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2026-07-30

Amazon's Zoox wins federal clearance to deploy paid robotaxis without steering wheels

NHTSA granted Zoox a temporary exemption allowing up to 2,500 vehicles annually for two years, clearing the way for commercial service in Las Vegas [...]

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2026-07-30

Jersey Mike's raised $1 billion in its NYSE debut, one of the biggest restaurant IPOs ever

The sandwich chain sold 43.5 million shares at $23 each, valuing the company at $7.3 billion in one of the largest restaurant IPOs on record [...]

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2026-07-30

Sustainable womenswear brand Reformation started trading on the NYSE at $15 a share

The womenswear brand raised $210.9 million in its IPO, pricing at the low end of its projected range [...]

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2026-07-30

OpenAI Cuts API Prices on Its Two Cheaper GPT-5.6 Tiers

OpenAI lowered the API price of its two lower-cost GPT-5.6 models on July 30, 2026, cutting the cheapest tier by 80% and the mid-tier by 20% while leaving its flagship untouched. The change is logged in the company's own API changelog and is already live on the published rate card. Per million input and output tokens, the standard rates now read: GPT-5.6 Luna: 20 cents and $1.20, down from $1 [...]

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2026-07-30

Arun Hiremath, Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder of EvoluteIQ – Interview Series

Arun Hiremath, Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder of EvoluteIQ, is a technology executive and entrepreneur with nearly three decades of experience spanning enterprise automation, product strategy, business development, and telecommunications. At EvoluteIQ, he is responsible for driving revenue growth and strengthening customer relationships, particularly through the company’s eiq360 business. [...]

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2026-07-30

Bloom Security Emerges from Stealth with $20M to Secure the AI-Native Endpoint

Bloom Security has emerged from stealth with $20 million in seed funding to address a growing blind spot in enterprise cybersecurity: the expanding collection of AI agents, browser extensions, plugins, code packages, and local automation operating on employee devices. The round was led by Glilot Capital Partners, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures, Okta Ventures, and Runtime Ventures. Ang [...]

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2026-07-30

Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Snubs OpenAI and Anthropic

This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the open vs. closed source debate in AI, key players in White House AI policy, and how to stop your chatbot logs from showing up in search engine results. [...]

Destination

2026-07-30

Google's new Gemini Robotics 2 platform allows for 'intelligent whole-body control'

The company made a video of the bots in action doing stuff like cleaning trash and picking up watering cans. [...]

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2026-07-30

Global smartphone sales fall by six percent amid memory cost crisis

Despite the slump, Apple and Samsung have both seen their market share go up. [...]