Grok is being antisemitic again and also the sky is blue
Grok, the AI chatbot powered by Elon Musk’s xAI company, is back with more antisemitic rants.
Apple COO Jeff Williams to step down later this month
Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer, is stepping down from his role later this month.
US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers
Accused hacker and Chinese national Xu Zewei was arrested in Italy at the request of U.S. prosecutors.
GenAI as a shopping assistant set to explode during Prime Day sales
A new report estimates that AI will be a larger-than-ever part of the online shopping process during Amazon’s Prime Day sale, which began Tuesday morning. Amazon’s annual sale, which this year spans four days (July
SpaceX in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation
SpaceX is in talks to raise fresh capital at a $400 billion valuation.
Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B
French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, reports Bloomberg.
Activision took down Call of Duty game after PC players hacked, says source
Activision last week brought offline the Microsoft Store version of “Call of Duty: WWII” as the company was investigating “reports of an issue.”
In a blow to Google Cloud, Replit partners with Microsoft
Replit is one of the breakout stars of the vibe coding world. This partnership is a good deal for both companies.
Gmail’s new ‘Manage subscriptions’ tool will help declutter your inbox
Google announced on Tuesday that it’s launching a new Gmail feature that is designed to help users easily manage their subscriptions and declutter their inbox.
OneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text
The typical online checkout experience has become bloated with friction. And while more companies are building solutions around online checkout, few are rethinking it from scratch. One such company is OneText, which