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Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out

Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.

GMKtec releases cheaper AMD Strix Halo desktop with 128 GB RAM and 96 GB VRAM

GMKtec has updated one of its popular mini-PCs with a new version. This time, the company has re-released the EVO-X2 with a cheaper model, albeit while retaining 128 GB RAM and a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chipset with a Radeon 8060S iGPU.

Apple and Google Hit With Demand to Pull AI 'Nudify' Apps

A San Francisco City Attorney has sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google demanding the removal of 13 AI "face-swap" apps that can generate nonconsensual nude images, according to WIRED. The letters, sent on Thursday, target eight

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Report: Apple Sends Legal Letters to Dozens of OpenAI Employees

Apple has reportedly sent legal letters to dozens of former Apple employees now working at OpenAI, telling them to preserve potentially relevant documents and communications as it continues to pursue its trade secret lawsuit against the AI

EU Orders Google to Give Rival AI Apps the Same Android Access as Gemini

The European Commission today formally ordered Google to give third-party AI services the same access to Android device features that Gemini has. Europe's Digital Markets Act requires software makers like Apple and Google to grant equal int

Google Search Now Connects to Instacart, Canva and YouTube Music

Google is expanding AI Mode in Search, allowing users to connect apps to improve search results and "get more done." Instacart, YouTube Music, and Canva can be connected, and Google explains how the integrations can be useful: Instacart - I

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Roblox is Adding AI Game Creation to iPhone and iPad

Online game platform Roblox today said it is adding a new Build tool that will let iPhone and iPad users create games using AI. With the mobile-first Build option, Roblox users can write a text-based prompt and have AI turn it into a basic

1Password for Claude Lets AI Log In Without Seeing Your Passwords

Popular password management app 1Password today added Claude support, which means AI service Claude can access credentials stored in 1Password for completing browser tasks. With the integration, Claude can use 1Password logins and one-time

More and more US employees back forcing AI companies to transfer half of their stock into a public wealth fund

The AI industry’s ability to self regulate appears to be under threat from a public perception that companies like Anthropic are untrustworthy.

Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs

From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every day.

Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act

Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open weight AI models for coding.

Once again Apple owns this title after recapturing it from Nvidia

Nvidia rode the AI surge to new heights, but it now appears that Apple is getting its groove back.

Apple Turns Up The Heat On OpenAI Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft

Apple recently claimed that OpenAI stole trade secrets, and now it's reaching out to former employees who work at OpenAI about preserving documents.

I stopped paying for ChatGPT after putting my local LLM on Tailscale

My phone finally reaches my home server the same way it reaches ChatGPT.

'You're giving ballistic ⁠missiles to individuals with Mythos': JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Anthropic's AI model poses some serious risks

Restricting Mythos to vetted organizations and keeping it out of the hands of the public seems to be the safest option for Anthropic, with JPMorgan CEO describing its risks as a “real issue.”

I replaced five automation scripts with one local AI agent, and it broke things I didn't expect

It was a bad idea.

Samsung's The Freestyle+ Reaches the US: A Portable Projector That Uses AI to Fix Crooked Images

The post Samsung's The Freestyle+ Reaches the US: A Portable Projector That Uses AI to Fix Crooked Images appeared first on Android Headlines.

China’s Xi Jinping Wants AI to Be Open to the World—and Out of America’s Control

Beijing is building an AI coalition with 29 countries, including Russia.

Meta’s AI bots drain publisher pockets with 9 billion Q2 2026 requests at host expense while returning ZERO traffic — as ChatGPT claims 88% of AI referrals

While ChatGPT remains the leader in AI traffic referrals, Meta AI bot activity has grown considerably, and now dominates.

AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market

India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.

Android Lock Screen Bug Lets Gemini Send SMS Without a PIN, But a Fix is Coming

The post Android Lock Screen Bug Lets Gemini Send SMS Without a PIN, But a Fix is Coming appeared first on Android Headlines.

My local LLM struggles with big questions—here's what it's actually good at

Local AI can be good if you give it the right tasks.

Spotify is deleting millions of AI-generated music tracks to fend off spammers

Spotify's Sam Duboff recently revealed that the platform was forced to remove 75 million AI-generated tracks in 2025 alone. As Spotify's senior director and global head of marketing, policy, and music business, Duboff believes that AI has n

Beelink launches affordable NAS with powerful AMD CPU and 72TB storage support

The Beelink ME Pro is now available with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Its two-bay variant comes with 72TB storage support, and there are 10GbE and 2.5GbE Ethernet ports. The starting price is CNY 3,999 in China, about $590.

How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans

Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple empl

Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI

Apple is suing OpenAI. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just the ways things are done. So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking

Palantir’s CEO predicts AI will make him 20x richer while middle-class workers get modest raises

Palantir CEO Alex Karp estimated that AI could make him “20x wealthier,“ implying a fortune approaching $300 billion, up from roughly $15 billion today. Middle-class workers, he said, might simply see their salaries double over the next dec

'Whoever came up with this is a massive idiot': LG's gaming monitors and TVs are facing a user revolt, due to seemingly installing adware on PCs — and telling you to warn guests they may be recorded by AI features, to comply with 'wiretapping' laws

LG's terms and conditions say you need to get consent from visitors because its TVs can listen to you.

Trump’s AI advisor says Kimi K3 shows “how you lose the AI race.” Khosla blames immigration. Marcus wants a congressional investigation.

