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TikTok Withheld Filter Bubble Safeguard From Millions to Test Engagement Impact

Congressional inquiry reveals platform kept algorithmic safety feature from control group while teen deaths occurred in repetitive content loops

By Priya Nair·Aug 21, 2026·5 min read
AI

Inside the Trunk: How Waymo's Robotaxis Process a Quadrillion Operations Per Second

The autonomous vehicle leader has opened the door on its compute architecture, revealing chip specs and supplier relationships that power it…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

OpenAI Claws Back Ground Against Anthropic in Corporate Spending Race

New expense data reveals enterprise buyers remain fickle, switching between frontier model providers as each releases new capabilities - a v…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
Startups

Google Bets on Campus Loyalty With Free AI Pro for US Students

The 12-month giveaway bundles Gemini access with 5TB storage and health tracking - a strategic play to embed AI tools before graduates enter…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Products

Amazon Scales Drone Delivery to Half a Thousand Cities

Prime Air's six-fold expansion targets 500 US metro areas by year-end, as the e-commerce giant races to normalize autonomous last-mile logis…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
Products

Amazon Drops Paywall for Alexa+ on Fire TV Devices

The conversational AI assistant, previously locked behind a $20 monthly fee for non-Prime users, is now free across US Fire TV hardware as t…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

When Smart Glasses Become Tools for Workplace Harassment

Ray-Ban Meta frames are colliding with retail labor in ways the product roadmap never anticipated - and policy is struggling to catch up.…

Priya Nair ·   · 6m
Products

Calendly Enters the Crowded AI Note-Taker Market With Workflow Automation Bet

The scheduling platform is banking on post-meeting automation to differentiate itself in a space already packed with Otter, Fireflies, and G…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Products

Sennheiser Puts User-Replaceable Batteries Into Flagship Earbuds

The Momentum True Wireless 5 signals a shift toward repairable audio hardware as lithium-ion degradation becomes the industry's biggest repl…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 4m
Products

Amazon Opens Alexa+ to All Fire TV Users Without Subscription

The company's conversational AI assistant, previously paywalled at $20 monthly for non-Prime members, becomes a default upgrade across compa…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
Startups

Waymo Rolls Out Zeekr-Built Robotaxis Across Three US Cities

The Alphabet-owned company is deploying 300 Ojai minivans in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco as it races toward profitability, thoug…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

Hackers Turn AI Into a Scripting Tool for Water Infrastructure Attacks

U.S. agencies warn that automated exploit generation is accelerating intrusions into Siemens controllers across rural water systems, exposin…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

How T-Mobile Cut a Physical Cable to Stop a Nation-State Intrusion

When months of digital forensics failed to dislodge Chinese APT actors, the carrier's security team drove to a data center with scissors.…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

Enterprise Data Firm Alation Hit by Breach After Service Disruption

The California company, which manages data infrastructure for half of the Fortune 1000, disclosed unauthorized system access but offered few…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 5m
Startups

SpaceSail Closes Billion-Dollar Round to Build China's Answer to Starlink

Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology's Series B marks the largest funding event in China's satellite internet sector, underscoring Beijing…

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
Startups

Lidar Suppliers See Steady Orders as Chinese Carmakers Double Down on Intelligence

Component makers like Hesai report year-on-year growth even as China's broader automotive market stalls, signaling a structural shift toward…

Wei Zhang ·   · 4m
Policy

Roblox Agrees to Court-Enforceable Safety Overhaul After Australian Tests Expose Contact Loopholes

Despite rolling out age verification and account tiers globally, the platform still allowed adults to reach children without parental consen…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Products

Samsung's Late-Summer Reveal Points to a Stretched Launch Calendar

The Korean giant will unveil an S26-series phone on August 27, likely the FE variant, as it continues splitting flagship and value launches …

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 8m
Products

Meta Brings Voice Dictation and Screen Context to Mac AI Assistant

The social media giant's new desktop offering combines system-wide speech input with business intelligence tools, targeting the growing mark…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

Alibaba Cloud Hits Fastest Growth in Five Years as AI Revenue Triples

The Chinese tech giant's cloud and AI division posted 45% revenue growth in Q2 2024, but massive infrastructure spending signals a long-term…

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
Products

LG Display Ditches Metal Masks in Bid to Unlock Larger, More Durable OLED Screens

The FLiPP manufacturing process promises brighter panels with extended lifespans, but scaling from lab to production line remains the real t…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 6m
Products

Honor's Moving Camera Module Faces Make-or-Break Test in Weak Market

The Chinese brand's Robot Phone gamble arrives as global smartphone demand remains tepid, raising the stakes for hardware differentiation…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

Samsung Plans One of Asia's Largest Shareholder Return Programs

The Seoul-based chipmaker is preparing a $72 billion capital return initiative as South Korean tech giants compete to reward investors amid …

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 4m
Startups

Why Silicon Valley Now Sees Foreign AI Founders as a Competitive Advantage

Andreessen Horowitz is logging million-mile travel budgets chasing international dealflow as enterprise buyers worldwide accelerate AI adopt…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

China's Domestic AI Chips Struggle With Code Generation, Pushing Firms Back to Nvidia

Software optimization can only go so far when inference workloads hit the limits of local silicon, creating a bottleneck that export control…

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m