Ruben Mitchell OpenAI’s first hardware product is not a phone, a speaker, or a wearable. It is a small AI keypad called “Codex Micro”, built with specialty keyboard maker Work Louder and designed to give ChatGPT and Codex users physical controls for agentic work. The device is a niche product by design. It is aimed at people … Read more
Prentis, a new AI lab connected to Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus, and Ritankar Das, is reportedly in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation. The bigger story is not just another large AI funding round. It is where the money is pointing: computer-use agents. The company is focused on models that can … Read more
SpaceX successfully deployed its first third-generation Starlink satellites from Starship, but the same test flight also showed why the rocket system is still not ready to be treated like routine infrastructure. The launch was Starship’s 13th test flight overall and the second flight of the newer Starship V3 vehicle. The mission carried 20 V3 Starlink … Read more
Waymo is reportedly looking for a way out of part of its Uber partnership, a sign that the robotaxi market may be moving from cooperation toward direct platform competition. The Alphabet-owned company has used Uber’s network to make Waymo robotaxis available in Austin and Atlanta. But Uber has said Waymo intends to offer robotaxi rides … Read more
Vietnam is considering new restrictions on social media use by children under 16, adding to a fast-growing global push to limit how young users interact with major online platforms. The proposal is unusual because it does not appear to remove children from social networks entirely. Instead, under-16 users would reportedly be allowed to keep accounts, … Read more
Two Volkswagen engineers have been charged with securities fraud over an alleged insider-trading scheme tied to Volkswagen’s electric vehicle joint venture with Rivian. The indictment, unsealed by federal prosecutors in New York, alleges that Michael Stamp and Marcus Plank used confidential information about the planned Volkswagen-Rivian partnership to buy Rivian stock and options before the … Read more
Anduril is reportedly in talks to raise new funding at a valuation of about $100 billion, another sign that defense technology remains one of the hottest areas in venture-backed hardware and AI. The reported figure would mark a sharp jump from Anduril’s recent valuation. The company announced a $5 billion Series H round in May … Read more
A U.S. criminal case involving an alleged phone-wiping ‘duress’ password is raising fresh questions about digital privacy at the border and how far authorities can go when searching personal devices. Prosecutors have accused Samuel Tunick, an Atlanta resident and U.S. citizen, of giving border authorities a passcode that caused his phone to erase its contents … Read more
Cognition has acquired ‘Poke’, an AI assistant built around casual text-message interaction, in a move that shows how much AI companies are starting to care about product personality, not only raw model performance. The deal brings ‘Poke’ into the same company behind Devin, Cognition’s AI coding agent. The company says the goal is to make … Read more
A password manager stores your passwords in one protected place, then fills them in when you log in to websites and apps. Instead of remembering dozens of passwords, you remember one strong master password. The main benefit is simple: you can use a different password for every account. That matters because reused passwords are one … Read more