Uber burned through its annual AI budget in four months, prompting usage caps and a shift to per-token billing for coding assistants like GitHub Copilot. Developer Julius Brussee created 'caveman,' a …
Shark has unveiled the PowerDetect Transformer 3-in-1 vacuum, which converts from an upright to a stick to a handheld vacuum with one-click mechanisms. Priced at $529, it features LED lighting, automa…
A group of California drivers sued BP, Walmart, 7-Eleven, Circle K, Marathon Petroleum and Albertsons on June 22, 2026, alleging the retailers used AI-powered pricing software from Kalibrate to artifi…
Uber capped employee AI coding tool spending at $1,500 per month in June 2026 after burning through its entire 2026 budget in four months, with Claude Code adoption surging from a third of engineers t…
Walmart has doubled the retail price of its Onn FHD Google TV streaming stick from $15 to $29.88, following similar price hikes on other models in its Google TV lineup. The price increase affects sign…
At the Cannes Lions Festival, consumer executives from e.l.f. Beauty, Marriott, Gap, and Tapestry indicated that US consumers are feeling slightly better than in the first quarter and spending more br…
DoorDash launched an AI search feature called 'Ask DoorDash' that lets users create grocery orders by describing meals or uploading photos of recipes. A home cook who tested the feature found it usefu…
The Tech Humanist Show released an episode featuring host Kate O'Neill and guest Brian Solis, Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow, discussing AI augmentation versus automation, cognitive Darwinism…
Chet Hanks stars in a new morning-after pill campaign for Julie, alongside Hallie Batchelder, portraying a 'stereotypical himbo' to promote the FDA-approved emergency contraceptive. The campaign, shot…
AI shopping assistants, despite massive investment and potential for a $5 trillion global market by 2030, remain frustratingly ineffective at tasks like finding a specific dress, as experienced by a j…
Researchers have repeatedly found Android devices pre-loaded with malware sold on Amazon and other major online retailers, with one campaign affecting 10 million devices. The Electronic Frontier Found…
A federal class action lawsuit filed Monday accuses gas station operators including Marathon and Circle K of using AI-powered software from Kalibrate to illegally fix prices in California, violating s…
A Walmart software engineer published InfiniteDiffusion, an independent paper accepted to SIGGRAPH 2026, introducing a new approach to infinite generation with diffusion models and the world's first l…
Marketing and media leaders gathered at Cannes Lions to discuss trends in AI, experiential marketing, and brand partnerships. Disney's Rita Ferro and Target's Michelle Mesenburg highlighted the value …
Uber exhausted its 2026 AI coding budget by April, prompting a $1,500 monthly cap per engineer on tools like Claude Code and Cursor, as token consumption from agentic workflows surged. The FinOps Foun…
Multiple tech companies including Walmart, Uber, Lucid, Lumileds, and Keywords Studios have disclosed plans to cut about 700 jobs in the Bay Area, according to WARN notices filed with California's Emp…
A federal class action lawsuit filed Monday accuses gas station operators including Marathon and Circle K of using AI-powered software from Kalibrate to illegally collude and raise fuel prices in Cali…
A federal lawsuit filed in California accuses major gas retailers including 7-Eleven, Circle K, BP, Marathon Petroleum, Walmart, and Albertsons of using AI software from Kalibrate to coordinate and in…
Walmart signed its first-ever long-term contract to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy's Illinois plant, purchasing 176 megawatts over 15 years to power its operations in the region. The deal…
A proposed class action lawsuit filed in California accuses major gas station operators including BP, Walmart, and 7-Eleven of using AI-driven pricing software from Kalibrate Fuel Systems to artificia…