thenextweb

2026-07-30

Steven Bartlett’s ‘Diary of a CEO’ is losing its inner circle as it chases America

Steven Bartlett has built one of the world’s biggest podcasts on the idea that the right people, obsessively managed, make the machine. Now four of those people have walked out the door. The star host of “The Diary of a CEO” has lost four core staffers in five months, Business Insider reported. The exits are […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-30

ChatGPT is about to become the first AI chatbot in the EU’s toughest tier

ChatGPT is about to become the first AI chatbot to face Europe’s toughest platform rules. The European Commission plans to place OpenAI’s chatbot and the gaming platform Roblox under the strictest tier of the Digital Services Act. The designation could come as soon as August. The move was first reported by Bloomberg, citing a person […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-30

Amazon spent $1.8m on a Claude job that failed, and it sells the fix

Amazon has found that artificial intelligence can turn a trivial mistake into a seven-figure one. The company’s own internal metrics show projects running wildly over budget, including one that burned $1.8m before anyone noticed. Senior engineers called the results “catastrophically expensive.” The cases were laid out at an internal meeting and first reported by the […]<br /> This st [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-30

The man who wrote the AI-boom bible just got margin-called out of it

The man who wrote the defining case for the AI boom just got wiped out betting on it. Situational Awareness, the hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, has been forced to sell off its portfolio of public stocks after steep losses. Ken Griffin’s Citadel has bought the lot. The collapse was first […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

Destination

2026-07-30

LinkedIn is testing a 'seems like AI slop' reporting tool

The company is also removing some of its own AI-writing features. [...]

Destination

2026-07-30

I think the Secretlab Atlas is a brilliant office chair — precisely because it’s a terrible gaming chair

Why Secretlab's first true office chair strips away everything gamers love, but succeeds for desk workers. [...]

Destination

2026-07-30

‘I just got hacked’ — What Play Store reviews reveal about people's VPN expectations

Exclusive analysis of 30,000 Google Play Store reviews exposes common VPN myths and misconceptions [...]

zdnet

2026-07-30

What the FCC ban on foreign-made robot vacuums means for your Roomba

The FCC's robot ban includes many of the world's most popular vacuums and lawn mowers. Is that Roomba in your closet a security risk? [...]

zdnet

2026-07-30

I compared these popular sleep earbuds to my Oura Ring 5 - the results surprised me

The Ozlo Sleepbuds 2 improve on what made me fall in love with the first generation, but they're not perfect. [...]