Big Tech News
- Amazon hikes Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle prices up to 60% citing memory and storage cost increases
- DOJ and TikTok settle children's privacy suit for $400 million
- Walmart ends 11-year tap-to-pay refusal, accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay from August 24
- Walmart ends 11-year tap-to-pay refusal, rolling out Apple Pay and contactless payments to all US stores
- Waymo doubles lobbying spending in robotaxi battle with Uber
- Apple cuts 200+ jobs across Vision Pro, Siri, and gaming teams, shifting focus to AI and new devices
- Elon Musk pitches Starlink for India's rural users amid stalled launch
- Nevada approves permits for up to 8,000 robotaxis from Tesla, Uber, and Waymo
- Samsung regains top smartphone market position in 2026, Counterpoint says
- Google Discover gets an AI chatbot-tuned feed
- Gemini for Home update rolls out with voice upgrades but users slam Google for missing and broken features
- Alibaba profit dives 75% as AI spending surges to nearly $10B in a quarter
- Google gives publishers a button to become readers' preferred source in Search and Discover
- China's YouTube rival Bilibili launches global app and English website, courting Western creators
- Meta launches Pocket AI app in the US; the app it came from shuts down same day
- Meta glasses privacy crisis deepens as bans spread and regulation debate intensifies
- Waymo details custom 5nm chip powering its robotaxis, cutting reliance on Nvidia
- Alibaba profit falls 75% as quarterly AI spending hits $10 billion, cloud revenue jumps 45%
- Android Auto 17.4 fixes connection bug that made drives frustrating; Google says latest update should end disconnects and freezes
- Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards
- Meta pays Microsoft hundreds of millions a year to rent AI models via Azure
- Bloomberg Opinion advises Apple to avoid Meta's mistakes with AI-enhanced AirPods and smart glasses
- YouTube offers creators millions of dollars to keep their shows off Netflix
- Meta smart glasses become a workplace menace, reports The Verge
- Australia passes News Bargaining Incentive, targeting Meta, Google, TikTok, and LinkedIn
- Waymo's self-driving cars get Gemini integration for in-car conversations
- Gboard rolls out emoji size setting for Google Pixel phones
- Apple fires back at OpenAI's bid to toss trade secrets lawsuit, calling defense 'distortion'
- Meta AI's new Mac app lets users talk to apps, powered by Muse Spark model
- Waymo brings Chinese EVs to US streets with next-gen Ojai robotaxi rollout