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TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla enters its Grok era, and teens come for robotaxis

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-08-02 00:05:00

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! In case you missed my announcement last week, TechCrunch Mobility is moving to the Beehiiv publishing platform. The launch is scheduled for July 18. Beehiiv provides lots of cool features to help me better engage with you. It’s a win for both of us. The newsletter emails will continue to come from [email protected]. To e

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Smart earrings and necklaces? Samsung is looking into new types of wearables

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-02 04:03:51

Jonathan Feist / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is actively looking into new types of wearable devices. This includes earrings, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and so on. Whatever the company lands on is expected to be a companion device to your phone, rather than a standalone product. Samsung already offers a long list of products in its mobile portfolio, including smartphones, tablets, and more. Still, the company is looking for ways to expand its mobile offerings. To that end, the compan

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Last Chance Prime Day Deal: The M4 Mac Mini Is the Best Value I've Found From Apple and Now It's $100 Off

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-02 03:39:00

I bought the M4 Mac Mini last month after reading CNET laptop expert Joshua Goldman's review of the tiny machine. I was looking for a computer that would increase my productivity and better organize my workflow. During four weeks of use, I've found it to be the best value for money among Apple's lineup. For less than $600, you can get a more powerful computer than the $999 MacBook Air. Even better, it's now selling for $100 off for Amazon Prime Day. As a result, you can buy an M4 Mac Mini for a

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Medium’s CEO explains what it took to stop losing $2.6M monthly

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-02 04:32:53

Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine announced on Friday that the publishing platform has remained profitable since August of last year, when it first achieved this milestone. In a post, Stubblebine detailed what it took to achieve this goal, which involved a combination of product changes, an investor restructuring, renegotiated loans, unloading office space, layoffs, and other difficult cost-cutting measures. His post offers a deep dive into what it takes for a startup to achieve a turnaround and the

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The ChompSaw: A benchtop power tool that's safe for kids to use

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-29 05:43:22

Of all freestanding power tools, perhaps the jigsaw or scrollsaw would be the most fun for kids to use, as they allow freeform cuts. They're also pretty darn dangerous, with the jigsaw being powerful enough to remove fingers. A much safer way to introduce kids to power tools is this ChompSaw, developed by product designers Kausi Raman and Max Liechty. The material it's designed to cut is cardboard, allowing parents to turn Amazon boxes into projects. The tool is essentially a nibbler, using an

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iFixit: the Switch 2 Pro is a ‘piss-poor excuse for a controller’

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-08-02 08:44:29

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. iFixit has shared a full teardown video of the Switch 2 Pro controller and is not impressed by how difficult it is to access the $85 accessory’s internal components, including its rechargeable battery that will inevitably lose its ability to hold a charge over time. The online repair site goes so far as to call the Pro 2 a “piss-poor excuse for

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At Amazon's biggest data center, everything is supersized for AI

news.ycombinator.com Karen Weise 2025-08-02 12:03:11

A year ago, a 1,200-acre stretch of farmland outside New Carlisle, Ind., was an empty cornfield. Now, seven Amazon data centers rise up from the rich soil, each larger than a football stadium. Over the next several years, Amazon plans to build around 30 data centers at the site, packed with hundreds of thousands of specialized computer chips. With hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber connecting every chip and computer together, the entire complex will form one giant machine intended just for

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The ‘Murderbot’ Finale Was Note-Perfect

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-02 16:15:45

Murderbot wrapped up its season today, bringing the Apple TV+ adaptation of Martha Wells’ first Murderbot Diaries story, All Systems Red, to a close. If you’ve read the 2017 novella, you know the show stayed true to Wells’ ending—perfectly setting up that just-announced season two, something creators Chris and Paul Weitz told io9 they’ve had in mind all along. Episode 10, “The Perimeter,” is unlike earlier episodes in that it doesn’t immediately pick up right where we left off. A little bit of

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Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-02 20:17:21

Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history of human spaceflight next week. Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1975, NASA launched a three-man crew on an Apollo spacecraft from Florida and two Russian cosmonauts took off from Kazakhstan, on course to link up in low-Earth orbit two days later. This was the first joint US-Russian human spaceflight mission, laying the foundation for a strained but enduring partnership on th

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The Download: cybersecurity’s shaky alert system, and mobile IVF

technologyreview.com Charlotte Jee 2025-08-03 00:14:00

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Trump is seeking huge cuts to basic scientific research If he gets his way, federal science funding will be slashed by a third for the next fiscal year. (NYT $) + The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled. (MIT Technology Review) + Senators are getting ready to push back against proposed NASA cuts. (Bloomberg $) 2 Conspiracy theorists are starting

