Trump admin proposes axing brake-pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla
The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake-pedal requirement for vehicles “designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.”
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Samsung’s new budget phone costs $50 more despite downgrades
The US only gets it in black, but blue and pink models are launching elsewhere. | Image: Samsung The Galaxy A27 has been announced, and at $349.99 it’s $50 more than last year’s A26. That’s understandable in the current economic climate, but a harder sell given that Samsung has also downgraded a few key specs. … Read more
Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs
Adobe said that it will integrate Topaz Labs’ tools across its apps.
Leica’s $6,690 SL3-P pairs 44-megapixel stills with 8K video
Unlike the Leica SL3 and SL3-S, the new SL3-P doesn’t include the brand’s recognizable red dot badge on the front. | Image: Leica Camera Following the launch of the SL3 in 2024 and last year’s SL3-S that was optimized for speed and capturing fast moving subjects, Leica announced the new SL3-P today delivering some of … Read more
Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads, and more by hundreds of dollars
Apple is hiking the prices of its MacBooks, iPads, and other devices by hundreds of dollars in response to the ongoing memory and storage shortages. While the new MacBook Neo will now start at $699 instead of $599, the M3 Ultra Mac Studio is getting a $1,300 increase to $5,299, up from $3,999, as reported … Read more
Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment
Amazon’s latest India investment comes as global tech companies race to expand AI infrastructure in the country.
Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems
To celebrate its new status as No. 1 in JD Power’s initial quality ranking among mainstream automakers, Ford is opening up about the challenges it has faced in recent years, especially around its reliance on automated systems in production and design. It turns out that those automated systems were not as robust as previously assumed, … Read more
Disney agrees to pay $50 million to YouTube TV and DirecTV subscribers
The final settlement hearing will take place on January 14th, 2027. | Image: The Verge YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream customers may be eligible for a cash payout, after Disney agreed to pay $50 million to settle claims that it forced the services to increase their subscription prices. Anyone who was subscribed to YouTube TV … Read more
The 124 best tech deals for day three of Prime Day
It’s day three of Prime Day, folks. We’re nearly 75 percent of the way through Amazon’s four-day sales event, and unsurprisingly, many deals are still sticking around. There have been all kinds of discounts on things like TVs, smart home gadgets, chargers, headphones, and more. Prime Day typically isn’t as big of a deal as … Read more
Is this solar e-bike a good idea or sophisticated e-waste?
Tempting, isn’t it? | Image: Phosgo I like the idea of a solar-powered electric bike, but I don’t think anyone should buy the new Phosgo Go5 – not yet, anyway. This “world’s first AI solar e-bike” promises to “eliminate range anxiety,” and is sold by a new brand out of China hoping to make a … Read more
Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used is tools anyway
Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking device made by Cellebrite, even after the company said it would stop selling to Putin’s government.
Kodex: The New Standard of Care for Legal Process Response
Legal process response has become a critical, yet often overlooked, component of modern business operations. As companies increasingly hold sensitive customer data, they inevitably find themselves navigating requests from law enforcement and regulators. For many organizations, that process remains reactive, fragmented, and vulnerable to error. “AI makes software cheaper, but it makes trust more expensive,” … Read more
Facebook’s Creator Studio has been revived as an AI companion app
This is what the new Creator Studio app looks like, after the original service was shuttered in 2023. | Image: Meta Meta is bringing back the Facebook Creator Studio page manager, now “reimagined” as a standalone AI companion app. The new app aims to make it easier for creators to connect with their audiences and … Read more
Coverd and Albert Wang: The Infrastructure Behind a New Kind of Card
A decade ago, launching a credit card meant securing a bank partner, working through years of regulatory process, and building payment systems from scratch, a barrier that kept the business in the hands of a few large institutions. That has changed. A layer of specialized infrastructure now handles much of the underlying complexity, and newer … Read more
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The Local Workplace: How AI is Breaking Down Age-Old Barriers in Onboarding Overseas Talent
There are many logistics issues that businesses face when recruiting overseas talent in remote roles, but historical hurdles surrounding communication and time zone breakdowns are becoming easier than ever to overcome with the help of AI. Data suggests that 69% of US employers are finding it difficult to recruit talented employees with industries related to … Read more
The Next AI Battle Isn’t About Insights. It’s About Getting Work Done.
For the last few years, AI has been sold as a machine for finding answers. Better answers, faster answers, answers hidden somewhere in mountains of data no person could realistically sort through on their own. To be fair, it has delivered some of that. Teams can summarize meetings almost instantly. Managers can get a snapshot … Read more
Why Data Sovereignty Matters for Land‑Based AI Projects (and How to Build It Right)
That memory becomes fragile when it is scattered across phones and software platforms.
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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off limits.
Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world
Backed by Mayfield and Aramco Ventures, Vishal Sikka’s new venture brings together veterans from SAP, Infosys, and VianAI.
Elon suffers another day short of trillionaire status
Right now he’s merely a several-hundred-billionaire, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.