2026-07-22

US computer-science enrolment just fell for the first time in 20 years

Computer science was the safe bet. For twenty years, enrolment in the US only went up. In the 2025-26 academic year, it went down. The reversal The finding comes from Jacob Light, an economist at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. Business Insider reported his research. His dataset is vast: more than 50 million course sections since 1996, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-22

Halliday made 2025’s worst smart glasses. Its camera-free comeback is aimed at your meetings.

It is rare that a crowdfunded hardware startup gets a second shot at a first impression. Halliday is taking it. The company unveiled the G2 on Tuesday, priced from $499, shipping in September. A brutal first act The original glasses were panned. Engadget scored them 54 out of 100, one of the lowest marks in […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-22

Washington wants to sanction Chinese AI for ‘theft’. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says that’s backwards.

On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on television with a warning for China. On the same day, the chief executive of the company that powers the entire AI boom went the other way. The threat Bessent said the US will scrutinise Chinese open-source models for stolen intellectual property, as Bloomberg first reported. It could […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-22

Databricks’ cofounder just raised $20M to be the Switzerland of AI compute

The company came out of stealth on Tuesday. The founders built it at UC Berkeley, in the same lab that produced Spark, Databricks, and Anyscale. The team includes Zongheng Yang and Databricks co-founders Ion Stoica and Scott Shenker. The star-studded cheque Lux Capital led the $20 million seed, Fortune first reported. Coatue, Amplify, Foundation, Race, […]<br /> This story continues at The [...]

2026-07-22

Over half the music uploaded to Deezer is now AI, and most of it is fraud

The tide has crossed the halfway mark. Deezer said this week that AI songs made up more than 50% of its June uploads. It is a first for the French streamer. From a trickle to a flood The climb has been steep. Deezer started counting in January 2025, when AI made up roughly 10% of […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-22

The AOC 16T35 portable monitor is down to $60 at Best Buy — and it's better than the model we gave 4.5 stars

The Black Friday in July deal is one of the cheapest ways to add a second screen to your laptop. [...]

2026-07-22

How to use themes in Google Messages so you never send the wrong person the wrong text again

With dozens of chats on the go, you've probably had an occasion where you've sent the wrong response to the wrong person. I've found a way to avoid this problem. [...]

2026-07-22

Oil at $95, rate hike odds at 69% for September, and Alphabet reports tonight

Brent crude briefly topped $95 a barrel Wednesday after an 11th consecutive night of U.S. strikes against Iran, with Fed rate hike odds climbing [...]

2026-07-22

AT&T added more wireless and internet subscribers, lifting revenue and its stock

The telecom company posted adjusted EPS of $0.65 in the second quarter, topping analyst estimates of $0.59, as postpaid phone and internet additions both exceeded expectations [...]