July 30, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg says the US should not block Chinese AI models
Meta's CEO told the Financial Times that banning advanced Chinese AI from the US is not an effective solution, urging Washington to…
July 30, 2026
Perplexity launches Personal Computer for Windows
Perplexity brings its Personal Computer agent platform to Windows 10 and 11, letting users automate work across local files, Microsoft 365, and…
July 30, 2026
GrapheneOS Phone Wipe at Atlanta Airport Leads to Federal Destruction-of-Property Charge
A man faces a rare federal charge after a GrapheneOS duress password erased his Pixel during a CBP search at Hartsfield-Jackson in…
July 30, 2026
Why Creator Content Belongs in Your AI Search Visibility Strategy
AI answers increasingly cite creators and UGC. Learn how brand mentions in creator content influence AI citations and what to coordinate with…
July 29, 2026
How Semantics and Topical Authority Improve Local SEO for Small Businesses
Learn how semantics and topical authority help small businesses rank in local search with fewer, more purposeful pages that reduce duplicate content.
July 28, 2026
X Money begins limited US rollout
X has launched X Money in the US as an invite-only beta for Premium and Premium+ subscribers, offering a deposit account, peer-to-peer…
July 28, 2026
Open Secure AI Alliance launched to build open defensive tools for AI agents
NVIDIA and 30-plus industry partners form the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop open models, harnesses, and security tools for AI-powered cyber…
July 28, 2026
Google just told us how AI agents see your website
Google's AI agents read your site through an Accessibility Tree, a stripped-down version of your page. Here is how to check yours…
July 27, 2026
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta and dozens of tech firms urge Washington not to restrict open-weight AI
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, and 47 other organizations signed a July 2026 letter asking Washington to keep open-weight AI models unrestricted.
July 26, 2026
Beijing bans minors from AI companion chatbots as China’s birthrate hits record low
China's Cyberspace Administration has banned minors from AI companion chatbots and ordered mental health monitoring, prompting ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent to disable…
July 26, 2026
Anthropic launches Claude for Small Business with connectors to QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, Canva, Docusign, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365
Anthropic introduces Claude for Small Business, a package of connectors and agentic workflows that run inside tools like QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, and…
July 26, 2026
42% of LG smart TV apps sell your internet connection to strangers: LG says no more
Security researchers found proxy SDKs in 42% of LG and 26.5% of Samsung smart TV apps. LG says it will suspend webOS…
July 26, 2026
Poolside releases Laguna S 2.1, an open-weight coding model it says beats rivals many times its size
Poolside released Laguna S 2.1, a 118B-parameter open-weight coding MoE that activates 8B per token, with weights on Hugging Face under OpenMDW-1.1.
July 26, 2026
AI-driven system discovers six new metal alloys that could reshape jet engines and nuclear power
University of Toronto researchers used an AI-guided self-driving lab to find six new nickel-cobalt-chromium alloys that outperform Inconel 625 in heat and…
July 26, 2026
Flock Safety ends audio distress detection pilot after backlash, civil liberties concerns
Flock Safety canceled its audio distress detection pilot after public backlash and EFF scrutiny, but thousands of audio devices remain in use.
