Free Waymo rides in California? You can thank a regulatory quirk.

Robotaxi companies have thrived in California, where the good weather, enthusiasm for technology, and sophisticated labor force have supported their growth for nearly two decades. But a delayed decision from…

Comcast is breaking up with NBCU. Why did it ever buy it in the first place?

Source: playlist.megaphone.fm Summary Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Peter Kafka, who is chief correspondent at Business Insider and host of Channels, a podcast about the media industry. And it’s…

Sony brings back the superzoom RX10 with a stacked sensor and a high price

The big boy is back. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony is bringing back the RX10 superzoom camera after a nearly nine-year gap between models. The…

Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding

After reentering the AI race with its first in-house Muse Spark model in April, Meta is now opening up the doors to developers with a new model that can plug…

Sonos Ace wireless headphones are steeply discounted

If you’re looking for a discount on a great pair of active noise-canceling headphones for your summer adventures (even if they’re indoors), you’re in luck. The Sonos Ace headphones in…

The PocketMage resurrects the PDA with an e-paper screen

Source: YouTube Summary Personal digital assistants like the iconic Palm Pilot were one of many devices we thought went extinct with the arrival of the smartphone. But similar to Canon…

Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users

Benchmark-backed Ollama has amassed 176,000 stars, and nearly 17,000 forks on GitHub by helping developers easily run AI on their PCs.

Character.AI enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist

In an interesting twist that takes advantage of the company’s core product, users can chat with these shows’ characters, ask them questions, and even roleplay different storylines.

SpaceX is on track for record-setting Starlink deployments

Another 29 Starlink satellites were deployed last night. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX is currently ahead of last year’s record-setting pace for Starlink satellite deployments. SpaceX launched 1,589 Starlink satellites into…

Character.AI wants a piece of the microdrama pie

Character.AI’s plan to become more than just an LLM-powered chatbot platform is going beyond interactive books, comics, and audio dramas. Today, the company announced the debut of c.ai Series –…