Silicon Valley bets big on ‘environments’ to train AI agents
A wave of startups are creating RL environments to help AI labs train agents. It might be Silicon Valley’s next craze in the making.
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The touchscreen MacBook rumors are never ending
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo took to X on Wednesday to claim that a MacBook Pro with an OLED touchscreen was expected to enter mass production by late 2026. Today Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is following up to remind us that he was reporting on a touchscreen MacBook Pro way back in 2023. He confirmed Kuo’s timeline was […]
Montblanc is getting into the digital notepad game
If you’re the kind of person who owns leather driving gloves in multiple colors to match your different Jaguars, then there hasn’t been a digital paper option that could live up to your lofty luxury standards until now. But Montblanc is finally delivering a truly bougie take on the e-ink writing tablet. The $905 Montblanc […]
TechCrunch Mobility: The two robotaxi battlegrounds that matter
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”
A jury will decide if Amazon illegally tricked people into paying for Prime
Amazon is about to face a roughly month-long trial against the US Federal Trade Commission in Seattle to defend its Prime program from claims it tricked tens of millions of customers into signing up for the membership and made it hard to quit. It’s one of several Big Tech trials the US government has initiated […]
Hundreds of flights delayed at Heathrow and other airports after apparent cyberattack
Travelers at major European airports including Heathrow, Brussels, and Berlin faced significant delays this weekend following what Collins Aerospace described as a “cyber-related incident.”
Trump’s H-1B visa fee isn’t just about immigration, it’s about fealty
Donald Trump has never made his distaste for immigrants a secret. It’s been a cornerstone of his political movement since he descended that escalator on June 16th, 2015 and started hurling racist vitriol in the general direction of Mexico and Mexican Americans. On the surface, his assault on the H-1B visa program seems like part […]
Amazon, Google, Microsoft reportedly warn H-1B employees to stay in the US
Large tech companies have responded to President Donald Trump’s dramatic changes to H-1B visa applications by telling employees with those visas to remain in the United States for now.
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The best smart glasses got a little better
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 98, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, please tell me if you bought an orange iPhone, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about competitive massage and space […]