On Valentine’s Day, I brought you a story that’s since made headlines all around the world: How one man, just trying to steer his DJI robot vacuum with a PlayStation gamepad, discovered an entire network of 7,000 remote-control DJI robots ready to let him peek into other people’s homes. To be clear, DJI had already…
San Francisco startup Anthropic continues to ship new AI products and services at a blistering pace, despite a messy ongoing dispute with the U.S. Department of War. Today, the company announced Claude Marketplace, a new offering that lets enterprises with an existing Anthropic spend commitment apply part of it toward tools and applications powered by…
A Vanguard report shows hardship withdrawals climbed to 6% last year—far above pre-pandemic levels—as financial pressures mount and rules around early withdrawals loosen. Americans are seeking financial relief and, in some cases, are even desperate enough to go against conventional financial wisdom. A record number of Americans are turning to their retirement funds to cover…
Retail investors are famously locked out of the startup world. Robinhood is attempting to change that by allowing the general public to invest in a portfolio of what it calls “some of the most exciting private companies operating today.” To do this, the company that pioneered the commission-free brokerage model has secured access to eight…
The Pentagon has pushed an “all-lawful use” clause and warned it could end work with Anthropic.
As part of a Year in Review blog detailing changes Valve made to Steam in 2025, the company shared a minor update on its hardware plans that doesn’t sound good for anyone hoping to buy a Steam Machine, Steam Controller or Steam Frame in 2026. Specifically, the company is now opening up the possibility its…
A blog post from Valve on Friday initially seemed to throw cold water on the idea that the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller would arrive in 2026 at all. But Valve tells The Verge it did not mean to suggest that — and that all three pieces of hardware will indeed ship this…
As models get smarter and more capable, the “harnesses” around them must also evolve. This “harness engineering” is an extension of context engineering, says LangChain co-founder and CEO Harrison Chase in a new VentureBeat Beyond the Pilot podcast episode. Whereas traditional AI harnesses have tended to constrain models from running in loops and calling tools,…
Fuel typically accounts for up to 40% of an airline’s operating costs. With jet fuel prices soaring, some carriers warn the financial impact could arrive quickly. Get ready to pay more to fly.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into the death of a worker at a Rivian warehouse in Illinois this week, the federal agency told TechCrunch on Friday. The agency said the probe could take up to six months. The man, identified by local authorities as 61-year-old Kevin Lancaster, reportedly died from…
