Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla told TechCrunch he is backing Wajo, a personal AI agent startup founded by former Google and DeepMind engineer Shivani Poddar, arguing it is more trustworthy than rivals like Meta's Muse and Instinct. Wajo's agent, called Fo, works across iMessage and WhatsApp, organizes tasks into categories such as scheduling and gifting, can call businesses on a user's behalf, hire humans for tasks, and issue a virtual credit card to make payments without revealing personal details.
The Wi-Fi Alliance has certified two unreleased Sony products with model numbers CFI-Y2000 and CFI-Y2105, both running Android 15, succeeding the current PlayStation Portal's CFI-Y1001 designation. The filings show single-antenna 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi support but no 6GHz capability, and Sony has not commented on the certifications.
A Future Partners study cited on Fox Business' The Big Money Show found 43.6% of Gen Z take spontaneous leisure trips frequently, versus a 25.2% average across all generations. A separate Skyscanner 2026 trends report found 52% of Gen Z respondents ate out less and 40% cut back on haircuts to afford their most recent vacation.
Amazon is selling Motorola's flagship flip foldable, the Razr Ultra 2026, for $1,399.99, down from its $1,499.99 list price as part of Prime Day deals. The phone features a 7-inch inner AMOLED display, 4-inch outer screen, Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, and a 5,000mAh battery rated for up to 36 hours. The discount requires an active Amazon Prime membership, though new users can access a free 30-day trial.
Amazon is selling Samsung's Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, the 46mm stainless-steel smartwatch with a rotating bezel, Wear OS, Galaxy AI and health tracking features, for $389.99 instead of its $549.99 list price. The discount, a 28% cut saving $160, requires an active Amazon Prime membership, though new users can sign up for a free 30-day trial.
Apple TV officially confirmed The Choir, a new comedy-drama series starring Ruth Jones and James Corden, set for release in 2027. The show follows estranged siblings Ben and Lisa, whose reconciliation unfolds through a local choir, with guest appearances from Hannah Waddingham, James McAvoy, and Jim Broadbent.
Amazon has confirmed it has discontinued the ability to use Alexa voice commands to play or pause audio through the 3.5mm aux input on older Echo devices, including the Echo Plus (2nd gen), Echo (3rd gen), Echo (4th gen), and Echo Studio (1st gen). The physical aux connection itself still works, and users can still control playback manually through the Alexa app or use Bluetooth pairing instead.
An operator of a social livestreaming platform argues that metrics like watch time and views, which built the largest social media products, measure consumption rather than genuine social connection. The piece contrasts a user who passively watches 100 videos in an hour with one who spends that hour interacting with a single person, arguing the latter is more truly social despite weaker numbers.
Amazon and Best Buy are selling the Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar for $359, a $140 discount from its regular price and $10 cheaper than last Prime Day's deal. The soundbar supports Dolby Atmos virtualization and eARC, letting it sync power and volume controls with a connected TV.
Cable industry trade groups representing Comcast, Charter and other providers have filed notice they will sue the FCC to block its repeal of the National Television Ownership Rule, which has capped any broadcaster's reach at 39% of US TV households since 2004. The groups also petitioned the FCC to keep the cap in place while litigation over the agency's authority to repeal it plays out, arguing the repeal conflicts with a specific numerical threshold Congress set by statute.
Bridge Neurotech has emerged from stealth with $13.5 million in funding, including backing from General Catalyst, to develop a wearable, ultrasound-based brain-computer interface. Founder and CEO Will Biederman, who previously developed chip technology licensed by Neuralink, says his goal is to avoid the surgical implants used by competitors like Neuralink, Synchron, Paradromics and Precision Neuroscience.
Wired reports that Meta's new AI agent Muse maintains ongoing files on people connected to its users, updating information about them roughly every hour. AI safety researcher Karan Joshi, who extracted Muse's internal prompts, said the system appears designed to build a 'page for every person in the user's life.' The report follows separate claims from 404 Media that Meta engineers rushed a fix for a security flaw in Muse's database just before launch.
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