2026-07-18
Google used Veo and Gemini to reconstruct the greatest goal Pelé ever scored, which was never filmed
On August 2, 1959, Pelé scored what he called the greatest goal of his career: three consecutive sombreros over defenders, a knee flick past the goalkeeper, and a header into the net, all without the ball ever touching the ground. It was never filmed. For 67 years, the “Gol da Rua Javari” existed only in […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-18
Xpeng debuted its flying car in Germany. It has 7,000 orders and a factory that can build 10,000 a year.
Xpeng debuted the Land Aircraft Carrier at a launch event in Munich on Wednesday, the first time the Chinese automaker has shown its modular flying car outside Asia. The vehicle is a six-wheeled ground unit, called the Mothership, with a detachable two-seat eVTOL flight module that stows in the back. The six-rotor flying module uses […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-18
Apple raised iPhone 17 prices by 10% in Japan as the yen hovers near a four-decade low
Apple raised the price of the iPhone 17 in Japan by roughly 10%, with the entry-level 256GB model now starting at ¥142,800 ($879), up from ¥129,800 previously, Bloomberg reported on Saturday. The iPhone 17 Pro with the same storage rose 8.3% to ¥194,800. Apple Watch and AirPods models also increased by up to 10%. Apple’s […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-18
TSMC posted record $40 billion revenue. Its stock fell 4%. Investors are no longer buying the AI spending story on faith.
TSMC posted record second-quarter revenue of over $40 billion, up 36% year on year, with net income rising 77%. The result should have been a triumph. Instead, shares fell 4%, dragging the Nasdaq 100 down 1.4% on Thursday and compounding losses from the day before. The problem was not the earnings but the spending. TSMC […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-18
The Pentagon's new AI playbook treats slow adoption as a bigger risk than "imperfect alignment"
The US Department of the Navy has signed a strategy to "weaponize" data and AI and build an "AI-first" fleet. Large language models would run directly on warships, and an AI war council would prioritize mission scenarios. The core message is that moving too slowly carries greater risks than "imperfect alignment."<br /> The article The Pentagon's new AI play [...]
2026-07-18
Heartstopper Forever has a brilliantly unexpected The Odyssey Easter egg in new Netflix movie — and it's not just that they both have the same release date
What do Heartstopper Forever and The Odyssey have in common? Aside from the same release date, there's a clever Greek Easter egg hidden in the new Netflix movie. [...]