Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon
Recursive’s $400 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date.
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You don’t need to splurge on an expensive handheld fan to beat the heat
Despite what influencers may say, you don’t need to spend $99.99 on Dyson’s HushJet Mini Cool or $149.99 for the Shark ChillPill to survive the summer whenever you leave the comfort of air-conditioning. My family has found all the comfort it needs to survive humid baseball games, sweltering concerts, and sweaty hikes with a couple […]
Twelve South’s stylish charging tray now delivers more wireless power with a smaller footprint
Following the original’s debut at CES earlier this year, Twelve South is introducing a new version of its leather-wrapped Valet charging tray designed for use in places where space is at a premium. While the original Valet was 7.5-inches deep and large enough to serve as a catchall for a couple of items like your […]
Granola launches an Apple Watch app
Granola debutes an Apple Watch app for in-person notetaking
Logitech’s handheld plans are on ice — don’t expect a G Cloud 2 soon
Logitech’s new gaming boss, Robin Piispanen, tells me he likes the idea of gaming handhelds. “It’s such a charming value proposition,” he says, as we sip iced vanilla lattes at my local cafe. But he’s not building one right now. He’s not sure when or if Logitech should try again, after its underwhelming experiment with […]
Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns Windows PCs into AI agents
Perplexity has expanded its agentic Personal Computer tool to Windows, allowing computers running the world’s most popular OS to be used as a locally run AI system. Like the Mac version that Perplexity launched in April, Personal Computer for Windows operates like a “general-purpose digital worker” that can access local files and apps to perform […]
Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ program to lease new devices
Apple has officially introduced “Apple Upgrade,” a new leasing program that aims to make it easier to get your hands on the latest iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch models. The service is launching today in the US, and works like a car lease – allowing users to keep a device at the end of […]
Smart rings are looking like my kind of AI gadget
Over the last few months, I’ve spent a lot of time talking to my computer. One underrated feature of the LLM revolution has been a remarkable leap in all kinds of dictation technology – even the fastest, cheapest models are getting very good at understanding and processing speech. I’ve tested lots of these apps, from […]
Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children
Hugging Face is being used to make nonconsensual deepfakes, and the popular open-source AI model repository is doing very little to prevent it. That’s according to a new report published by the European nonprofit AI Forensics, which found that seven out of the top nine image editing models hosted by Hugging Face readily complied with […]
Lyft and Baidu enter London’s robotaxi battleground as testing begins
Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles will be available on Freenow, the mobility network that Lyft acquired in 2025.