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Xbox follows Apple with price increases

LAUREN FORRISTAL

The price increase comes amid rising components costs.

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds

LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it's refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third party breach.

Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect

JOHN TIMMER

At the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star's chromosphere brightens.

Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead

SCHARON HARDING

Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."

Google finally releases a Finance Android app, promises iOS version later in 2026

RYAN WHITWAM

It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.

Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack

ASHLEY BELANGER

Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.

Forget Peloton. Race to This 25% Off Deal on Hydrow’s Rowing Machine (2026)

MARTIN CIZMAR

This Peloton-adjacent rowing machine gamifies your workout to a satisfying effect, and is up to 25 percent off right now for Prime Day.

Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents

MARINA TEMKIN

Agent testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experienced nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.

YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed

LUCAS ROPEK

YouTube Shorts is getting a makeover.

Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program

RYAN WHITWAM

About a quarter of PCs are still running Microsoft's previous operating system.

FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet

JON BRODKIN

Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be "the nation’s parent."

Venezuela’s Powerful Earthquakes Were a Rare ‘Seismic Doublet’

FERNANDA GONZÁLEZ

The country was hit hard by a pair of quakes that happened in quick succession and were likely driven by stress being transferred from one part of the fault that runs through the country to another.

Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data

BRIAN BARRETT, ZOË SCHIFFER, LEAH FEIGER

Amazon-owned MGM Studios’ decision to drop the OpenAI movie is just part of AI and film industries becoming increasingly intertwined. On Uncanny Valley, we take a look at where this is all headed.

The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns

LUCAS ROPEK

penAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of to the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to.

This Is Probably Your Last Chance to Buy a Cheap MacBook for a While

LUKE LARSEN

Apple has dramatically jacked up the price of MacBooks, making the current Prime Day pricing that much more enticing.