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Tandy Corporation, Part 3 Becoming IBM Compatible

news.ycombinator.com Bradford Morgan White 2025-08-02 21:35:55

This article follows Part 1 of the Tandy Corporation’s history, which covers the company’s founding and the lead up to and launch of the TRS-80, and Part 2, which covers the TRS-80 Models I, II, III, CoCo, and Pocket Computer. When the TRS-80 Model I was released in 1977, the microcomputer market was small, centered around hobbyists, and many computer owners had built their machines from off-the-shelf components and/or kits. Tandy, Apple, and Commodore completely changed the market, but even th

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Indeed, Glassdoor to lay off 1,300 staff amid AI push

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-08-02 23:52:23

Recruit Holdings, the Japanese parent of Indeed and Glassdoor, said on Friday that it is laying off about 1,300 employees at the two companies as part of a broader restructuring that involves Glassdoor’s operations being integrated within Indeed, and an increasing focus on using AI. The job cuts would affect functions mostly in the U.S. across the two companies’ R&D, tech, and HR and sustainability divisions, though all functions across all countries will be affected, according to an internal m

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Samsung is exploring new wearable form factors such as earrings and necklaces

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-08-03 00:15:23

In Brief Samsung released its first fitness-focused smart ring last year, adding to its stable of wearables that’s mostly comprised of smartwatches. The company is now looking to bolster its lineup with new wearables in different form factors, like glasses, earrings, and necklaces, CNN reported. Won-joon Choi, COO of Samsung’s mobile experience division, told CNN that the company wants to explore form factors that let users communicate and do things without needing their phones. “We believe i

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Wild Galaxy S26 Ultra leak points to a massively upgraded 200MP camera

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-03 07:34:04

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A leaker has claimed that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could get a Sony-made 200MP camera. This camera would be notably larger than the 200MP main camera used on the S25 Ultra, suggesting improved image quality. This would be an uncharacteristic move by Samsung, as it’s typically been conservative with hardware upgrades. The Galaxy S25 Ultra has the same 200MP main camera seen on Samsung’s previous two Ultra phones, and we weren’t expecting an upgrade in

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At Amazon's Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I

news.ycombinator.com Karen Weise 2025-08-03 08:03:11

A year ago, a 1,200-acre stretch of farmland outside New Carlisle, Ind., was an empty cornfield. Now, seven Amazon data centers rise up from the rich soil, each larger than a football stadium. Over the next several years, Amazon plans to build around 30 data centers at the site, packed with hundreds of thousands of specialized computer chips. With hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber connecting every chip and computer together, the entire complex will form one giant machine intended just for

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Deflecting a Killer Asteroid Is More Complicated Than NASA Thought

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-08-03 07:00:42

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid. The mission, dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), aimed to determine whether humanity could theoretically save itself from a catastrophic asteroid impact. DART collided with Dimorphos, a small moonlet orbiting a larger asteroid called Didymos, on September 26, 2022. The results of the impact blew NASA’s expectations out of the water, shortening Dimorphos’s or

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RealSense spins out of Intel to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-08-03 08:00:00

After 14 years of developing inside of semiconductor giant Intel, RealSense is striking out on its own. RealSense sells cameras that use stereoscopic imaging, a process that combines two images of the same object from different angles to create depth, enhanced with infrared light. This technology helps machines like robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles have a better perception of the physical world around them. The tech is also used for facial authentication. “The common denominator of all

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Indeed, Glassdoor to lay off 1,300 staff

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-08-03 09:52:23

In Brief Recruit Holdings, the Japanese parent of Indeed and Glassdoor, said on Friday that it is laying off about 1,300 employees, or 6% of the staff, at the two job sites. The job cuts would affect functions mostly in the U.S. across the two companies’ R&D, tech, and HR and sustainability divisions, Reuters reported, citing an internal memo. Reuters also reported that the company’s CEO, Hisayuki Idekoba, wrote in the memo: “AI is changing the world, and we must adapt by ensuring our product

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Trump hosts Jensen Huang at White House as Nvidia tops $4 trillion market cap

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-08-03 08:42:52

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers remarks next to U.S. President Donald Trump at an 'Investing in America' event in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, CNBC's Megan Cassella reported. The meeting comes as Nvidia rose slightly on Thursday, becoming the first company to close a trading day with a market cap over $4 trillion, beating Apple and Microsoft to the symbolic milestone. Nvidia touched the mark briefl

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Tesla is already trying to expand its robotaxi service to Arizona

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-08-03 07:58:12

Tesla has applied to test and operate autonomous vehicles in Arizona in a bid to bring its fledgling robotaxi service to the Metro Phoenix area, the state’s Department of Transportation confirmed to TechCrunch. Tesla contacted the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) under the Arizona Department of Transportation on June 26 to begin the certification process, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. The company, which launched a limited robotaxi service in South Austin last month, expressed interes

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Tesla is already trying to expand its Robotaxi service to Arizona

