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Leaked renders of the Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2 suggest not much is changing in Samsung’s new wearables, at least from the outside. There should be performance upgrades though, plus the bump to Samsung’s take on Wear OS 7. Expect both next month alongside new foldable phones.
Google has published a new “Summergeist” report that highlights some of the more notable search trends that have spiked in the US this summer. At a glance, 90’s/2000’s fashion has made another comeback, and everyone is trying to figure out how to make high fiber recipes and Spritz drinks.
The terms of the settlement are confidential, Courthouse News Service reports. Meta, Snap, and ByteDance are still set to be defendants in the trial, which is being brought by a 15-year old plaintiff known as “R.K.C.” and is scheduled to start on July 27th.
In the first bellwether case, Meta and YouTube were found negligent.
[Courthouse News Service]
In 2022, LastPass’ breach coughed up encrypted customer passwords spurring some crypto heists later.
Now it says a breach at Klue gave attackers access to its Salesforce data, along with that of other companies who, according to reports, are being extorted by “Icarus.” For LastPass, the stolen data includes customers’ names, phone numbers, and other data, but not the actual password vaults this time.
Musk’s total net worth is now $957 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That figure is still $660 billion higher than Larry Page, the next person on the list, whose net worth is $297 billion.
[Bloomberg]
The fire occurred in Martin County late last week after “a brake pad from the trailer hauling the six Teslas ignited and quickly spread to the vehicles,” according to local news outlet WPTV. Both lanes of Florida’s Turnpike and part of I-95 were shut down as toxic fumes and smoke clouded the area.
The new iPhone and iPad app from Red Games is launching alongside a line of alcohol-based and acrylic markers aimed at adults, although I doubt they’ll be replacing my Copic or Posca markers. Coloring apps were all the rage a decade ago — let us know if you’re still deep in the virtual pages, or if you’ve swapped the apps for AI-generated designs.
GPTZero will soon be available in the Superhuman Go AI assistant, which works in “1 million apps and websites,” says Superhuman, the company formerly known as Grammarly. Superhuman adds that its authenticity tools “address both sides of the equation — understanding the provenance of what they read and using AI responsibly while writing.”
[Superhuman Blog]
Claude can join as a member of a company’s Slack to write and merge pull requests, locate sales numbers, analyze data, take on tasks delegated to it, and more, the company wrote in a blog post. To use it, people will tag @Claude in the Slack channel.
[Anthropic]
We’re still waiting on Google’s upcoming Gemini-powered autofill for Android, but for now Chrome can automatically fill forms across mobile and desktop using your Google Wallet data, including your Known Traveler Number, driver’s license, and passport. Autofill for flight details and vehicle information has also expanded to iOS and Android.
The deal will combine Vibe.co with Walmart Connect, the retail giant’s advertising platform for smart TVs. It follows Walmart’s 2024 acquisition of Vizio, which it has already used to bolster its advertising business by linking a person’s shopping activity to what they watch.
The original HP 16c launched in 1982 as a calculator programmers could use for coding and debugging. Production stopped in 1989, but Moravia Education has resurrected the HP 16c with a faster processor and the ability to now save and load programs. Only 10,000 are being made for $129.95 each.
RSL Media — the nonprofit founded by Blanchett — is opening up access to a new registry that will allow people to set terms for how AI systems use their likenesses.
Through the registry, people can permit, prohibit, or require payment for AI systems to use their name, image, voice, and other attributes. It will soon let people signal how AI can use their creative works, characters, and marks, as well.
Unfortunately, it’s not Spinball-themed, but it looks fun all the same.
Virtuix announced a new version of its Omni One treadmill that now supports the Meta Quest 2 and Quest 3 headsets directly as part of the Made for Meta program. For $2,595 you can physically run, walk, jump, and crouch to navigate VR games using the Omni One for Quest without crashing around your living room.
Thirty years ago today the N64 was released in Japan. To help mark the occasion, 8BitDo has announced new clear blue versions of its Ultimate 2 Wireless controller and Retro 87 Keyboard. The $59.99 controller is available today, while preorders are now open for the $99.99 keyboard, which won’t ship until August 14th.
