2026-07-25

The Valve Steam Machine should be the perfect 'couch gaming' PC—but after testing it out, I'm not convinced it's worth the price

Valve's long-awaited Steam Machine is finally here – but was it really worth the wait? I've gone hands-on to find out. [...]

2026-07-25

OpenAI's rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says

Reuters reports that the OpenAI agent that hacked Hugging Face had been free for a week before the company noticed. [...]

2026-07-25

Dinos with swords, making music with gnomes and other new indie games worth checking out

Plus, email as turn-based combat (which is really just regular email). [...]

2026-07-25

Waymo to end Uber exclusivity in Austin and Atlanta, launching its own app in January 2028

Waymo has notified Uber that it plans to launch its own app in Austin and Atlanta in January 2028, ending the exclusivity arrangement that has kept its robotaxis available only through Uber in both cities. An Uber spokesperson confirmed the notice to CNBC and Bloomberg on Friday, adding that the change would also free Uber […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-25

OpenAI hit by another outage as ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs stumble together

OpenAI’s status page reported elevated error rates across its APIs, ChatGPT, and Codex on Saturday, marking the fourth service disruption in four days for the company. Users encountered 503 errors with the internal label “biscuit_baker_service_me_circuit_open,” which prevented requests from reaching OpenAI’s servers. The company moved from investigating to monitoring within an hour, saying [...]

2026-07-25

YouTube adds new tools to make creating thumbnails easier

YouTube is making it easier to add custom thumbnails for both short-form and long-form videos. [...]

2026-07-25

OpenAI quietly signs letter from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta warning about dangers of 'premature restrictions' on open-weight AI models — as the White House accuses China of stealing from Anthropic

With China's open-weight AI models continuing to improve, US companies want to see a free market for all. [...]

2026-07-25

Vodafone is testing an AI robotic mast, but the future belongs to adjustable internal antenna components

Vodafone is testing AI-controlled robotic antennas while preparing lower-energy internal antenna components for future autonomous 4G and 5G networks. [...]

2026-07-25

Nvidia is pouring $1 billion into South Korea’s AI infrastructure through Naver and SK Group

Nvidia will invest $1 billion in South Korean internet company Naver to help finance an AI data center under construction in South Korea, the chipmaker announced late Friday. The funding will allow Naver to more than triple the size of the facility from 55 megawatts to 200 megawatts, with US private equity firm Brookfield agreeing […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]