Spotify’s latest feature lets you add your own transitions to playlists
The new options are designed to appeal to playlist experts and other music fans, who have collectively created nearly 9 billion playlists on Spotify’s platform to date.
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such as Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman push for regulation of these seemingly “superhuman” systems, while a separate faction, led by policy organizations…
Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand it AI-powered sleep tech
The sleep tech company raised from HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Y Combinator and big F1 names like Charles Leclerc and Zak Brown.
Should AI flatter us, fix us, or just inform us?
How do you want your AI to treat you? It’s a serious question, and it’s one that Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has clearly been chewing on since GPT-5’s bumpy launch at the start of the month. He faces a trilemma. Should ChatGPT flatter us, at the risk of fueling delusions that can spiral out of…
How to make clean energy progress under Trump in the states—blue and red alike
The second Trump administration is proving to be more disastrous for the climate and the clean energy economy than many had feared. Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed most of the clean energy incentives in former president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Meanwhile, his EPA administrator moved to revoke the endangerment finding, the…
OpenAI launches a sub $5 ChatGPT plan in India
This plan will offer 10x more messages and image generation than the free tier, among other benefits.
SoftBank makes $2B investment in Intel
Softbank will pay $23 per share for Intel common stock.
Allianz Life data breach affects 1.1 million customers
Data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned notified 1.1 million customers of a July data breach, a number not previously reported.
These Brothers Turned a 2-Man Operation Into One of the Most Trusted Companies in Their Area. Here’s How.
For Jose and Michael Rodriguez of Pest Brothers, one of Yelp’s Top 100 Local Businesses of 2025, success is about more than getting the job done.
A Ex-Google AI Pioneer Says Getting a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence Is No Longer Worth It. Here’s Why.
Jad Tarifi, who founded Google’s first generative AI team and has a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, wouldn’t recommend starting a program now.
X’s declining Android app installs are hurting subscription revenue
X is struggling on Android with installs down by 49% year-over-year as of June 2025