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A new “Fix” button gives Workspace users an option to have Gemini to diagnose and automatically resolve formula errors in Sheets.
As Android Police highlights it will pop up any time you click on a cell with an error in it, and show Gemini’s fix in the chatbot’s sidebar.
They’re $80 cheaper, and Alex Himel, Meta’s VP of wearables, says privacy improvements are on the way.
Courtroom Chaos — Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger follows the Snoop Dogg-themed courtroom game that launched last year on Luna, and they’re both part of Amazon’s new plan for games.
This new game adds a single-player mode and a mode where AI Arnold can help you settle bets with friends.
If you’re looking for a compact Switch 2 travel dock, go with GuliKit’s new $30 option. If you want more functionality, Jsaux’s new $60 6-in-1 solution can connect the Switch 2 to a TV, access the internet over ethernet, charge four additional Joy-Cons plus Nintendo’s Pro controller, and fold up for travel.
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Tata Electronics, an India-based manufacturing partner for both companies, says it’s investigating a “cybersecurity incident” after the World Leaks ransomware group posted more than 200,000 component and specification documents on the dark web. The files reportedly include inspection standards for iPhone circuit board components, and drawings for the Model 3 revamp that Tesla launched in 2023.
Starting July 1st, small parcels valued at less than €150 (about $171) that enter the EU will be subject to a fixed €3 (about $3.42) customs duty. This temporary measure aims to protect local businesses by reducing competition from foreign low-cost retailers like Temu and Shein, while the EU works out a permanent solution.
Meta said it didn’t have indicators of the post being nonconsensual, but in addition to arguing that was incorrect, the board says Meta should determine that “AI-generated impersonation is non-consensual by default.”
Screenshots seen by Business Insider showed that data from Meta’s controversial AI training program — including employees’ private conversations, performance data, and transcriptions — could be accessed across the entire company. In a statement to the publication, Meta said:
“We have carefully designed this program with privacy safeguards, and while we have no indication at this time that any data was improperly accessed by Meta employees, we’re pausing it while we investigate.”
Yup, that about sums up where we are right now in the world of AI editing tools and content authenticity.
Japanese AI startup Sakana has posted benchmark results and beta tester impressions saying that its Fugu models compare favorably with or beat the likes of Fable 5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and GPT-5.5.
The company says Fugu carefully chooses when to use other frontier AI models like Claude and Gemini on specific tasks, although it doesn’t tell users which model was used for what. “Over time, Sakana Fugu will naturally grow by incorporating newer, more efficient models, including our own.”
Over the weekend, the DoorDash X account posted repeatedly about the World Cup, but instead of tagging New Zealand soccer player Tim Payne, the account tagged musician T-Pain — who responded accordingly. The posts had no indication that they were an ad (as the Federal Trade Commission requires).
I asked DoorDash if this was a coordinated effort and whether T-Pain was paid for his posts. Head of social Zaria Parvez said in an email that the company noticed Payne was a fan favorite and happened to share a nearly identical name with T-Pain. “So, in partnership with T-Pain, we executed a fun campaign to connect fans from around the world and remind people that DoorDash has whatever they need throughout the World Cup.”
The redesign, which is a huge improvement, was announced at CES this past January and has been slowly rolling out across devices. It’s now on Ember TVs, the Fire TV 4K Select, and Fire TV Cube. Partner TVs from Hisense recently got the update, with additional manufacturers’ TVs being added later this summer.
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That entry of default had indicated that Prosser hadn’t responded to Apple’s lawsuit against him. But Prosser’s (recently obtained) counsel and Apple’s counsel asked for the judge in the case to set it aside, which he did.
Prosser now has 10 days to respond to Apple’s complaint.
The open-source AI startup has a deal through 2029, similar to Anthropic and Google, to rent compute capacity from SpaceX’s Colossus 2 data center for $150 million per month (up to $6.3 billion), reports the Wall Street Journal.
[Wall Street Journal]
According to Aftermath’s Chris Person, Valve pointed to the Steam Deck’s recent price increase as an indicator. Following those changes, the PC handheld costs $789 for the 512GB version and $949 for the 1TB version. The Steam Machine, on the other hand, starts at $1,049.