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 topped Arena’s frontend coding leaderboard within 24 hours of launch, ahead of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol. It placed third on Artificial Analysis’s Intelligence Index. The reaction from Washing

4 Cool New Alexa+ Features You Might Be Missing Out On

Amazon launched its premium Alexa+ subscription in early 2026, so now users can test out a more personalized and helpful generation of AI in their living rooms.

Apple Is Coming for the People Building OpenAI’s Future

The iPhone maker is escalating its legal battle against the AI company.

Moonshot reveals new AI model, and it's a big surprise — here's why Kimi K3 is a threat to the likes of OpenAI

Kimi K3 model is a threat to the likes of OpenAI for two key reasons: its open nature, and apparently sterling coding skills.

Tech Giants Under Fire: Apple and Google Ordered to Ban AI "Nudify" Apps

The post Tech Giants Under Fire: Apple and Google Ordered to Ban AI "Nudify" Apps appeared first on Android Headlines.

Japan's first national AI factory will use 27,500 GPUs across 382 Vera Rubin racks

In total, the project calls for 27,500 Rubin GPUs and 13,750 Vera CPUs connected through Spectrum-X Ethernet networking. The system is designed to handle the training of trillion-parameter models as capacity ramps up.Read Entire Article

Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them

Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to

5 Big Changes Reportedly Coming To The iPad Lineup By 2027

Apple's iPad line-up is slated to get some major changes with its 2027 releases, including upgraded accessories and the long-awaited Siri AI.

Ex-MBDA engineer builds $1,100, 40g AI micro-drone using AMD phased-array sonar for YC-backed startup Tornyol to eradicate mosquitoes, currently restricted to 3-minute flights

Former MBDA engineer Alex Toussaint creates an AI mosquito-hunting drone using sonar, though battery limits restrict current operations.

No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling

It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Di

The EU is forcing Google to give rival AI assistants the same access as Gemini on Android

The stakes are high. Android powers about 60% of smartphones in the European Union, and AI companies see those devices as the primary gateway for turning chatbots into everyday assistants. The deeper a service is integrated into a device –

Claude can now enter all your passwords for you - if you give it permission

1Password partnership will mean Claude will never see the secrets or load them into its own memory.

Engadget Podcast: Is Siri AI actually useful in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate?

Also, we try to make sense of OpenAI's rumored AI smart speaker.

Over 4,500 Google workers demand layoff protections as Alphabet's value hits $4.3 trillion

Like many other companies invested in the AI boom, Google is enjoying plenty of success right now. Parent company Alphabet's latest quarter produced $109.9 billion in revenue, up 22%, while operating income rose 30% to $39.7 billion. It's a

Don't touch the apps: here's the first AI agentic smartphone that could change it all

When will Samsung and Apple follow suit?

New York school deploys AI teaching robot from company linked to sex bots

Located on the Seneca Nation reservation, the rural district will be one of the first to use the humanoid robot, part of Realbotix's M-Series and named Sally. It's integrated with Optio, Realbotix's AI-powered teaching assistant, which can

Give your dev setup a boost with AI tools and cross-platform support with Visual Studio for a flat $33

Macworld TL;DR: Visual Studio 2026 brings AI-assisted coding, team collaboration, and cross-platform development features together for $32.97 through July 19. Today’s development workflows often span multiple platforms, frameworks, and envi

Best phones to buy if your Samsung won’t get One UI 9.0

Plenty of Samsung phones will miss out on One UI 9.0 (check the list here), which is set to release later this month. Those eligible will soon start receiving the update, which will bring several major upgrades and new AI features that you

Huawei Atlas 950 SuperPoD claims 6.7x more computing power than Nvidia NVL144

Huawei attended the WAIC – World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2026 on July 16 and showcased a prototype of the Atlas 950 SuperPoD. The company revealed that the new tech solution is the industry’s largest AI computing supernode system

Google rebrands NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook

Google's NotebookLM started off as a small Google Labs experiment back in 2023, but it has grown tremendously since then, reaching more than 30 million people and over 600,000 organizations. Thus, the company has realized that the product h

All of a sudden, Apple is winning AI

Macworld Has Apple focused too much on AI over the past few years, or not enough? It depends on who you ask. On the one hand, the topic is faddish, inescapable, and faintly apocalyptic, and I get thoroughly depressed listening to AI buzzwor

Google preps letting you customize Gemini voices by Speed, Energy, and more

After releasing two new options after I/O, Google might soon let you customize Gemini voice across four parameters.

Google AI Mode adds more Connected Apps, including YouTube Music

Google is updating AI Mode with support for more first and third-party apps, just like the Gemini app.

NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook, with 3.5 + Antigravity upgrade coming to AI Pro

Google announced today that NotebookLM is now called “Gemini Notebook” and previewed upcoming features that users can soon expect.

Apple’s Back to School promo doesn’t add up

Macworld At long last, Apple finally announced its Back to School promotion, and at first glance, it seems similar to previous years. You can get a gift card valued at up to $150 for buying a new MacBook Pro, or $100 for buying a MacBook Ai

Linux is not a "social warrior project," says its creator Linus Torvalds as he puts his foot firmly down against anti-AI comments

The creator of Linux has been responding to comments regarding AI use when it comes to the Linux kernel, and it's fair to say the case is now closed.

GMK EVO-X3 with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and 128GB RAM now available for $3600 and up

The GMK EVO-X3 is a slim desktop computer that packs a lot of power into a compact design. With an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor featuring Radeon 8060S discrete-class graphics, 128GB of RAM with 256GB/s bandwidth, and a robust set of port