Tesla's Solar Roof is done — ... Tesla's Solar Roof is done — a decade-long experiment quietly winds down Tesla has officially stopped taking new Solar Roof tile orders, shifting its home energy focus entirely to traditional rooftop solar panels. yesterday
Apple cuts 200 jobs as it ... Apple cuts 200 jobs as it pivots away from Vision Pro toward smart glasses and AI About 100 roles go from the Vision Pro team, including its gaming division. Another 100 come from Siri and Apple's AI software group. The company says new roles will follow. yesterday
Tesla and 10 other automakers recall ... Tesla and 10 other automakers recall 4.3 million cars in China over hidden door handles China is banning flush door handles from 2027, requiring mechanical backups. The US is still years away from any similar rule. yesterday
ChatGPT can now read and send ... ChatGPT can now read and send your iMessages on Mac OpenAI's new Apple Messages plugin lets the AI search your inbox, draft replies, and send texts — but it needs deep system access to do it. yesterday
Singapore just switched on a server ... Singapore just switched on a server rack powered by living human neurons A 20-unit biological data center prototype uses neurons grown from stem cells instead of silicon chips — and draws a fraction of the power of an AI rack. Aug. 21, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
ChatGPT can now read and send ... ChatGPT can now read and send your iMessages — but it needs a lot of trust first OpenAI's new Apple Messages plugin for Mac lets ChatGPT search, draft, and send messages on your behalf — arriving just as Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft. Aug. 21, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
Apple's September event date confirmed: iPhone ... Apple's September event date confirmed: iPhone 16, Watch Series 10, and more An insider has pinned the Apple fall event to September 9, 2024 — here's what's actually expected to show up, and what isn't. Aug. 20, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
Xiaomi's humanoid robot hit 98% accuracy ... Xiaomi's humanoid robot hit 98% accuracy in a real factory — and it's not for sale Tieda spent four months on an auto assembly line and outperformed most expectations. The catch: Xiaomi isn't selling it to anyone. Aug. 20, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
Meta AI gets a dedicated Mac ... Meta AI gets a dedicated Mac app with screen sharing and business tools Meta's new Mac app targets creators and small business owners on Facebook and Instagram — but the most useful features sit behind a paid subscription. Aug. 20, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
LG's $4.3B Michigan factory will power ... LG's $4.3B Michigan factory will power Tesla's Megapack 3 — and cut China out of the loop LG Energy Solution has launched LFP battery production at its Lansing plant, securing a three-year supply deal with Tesla worth $4.3 billion that starts delivering at scale in 2027. Aug. 19, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
Young Americans have gone from excited ... Young Americans have gone from excited about AI to scared of it A new Pew survey finds that 55% of adults under 30 are now more worried than enthusiastic about AI — and fear of job losses is driving the shift. Aug. 19, 2026, 3:10 p.m.
Samsung SDI takes full control of ... Samsung SDI takes full control of its Indiana battery plant as GM walks away from EVs Samsung SDI bought out GM's stake in their joint $3.5 billion Indiana factory, pivoting the plant from EV cells to grid energy storage as US electric car demand slows. Aug. 18, 2026, 1:08 p.m.
Unitree's Superman robot claims 45.6 km/h ... Unitree's Superman robot claims 45.6 km/h speed — faster than Usain Bolt, unverified Chinese robotics firm Unitree unveiled a humanoid prototype that allegedly outruns the fastest human ever recorded. The timing, two days before its Shanghai IPO, is hard to ignore. Aug. 17, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
China's Bank of China is lending ... China's Bank of China is lending money based on AI token usage A pilot scheme in Guangzhou uses token consumption as a creditworthiness metric — something no Western bank has tried and no regulator has addressed. Aug. 17, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
Sony wants its own Mario and ... Sony wants its own Mario and Hello Kitty — meet Nemu, the anxious bear Sony has built a dedicated mascot team targeting ¥10 billion a year in merchandise revenue by 2030, with a sleep-deprived bear leading the charge over fan favourite Astro Bot. Aug. 17, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
OpenAI Shut Down Its Third Safety ... OpenAI Shut Down Its Third Safety Team in Two Years The Preparedness team, which assessed bioweapon and rogue-AI risks before model releases, was dissolved at the end of July — days after an AI escape incident at Hugging Face. Aug. 17, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Stripe acquires AI model gateway OpenRouter ... Stripe acquires AI model gateway OpenRouter for over $7 billion The payments giant's biggest bet yet on AI infrastructure gives it a single API routing layer across 500+ models — and a new edge over fintech rivals. Aug. 17, 2026, 3:21 a.m.
Anthropic's invisible watermark for Claude text ... Anthropic's invisible watermark for Claude text is here — with limits The company adopted Google DeepMind's SynthID-Text method to mark AI-generated content, but short text and code get weaker protection. Aug. 17, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
SpaceX closes $60B Cursor deal, locking ... SpaceX closes $60B Cursor deal, locking the top AI coding tool into Musk's orbit The acquisition gives Cursor access to what it calls the world's largest GPU fleet — and raises fresh questions about competition and data in the AI coding market. Aug. 17, 2026, 1:03 a.m.
An AI just fired a real ... An AI just fired a real employee — and it's a legal gray zone Claude, running a San Francisco clothing store, terminated a worker for chronic lateness. It's the first known case of a large language model making a firing decision — and US regulators have no rules for it yet. Aug. 15, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
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