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Peloton launched three new treadmills on Tuesday: the foldable Tread Flex at $2,200, the Tread Vision at $3,500, and the Tread Plus Vision at $6,700, all going on sale October 1. The company also rolled out new AI-driven features for runners, walkers and hikers on its Peloton IQ platform.
Qualcomm introduced two new flagship smartphone chips, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme Gen 6, at its Snapdragon Summit, emphasizing on-device AI capabilities. The Extreme version can run a 30-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model locally, includes a new sensing hub for personalized AI agents, and supports 8K60fps video recording. Motorola announced its Signature 27 phone will use the Extreme chip, with availability planned later this year.
Andreessen Horowitz is opening The Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a one-year, tuition-free program in San Francisco for about 50 high school graduates who haven't attended college. The program mixes technical coursework with mentorship from tech industry figures, and is backed by $42 million in funding as a for-profit venture led by CEO Gagan Biyani.
OpenAI has updated its smaller GPT-6 models, Sol and Luna, following this month's launch of the flagship GPT-6 Astra. The company says API access to the new Sol and Luna models costs half as much as the previous 5.6 series, citing gains in caching and inference, and claims GPT-6 Sol makes roughly half as many factual mistakes as its predecessor while also reducing coding errors.
COROS has released the Pace 4 Pro, an endurance-sports smartwatch featuring a 1.47-inch LTPO AMOLED display, the largest the company has made, with sapphire glass and a titanium alloy bezel. The watch offers up to 21 days of battery life (seven with always-on display), doubled RAM over its predecessor, and is available now in Black or White for $449.
Coverage Cat, a Y Combinator S22 startup, has launched as a licensed insurance brokerage that lets shoppers compare home, umbrella, auto, and renters coverage using AI-guided intake paired with human brokers. The service is currently available in California, Florida, New York, Texas, and Washington, and offers an Agent API for developers to integrate the comparison flow into other applications.
Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz is opening the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a one-year, ungraded program meant to funnel young people into Silicon Valley startups. Ten partner companies, including Google, Meta, OpenAI, Palantir, and Anthropic, will host students in 'co-op' placements, backed by $42 million in a16z-led funding, compute credits, and a travel stipend. The program grants no degree and requires participants to relocate to San Francisco and cover their own housing.
Anthropic introduced Claude Opus 5.5, a cheaper, more efficient model that reroutes risky cybersecurity requests to the weaker Opus 4.8 and flagged biology queries to Opus 5. The company says it is the top performer on its internal alignment testing and was vetted by outside evaluators Frontier Design and METR before release.
Levi's and Marks & Spencer have launched the Fashion Renewable Collaborative, a joint initiative designed to help apparel suppliers switch to renewable energy sources. The effort targets emissions generated deep in supply chains, such as fiber and fabric manufacturing, rather than focusing solely on the brands' own operations.
Weibo leakers Smart Pikachu and Digital Chat Station claim vivo executives confirmed an X500 Ultra model is in development, pointing to a March or April 2027 release. The report follows vivo's China launch of the X500, X500 Pro, and X500 Pro Max, with the Ultra variant still unconfirmed by vivo itself. Separately, the standard X500 lineup has reportedly appeared on the EU's EPREL database, hinting at an international rollout.
Satellite operators are finding it harder to book rides to orbit as SpaceX scales back its workhorse rocket in favor of newer vehicles, while competing launch companies have yet to ramp up capacity to match demand. The resulting supply crunch is forcing smaller satellite makers and researchers to compete more aggressively for limited slots.
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Foxconn have unveiled Ceer, the kingdom's first domestic car brand, showcasing an Exobot sedan and SUV built with falcon-style 'Shahin Wing' doors. The company plans to release seven vehicles, including hybrids, by 2030, initially targeting the Gulf Cooperation Council market before considering wider expansion.