OpenAI’s upgrade to the “much less sycophantic” GPT-5 was rough enough that the company quickly reopened the doors to old GPT-4o models.
Talking to Alex Heath on Decoder, ChatGPT head Nick Turley explains his view on the switch and the feedback the company received.
As announced Thursday morning, Apple has now released new iPhone and Watch updates that re-enable the Blood Oxygen monitoring feature in the US for Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users as a workaround for the ITC’s import ban.
Charles already declared Alien: Earth “one of this year’s strongest new shows,” so I wasn’t shocked by how much I liked its debut. I was surprised by the scale of its sets, and this featurette has more detail about how they managed that by filming outside in Bangkok.
Walmart Plus, Instacart, and your local grocery store have more competition now that Amazon is delivering perishable groceries in more places, with free delivery for Prime subscribers on orders of $25 or more.
It plans to reach more than 2,300 cities and towns this year, then keep expanding in 2026.
This trailer starts with the PlayStation logo and ends with a teaser for Xbox’s most prized gaming franchise, before the game arrives on Microsoft’s consoles on August 26th. Meanwhile, formerly Xbox-exclusive Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga is launching on PlayStation.
Are the platform wars over?
After his DC police press conference, an unnamed White House official told CNBC that a new executive order has delayed a 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods for another 90 days. That mirrors the delay put in place on May 12th, and now pushes the deadline into mid-November.
According to the Wall Street Journal’s sources, after the president called for Lip-Bu Tan to resign last week, they’ll meet for a “wide-ranging conversation with Trump, with the intent of explaining his personal and professional background.”
Maybe Tan could offer a 15 percent cut -- it worked for Nvidia and AMD.
The Financial Times first reported on this “highly unusual” arrangement that is part of reopening the gate for Nvidia and AMD to sell previous-gen AI chips to companies in China:
The US official said Nvidia agreed to share 15 per cent of the revenues from H20 chip sales in China and AMD will provide the same percentage from MI308 chip revenues. Two people familiar with the arrangement said the Trump administration had not yet determined how to use the money.
As part of a One Piece Day event in Tokyo, Netflix shared a teaser for season two and the news that production on season three will start in South Africa later this year. One Piece season two will stream on Netflix in 2026 — here’s our review of season one.
