2026-07-22

Next Space Force chief throws cold water on the idea of space privateers

It turns out some of Benjamin Franklin's opinions from 240 years ago are still relevant today. [...]

2026-07-22

OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face

"This is day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents," Hugging Face CEO says. [...]

2026-07-22

Krispy Kreme is adding a blueberry version of its Original Glazed doughnut for just 4 days

The doughnut, made with blueberry-flavored dough and the chain's signature glaze, will be available July 23–26 at participating U.S. and Canadian shops [...]

2026-07-22

China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook

As access to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s frontier models becomes more restricted, Chinese labs are pitching their open-source alternatives as stable, accessible, and increasingly capable. [...]

2026-07-22

‘The Odyssey’ Is Inspiring Unprecedented Levels of Cope

Elon Musk and the online right convinced themselves that Christopher Nolan’s “woke” epic would go down in flames. Now they’re crashing out. [...]

2026-07-22

AI agents aren't confidently wrong because of bad context — they're wrong because of bad data engineering

You spend weeks tuning an AI chatbot. Answers are accurate. Stakeholders sign off, and you ship it. Three months later, the system is confidently wrong about a third of what users ask. Nobody changed the model, and nobody touched the prompts. The world moved, pricing changed, a policy updated, a product spec shipped a new version, and the underlying knowledge store didn't move with it.This is [...]

2026-07-22

Inflection AI returns to consumer market with Pi Journeys after Microsoft upheaval

Inflection AI, the Palo Alto startup that two years ago became Silicon Valley's most famous cautionary tale about the brutal economics of frontier AI, announced Tuesday that it is returning to the consumer market with a new research division and an experimental product built around a provocative thesis: the next competitive battleground in AI won't be raw intelligence, but relationships. [...]

2026-07-22

I lost 100 pounds in 7 months: How a smart scale and an Apple Watch helped track my progress

While my iPhone and Apple Watch were core to my weight loss journey, I also have Android recommendations. [...]

2026-07-22

I tested this fan-equipped MagSafe charger in a heat wave - and it actually kept my iPhone cool

Extreme heat isn't just a problem for you. It's a problem for your tech, too. That's where ESR's phone charger with active cooling shines. [...]