Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
…But Claude Code was already poised to launch publicly. OpenAI was scrambling to stand up a competing product. Sottiaux tells me he formed a “sprint team” in March 2025, with a mandate…
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How to Use Google Chrome’s New AI-Powered ‘Skills’
…a bit glitchy at launch and gradually improved over the next few months. It’s also easy to imagine this kind of browser tool catching on with productivity nerds looking to streamline…
Sony’s PS5 Price Hikes Prove This Console Generation Is Far From Over. Good.
…650, while the PS5 Pro "only" goes up around 29 percent from its $700 launch price, setting buyers back $900—though it also doesn’t come with a disc drive, so prepare…
Let There Be Luce: The Electric Ferrari Is Finally Here
…With a firm eye on not alienating its core customer base, Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna has been at pains to point out that the Luce—with production set to begin in late…
Elon Musk’s XChat App Is More Like Facebook’s Messenger Than Signal
…Rather than launching a sleek, new encrypted messaging app, Musk dropped an insular, junky extension of his social media platform that happens to include encrypted messaging. Late Launch When the XChat team…
SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing
As of December, SpaceX had set aside $530 million for potential litigation losses, some of which could stem from ongoing complaints filed against its AI unit over sexualized imagery generated by its…
Google Search Goes Agentic—and Doesn’t Need You Anymore
…She gives the example of setting up an agent to track stock market trends and send you alerts using real-time data—when specific conditions are met. Alongside these agentic additions coming…
How the Vision Pro Rollout Inflamed Tensions at Apple
…They had little experience with an Apple product launch. “It was the first time a lot of people had to learn a script,” said Kevin Gallagher, a longtime Apple Store employee from…
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
…Bennahum backs him up: “These are people building a set of products around their philosophy of wellness,” he says. “When you talk to them, they're going to surface the fact that…
The 19 Best EVs Coming in 2026
…mighty impressive platform launch. The only question is: Will it be enough to hold off the likes of BYD and its new battery technology, which already looks set to best the i3…