Qualcomm launches Snapdragon Reality Elite and a white-label toolkit for AI glasses, betting the next platform is not a phone
Qualcomm launches Snapdragon Reality Elite and a white-label toolkit for AI glasses, betting the next platform is not a phone

Qualcomm announced two products on Tuesday aimed at positioning the company as the silicon supplier for whatever computing device eventually displaces the smartphone. The first is Snapdragon Reality Elite, a mixed reality chip platform with substantial…

Google rolls out Android 17 with Gemini Intelligence, foldable gaming mode, and tighter privacy controls
Google rolls out Android 17 with Gemini Intelligence, foldable gaming mode, and tighter privacy controls

Google is rolling out Android 17 to Pixel devices starting today, delivering multitasking tools, a dedicated foldable gaming mode, and a set of privacy changes that limit how much data apps can collect by default. The update reaches Pixel phones first …

A new Android trojan called Rokarolla targets 217 banking apps and can steal your PIN, SMS codes, and crypto wallet funds
A new Android trojan called Rokarolla targets 217 banking apps and can steal your PIN, SMS codes, and crypto wallet funds

Security researchers at Zimperium’s zLabs have documented a new Android banking trojan that targets 217 banking and cryptocurrency applications and carries 137 remote commands, giving an operator near-total control of an infected phone. The malware, wh…

Snap launches its AR glasses at $2,195 as a consumer product, betting the company on augmented reality
Snap launches its AR glasses at $2,195 as a consumer product, betting the company on augmented reality

Snap unveiled the consumer version of its augmented reality glasses on Monday at the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, California, pricing them at $2,195 with preorders opening immediately through a $200 refundable deposit. The glasses, which the com…

I was in OpenAI’s first intern cohort. Here’s what it taught me about becoming an AI-native engineer
I was in OpenAI’s first intern cohort. Here’s what it taught me about becoming an AI-native engineer

TL;DR: AI is making it easier than ever to build software that looks impressive in a demo. But after working in OpenAI’s first intern cohort, I learned that the real challenge is not just speed. It is judgment: knowing what to trust, what to test, and …

CyCognito pushes AI pentesting beyond vulnerability scans as enterprise attack surfaces evolve
CyCognito pushes AI pentesting beyond vulnerability scans as enterprise attack surfaces evolve

The cybersecurity industry is confronting a new reality: traditional vulnerability management is no longer enough. As enterprises rapidly deploy AI-powered applications, autonomous agents, and large language model (LLM) infrastructure, security teams a…

Mobileye puts self-driving tech in 230 million cars. Now it wants to run its own robotaxis.
Mobileye puts self-driving tech in 230 million cars. Now it wants to run its own robotaxis.

For 25 years, Mobileye has been the arms dealer of self-driving, selling the cameras, chips, and software that now sit inside more than 230 million cars, while pointedly leaving the driving business to everyone else. On 16 June, it said it would start …

The team that built Microsoft’s Security Copilot just raised $100M to stop attacks before they happen
The team that built Microsoft’s Security Copilot just raised $100M to stop attacks before they happen

For most of the past decade, the security industry quietly gave up on prevention. Breaches were treated as inevitable, and the money went into detecting and cleaning up the mess afterwards. A new startup from two veterans of that industry says AI has m…

This two-year-old startup already programs Blue Origin’s rockets. It just raised $20M.
This two-year-old startup already programs Blue Origin’s rockets. It just raised $20M.

The hottest pitch in AI right now is not another chatbot. It is software that can run the machines on a factory floor, and a two-year-old Israeli startup has just raised $20m on the strength of programming parts for Jeff Bezos’s rockets. Limitless Labs…

More Big Tech executives just became Army officers. The conflict-of-interest question is getting louder.
More Big Tech executives just became Army officers. The conflict-of-interest question is getting louder.

The US Army has commissioned three more technology executives into Detachment 201, the reserve unit that gives Silicon Valley leaders the rank of lieutenant colonel and a direct advisory line to senior military officials. Dane Knecht, chief technology …