2026-07-24

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5 for both AI coding and general office work

Anthropic says the model can make its way through the steps of a complicated problem without much back-and-forth with the user. [...]

2026-07-24

Did Chinese AI Steal From Anthropic, and OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into accusations that China’s Moonshot AI stole from  Anthropic, and how the US Army needs to cut back on AI use. [...]

2026-07-24

Jimothy is scurrying through the gaming world

Jimothy the viral Seattle raccoon has been recreated in "World of Warcraft," "Halo," "The Sims," "Minecraft," "Skyrim," "D&D," and more games. [...]

2026-07-24

Stripe wants to own the toll booth between AI models, for ~$10bn

Stripe wants a foothold in AI, and it is willing to pay dearly for it. The payments company is in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. That is a staggering price for a startup valued at just $1.3 billion in May. The talks are preliminary, and could still […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-24

World Foundation raises $52 million in token sale as proof-of-human demand accelerates

World Foundation has raised $52 million through a locked token sale to expand the reach of World ID, its iris-scan-based system for proving someone is a real human online. Pantera Capital led the initial close, joined by Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital, and Susquehanna Crypto, with all WLD tokens sold subject to a […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-24

The AI giants just broke with OpenAI and Anthropic on open weights

The AI industry just picked a side, in public. On Friday, 25 companies and groups published an open letter, “Open Weights and American AI Leadership”, urging Washington not to crack down on open-weight AI, Business Insider reported. The names are heavy: Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Mistral, Palantir, IBM, Andreessen Horowitz, Hugging Face, Mozilla and the Linux […]<br /> This story continu [...]

2026-07-24

Boox teases the incredibly tiny Picco ereader

It features a 3.97-inch monochrome e-paper display. [...]

2026-07-24

PlayStation Network is experiencing a massive outage

Players may be unable to log into their account, play online or purchase games from the PlayStation Store. [...]

2026-07-24

Samsung and SK Hynix are set to announce major memory chip deals with U.S. tech firms

South Korea's presidential policy chief says the agreements will involve "very large" figures and include long-term supply contracts and strategic investment partnerships [...]