I Found Jesus at a Drone Show

Drone shows are the new fireworks—and possibly a new kind of religion. I traveled to Texas to be converted. [...]

Peec AI doubles its valuation betting GEO is the new SEO

For 20 years, marketing meant one thing: rank on Google. That deal is breaking. A Berlin startup has just doubled its valuation on a bet about what comes next. Peec AI is in talks to raise new funding [...]

Samsung and SK Hynix are building $520 billion worth of new chip plants in South Korea

Each company will build two new fabrication plants in the country's southwest as AI demand strains existing capacity [...]

New York is launching a $30 million program to compensate farmers for tariff costs

The Agricultural Resiliency Against Tariffs Program will offer direct payments of up to $25,000 to dairy, livestock, specialty crop, and aquaculture producers [...]

'The goal is not to replace humans': new Meta AI research chief Dawn Song says the next frontier is AI agents that are "economically valuable"

Meta's AI Research VP believes AI should augment human value and that many benchmarks are irrelevant as companies struggle to prove ROI. [...]

The first Fitbit Air update could fix a major frustration — but Google has shut off a workaround for avoiding the new Google Health app

Your Fitbit Air is about to get more reliable and accurate, but there's bad news if you're still clinging to the old Fitbit app. [...]

Kalshi sues Illinois over new tax on prediction market sports bets

Illinois now a key battleground in fight over prediction market sports bets. [...]

Top tech of the month: the best new gadgets we've tested for July 2026

From a tiny-but-mighty handheld fan to a speaker that delivers 'thunderous power', here are the gadgets that impressed us most this month. [...]

Alibaba and Tencent lose their Washington lobbyists as new Pentagon rule takes effect

Washington lobbying firms have been quietly dropping Alibaba and Tencent as clients ahead of a new Pentagon rule that takes effect on Tuesday. According to Bloomberg, Alibaba has lost five lobbying fi [...]