2026-07-22

Delta CEO Ed Bastian says the airline sees the economy before everyone else does

The outspoken executive explains why AI still has to prove it can drive growth, and why he pulled congressional travel perks during the government shutdown. [...]

2026-07-22

Hackers stole Estée Lauder staff’s bank and health data. The company took nearly a year to say so.

The cosmetics giant Estée Lauder is notifying staff of a data breach after hackers slipped into the Oracle software it uses to run human resources. BleepingComputer first reported the disclosure. Nearly a year in the dark The timeline is the uncomfortable part. According to the company’s notification letter, an intruder reached its Oracle E-Business Suite […]<br /> This story continues [...]

2026-07-22

This AI-piloted fighter jet takes off with no runway. It just cleared a key test.

A fighter jet that needs no runway is a step closer to flight. Shield AI and GE Aerospace say they have completed engine light-off testing for the X-BAT. It is an AI-piloted strike aircraft, built to take off and land vertically. The two firms announced the milestone this week. The nozzle that does the trick […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-22

Everyone is cramming AI into phones. Light’s new flip phone strips it all out.

The flip phone is back, and this one has a cause. Light, the Brooklyn maker of deliberately boring phones, has unveiled the Light Flip, its first clamshell and its fourth device in a decade. It costs $299 and lands with a pointed message: as Apple and Google push AI deeper into everything, Light is building […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-22

Moonshot is chasing a $50bn valuation, and it wants two funding rounds to get there

China’s Moonshot AI is raising money at a pace that would make most startups dizzy. The lab should close a round that values it at $31.5 billion in the coming days, Bloomberg reported. It then plans to open another almost immediately, targeting a valuation of as much as $50 billion. Two rounds, one summer The […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-22

I’ve spent an hour with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra — and I need to upgrade my Z Fold 7 ASAP

I’ve been in love with my Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 for a year — but I’d give it up for another hour with the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. [...]

2026-07-22

'If, because of that, we stop innovation, we don’t go anywhere': we got a first look at Samsung Intelligent Eyewear, the smart glasses entering a fraught market worried about privacy

TechRadar got a first look at Samsung's new Intelligent Eyewear — its answer to the Meta Smart Glasses — and some insight into how the company approached the big privacy question. [...]

2026-07-22

I went hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and this passport-shaped oddity has revived my interest in foldable phones

Prefer watching Netflix to taking photos? I tried the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and it might just be the best phone for streaming video. [...]

2026-07-22

I've tested the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8, and its new camera features make it an excellent vlogging camera alternative — so long as you don't mind the middling image quality

Each year I inch ever closer to trading my iPhone for a Samsung Galaxy Flip phone — but one spec keeps holding me back... [...]