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-08-03 12:58:12

Tesla has applied to test and operate autonomous vehicles in Arizona in a bid to bring its fledgling robotaxi service to the Metro Phoenix area, the state’s Department of Transportation confirmed to TechCrunch. Tesla contacted the Motor Vehicle Division under the Arizona Department of Transportation on June 26 to begin the certification process, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. The company, which launched a limited robotaxi service in South Austin last month, expressed interest in o

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Grok 4

news.ycombinator.com Simon Willison 2025-08-03 13:43:44

Grok 4. Released last night, Grok 4 is now available via both API and a paid subscription for end-users. Key characteristics: image and text input, text output. 256,000 context length (twice that of Grok 3). It's a reasoning model where you can't see the reasoning tokens or turn off reasoning mode. xAI released results showing Grok 4 beating other models on most of the significant benchmarks. I haven't been able to find their own written version of these (the launch was a livestream video) but

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The ChompSaw: A Benchtop Power Tool That's Safe for Kids to Use

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-31 07:43:22

Of all freestanding power tools, perhaps the jigsaw or scrollsaw would be the most fun for kids to use, as they allow freeform cuts. They're also pretty darn dangerous, with the jigsaw being powerful enough to remove fingers. A much safer way to introduce kids to power tools is this ChompSaw, developed by product designers Kausi Raman and Max Liechty. The material it's designed to cut is cardboard, allowing parents to turn Amazon boxes into projects. The tool is essentially a nibbler, using an

Topics: allowing chompsaw jigsaw kids tools

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Democrats and Republicans Unite in Last-Ditch Effort to Save NASA

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-03 19:10:56

Earlier this year, the Trump administration revealed its proposed 2026 budget for NASA, a horrifying plan to chop up dozens of important science missions alongside thousands of jobs. The proposal suggested slicing the space agency's science budget in almost half, in "nothing short of an extinction-level event for space science and exploration in the United States," as Planetary Society chief of space policy Casey Dreier told Ars Technica in March. Just as predicted, the proposed cuts are provi

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Trump to host Jensen Huang at White House as Nvidia tops $4 trillion market cap

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-08-04 00:22:57

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers remarks next to U.S. President Donald Trump at an 'Investing in America' event in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, CNBC's Megan Cassella reported. The meeting comes as Nvidia rose slightly on Thursday, becoming the first company to close a trading day with a market cap over $4 trillion, beating Apple and Microsoft to the symbolic milestone. Nvidia touched the mark

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Trump Wants Border Surveillance Towers That Only Palmer Luckey Can Build

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-08-03 23:35:56

Part of Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill—the massive spending bill that will make permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans while gutting social services like Medicaid—calls for new surveillance towers for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use on the northern and southern borders. That’s pretty standard procedure, except for one catch that The Intercept picked up on: the description of the project basically only fits the work of Palmer Luckey’s Anduril Industries. The provision

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Google announces latest AI American Infrastructure Academy cohort

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-08-03 17:00:00

Google on Thursday announced the second cohort to take part in its AI Academy: American Infrastructure, which seeks to support companies using AI to address issues such as cybersecurity, education, and transportation. The four-month program is designed for companies at a seed to Series A stage and provides equity-free support and resources like leadership coaching and sales training. It’s primarily virtual, but founders will convene for an in-person summit at Google. Applications opened in late

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Insider Claims Microsoft Saved Half a Billion Dollars by Automating Low-Level Jobs

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-04 04:13:06

A Microsoft executive has made a bold — if dubious — claim: that the company has already saved hundreds of millions of dollars as it automates thousands of jobs formerly held by humans. As Bloomberg reports based on insider sources, Microsoft chief commercial officer Judson Althoff said during a recent employee presentation that the tech giant saved more than $500 million using AI in 2024 — and that's just at its call centers. Althoff's comments came just days after the company announced layof

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Life after two-stroke: Rotax electrifies its bike and kart powertrains

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-04 04:38:45

Rotax provided flights from San Francisco to Salz, Austria, and accommodation so Ars could visit its factory and ride some of its products. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. "There was always a passion about motorbikes. But it's not only passion, it also needs to be a sustainable business model," Mario Gebetshuber, BRP-Rotax vice president of global sourcing and operations powertrain, told Ars Technica during a tour of the company's museum of motors over the decades. Gebetshuber says

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HMD plans to stop selling phones in the US, and you probably know why

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-04 08:58:13

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR HMD Global has revealed that it is scaling back its operations in the US. The company cites the “challenging geopolitical and economic environment” as the reason for the decision. It will continue to honor warranty coverage and service for existing products. If you’re an HMD Global, the Android phone maker that licenses the Nokia brand, fan who lives in the US, we have some bad news for you. The company has decided to stop selling its phones in the US.

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Tesla is already trying to expand its Robotaxi service to Arizona

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