NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #878)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, July 28 (game […]
iyO’s trademark lawsuit against OpenAI and Jony Ive paused over settlement talks
Judge Trina L. Thompson has granted a seven-day pause in iyO’s trademark lawsuit against OpenAI and Jony Ive at the parties’ request, as they work to finalize a settlement. Here are the details. OpenAI and iyO near settlement According to new court filings, iyO and OpenAI have told Judge Trina L. Thompson that they have […]
9 Ryobi USB Lithium Home Improvement Tools You Probably Didn’t Realize Existed
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The cheapest and newest Ryobi battery-powered tool arsenal, the USB Lithium line, has gotten quite big since it first appeared in stores in 2022. It took some time, but there are now dozens of distinct tools in the lineup; […]
Meta Is Rethinking Its Bizarre Subscription Plan That Put Even Offline Functions Behind a Paywall
Meta is reworking its Meta One Premium smart glasses subscription plan following public backlash over its decision to put even offline features behind a paywall. Originally, the company intended to give users just three free hours a month of Conversation Focus, a feature that boosts voices in noisy environments, and then charge $19.99 for extended […]
GM redesigned its engineering workflows around AI agents — and tripled its merged pull requests
Software engineers at General Motors’ (GM’s) autonomous driving division spend only 15% of their time writing code, according to Rashed Haq, GM’s VP of autonomous vehicles, in a recent onstage interview at VB Transform 2026. GM is now using AI agents to accelerate much of the other 85%—including analyzing vehicle data, triaging problems, running experiments […]
Researchers have built a tool that can identify the AI used to make a fake video
AI-generated videos have gotten so realistic that spotting a fake is difficult enough on its own. Figuring out which AI model actually created it is even harder. That’s exactly why researchers at UC Riverside built a tool that can do both. It’s called SAGA, and it can trace a fake video back to the specific […]
iPhone 18 Pro could be a no-brainer upgrade for lots of users
iPhone 18 Pro is coming soon, and there are several reasons why it could prove an especially popular upgrade choice this year. #1: Top-requested new features iPhone 17 Pro was a huge hit for Apple—far more so than the company anticipated. While it’s hard to know exactly what deserves credit for its success, it’s easy […]
States push back against rising AI-driven electricity infrastructure costs
The AI race started off with a pretty clear direction – bigger and better. The first waves were characterized by building bigger models, but it’s all change in the world of artificial intelligence and with enterprises, SMBs and consumers all finding use cases for the technology, the focus has shifted. Now, AI firms and model […]
Snowflake launches Cortex AI Gateway to control AI agents and prevent runaway enterprise costs
Snowflake announced Cortex AI Gateway on Tuesday, a centralized control layer designed to govern how AI agents — including those built by competitors like Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cursor — access enterprise data, tools, and models. Alongside the gateway, the company unveiled a first wave of security integrations with 1Password, Aembit, Linx Security, SailPoint, and […]
Apple’s new Upgrade program lets you lease an iPhone, Mac, Watch, and iPad
Apple has officially launched Apple Upgrade, a leasing program that lets customers pay monthly for an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch instead of buying the device outright. The program went live today on Apple’s website in partnership with Klarna, replacing the iPhone Upgrade Program that Apple has offered since 2015. What you can lease […]