Ep.11 - Tech News Today - 07-17-2026
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
-
Narrated by:
-
By:
Vertu is pitching a $6,880 AI-agent device to corporate executives, placing it at the extreme luxury end of the emerging market for agent-focused hardware. Databricks has reached an estimated valuation of $188 billion as investors continue pouring money into the largest AI data-platform companies. A new Zoom workaround gives meeting participants a way to state that they do not consent to being recorded, highlighting how unsettled workplace recording norms remain. Agility Robotics is expanding its footprint in Tesla's backyard as competition heats up around bringing humanoid robots into commercial use. Demand for AI infrastructure is tightening memory supplies, creating fresh cost pressures for smartphone makers and buyers in India. San Francisco authorities have ordered Apple and Google to remove AI nudify apps from their stores, escalating the regulatory response to tools that can create intimate images without a person's consent. Nuclear-energy startup Valar Atomics is said to be discussing a new funding round that could value the company at $6 billion. Federal authorities have arrested a man who allegedly hid malware inside Steam games to drain cryptocurrency from victims' wallets. Amazon is fixing an AWS billing bug that displayed charges totaling billions of dollars for some customers. Patreon has moved beyond asking AI bots to avoid creator pages and is now actively blocking automated scraping. Chinese President Xi Jinping is promoting open-source artificial intelligence as part of a strategy to reduce China's dependence on technology ecosystems controlled by the United States. Questions surrounding Polymarket's corporate structure appear to extend even to some former employees, deepening transparency concerns around the prediction-market operator. Federal contract records show ICE using data-broker tools to identify unaccompanied minors and people suspected of fraud. TikTok is testing a tool designed to detect when artificial intelligence has been used to recreate a person's likeness. Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky is defending the revived smartwatch brand's 30-day warranty as part of a trust-based approach to repairs and customer support. Apple Music is increasing its subscription prices, adding to the broader rise in what consumers pay for streaming services. Leaked images and specifications suggest the Galaxy Z Fold 8 is getting a redesign with a wider display. Chip Motors is preparing a compact, Jeep-like electric vehicle for the US market. The low-speed model is expected to offer remote self-parking. An inkjet-style manufacturing process is emerging as another way to produce OLED panels, with potentially different trade-offs in cost and large-scale production. Opposition to Flock's automated license-plate surveillance network is driving efforts to remove or disable the company's cameras. Roborock has introduced a robotic lawnmower that navigates with LiDAR rather than satellite positioning. SpaceX has lost an esti