Predicts Quality. It Doesn’t
Across 5,000+ professional review scores spanning 285 categories, the price-quality correlation is r = 0.05. Here’s the full breakdown. Every shopper assumes it on some level: spend more, get better. I run a review-aggregation site, which means I had the data to actually test that assumption. It mostly falls apart. The data and the test … Read more
Announcing the Agentic Catalog Experience in Amazon Quick
As organizations embrace AI-powered analytics, the value of a natural language (Text2SQL) answer is only as good as the business context behind it. We’re entering a phase where semantic richness (table and column descriptions, and relationships) must flow directly from where it’s authored in upstream data catalogs and semantic tools into the AI products that … Read more
Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation
A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash.
US Is Banning Foreign Robots—Even Roombas
New restrictions block future models of foreign-made robots and connected power inverters from receiving FCC approval after U.S. national security agencies warned they could pose cybersecurity and supply chain risks.
Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds
The new funding brings Index’s total available investing capital to $3.5 billion.
Apple’s new AirTags are back down to their best price
Both Amazon and Costco are offering some solid deals. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge We spotted a great deal on Tile trackers earlier this week that’s still live, but if you’re an iPhone owner, we ultimately recommend Apple’s latest AirTag. Right now, you can pick up a four-pack for $89 ($10 … Read more
Pump.fun laid off workers before they received millions in PUMP tokens: Report
Pump.fun co-founder Noah Tweedale reportedly attributed the layoffs to said the company growing too quickly.
Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day
Pompeii reimagined with Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth. | Image: Google Google has shut down Google Earth feature it launched Thursday that allowed users to edit satellite images with text prompts using AI. The tool essentially let users create AI deepfakes of the real world using text prompts; Digital Digging‘s Henk van Ess, for … Read more
Solitics Unveils Next-Generation Agentic AI for Retail Banking Customer Engagement
Ramat Gan, Israel, July 31st, 2026/TechnologyWire/–Solitics, a SaaS industry leader in adaptive engagement and smart marketing automation, announces the release of Saai, a suite of intelligent tools designed to dramatically reduce manual work with full integration guaranteed within 45 days. An agentic AI built specifically for marketing and product teams in this industry, it promises … Read more
VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why
New research from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School mapped out how Silicon Valley founders commit fraud — and the role investors play.
The NHTSA is investigating 1.2 million Tesla vehicles over suspension failure reports
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is probing nearly 1.2 million Tesla vehicles after receiving complaints about a suspension failure that could cause “a loss of vehicle directional control,” as reported earlier by Reuters. The preliminary investigation includes the 2018-2020 Model 3 and 2021-2023 Model Y, according to a filing from the NHTSA’s Office … Read more
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Google might launch a ‘Pixel Tag’
Google is seemingly working on an item tracker that might compete with Apple’s AirTag. 9to5Google obtained an image of something called a “Google Pixel Tag” that has a small oval shape. The publication also linked to a Slovenian store listing about the Pixel Tag that describes the gadget as an item tracker with a speaker … Read more
Tether posts $1.5 billion operating profit in Q2 as reserve buffer falls by half
The world’s largest stablecoin issuer added 14 metric tons of gold and about 1,800 bitcoin to its reserves during the second quarter.
The good and the bad of perps, according to crypto traders
Both retail and institutional traders worry about the funding rate.