2026-07-13

I loved ChatGPT Desktop until OpenAI gutted it to make room for Codex and Work

OpenAI just merged the ChatGPT desktop app with Codex - and removed my favorite productivity features. What were they thinking? [...]

2026-07-13

Volkswagen's CEO is warning of 50,000 more job cuts, bringing the total to 100,000

Oliver Blume cited a 20% cost disadvantage versus rivals as labor representatives blocked a restructuring plan at the supervisory board [...]

2026-07-13

SK Hynix's CEO warned the memory chip shortage will get worse before it gets better

CEO Kwak Noh-jung says customer demand will outstrip the company's production capacity well beyond 2030 [...]

2026-07-13

Kalshi is launching a pro trading terminal for its most active prediction market traders

Kalshi Pro, now in public beta, is designed for traders who work across multiple markets simultaneously or need resting order support [...]

2026-07-13

Meta is more than doubling its Louisiana AI data center to 5 gigawatts and $50 billion

The Hyperion supercluster in Richland Parish is nearly double its prior $27 billion price tag and more than double its original 2-gigawatt capacity [...]

2026-07-13

Never-skilling: the research says juniors using AI never learn to debug

Research published this year has given a name to something employers have been circling for a while. Deskilling is what happens when an expert stops practising and gets worse. Never-skilling is what happens when a novice never gets good in the first place, and it is the more awkward problem, because the people it affects […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-13

Yann LeCun’s new VC fund lasted eight hours. Then it vanished

A shiny new VC firm named the AI pioneer as a partner on Friday morning. By Friday night, the fund did not exist. Yann LeCun has had a busy year. Now he has had a strange one. On Friday, a new venture firm called Extelligence Invest named the man often dubbed a “godfather of AI” […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-13

Back-to-School Tech Costs More This Year. Here's How to Find Deals Anyway

Secondhand tech is an affordable alternative for must-have tech, but the RAM shortage is increasing the demand for it. [...]

2026-07-13

Are VPNs under threat in Australia? FOI documents reveal plans to block age verification workarounds

Australia's eSafety Commissioner is planning to investigate how VPNs are used to bypass age verification checks, raising fresh concerns over the future of digital privacy tools. [...]