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22 July 2025 Vol 19

Category: Tech

ElliQ Review: An AI Companion Bot for Lonely Elders

ElliQ Review: An AI Companion Bot for Lonely Elders

For the past few weeks, the AI-powered ElliQ companion robot has perched on the end of my desk. Designed by…
GMC Hummer EV outsold the Tesla Cybertruck last quarter

GMC Hummer EV outsold the Tesla Cybertruck last quarter

Sales of Tesla’s Cybertruck have plummeted from their peak last year, to the point that the hulking (and expensive) GMC…
Nvidia’s resumption of H20 chip sales related to rare earth element trade talks

Nvidia’s resumption of H20 chip sales related to rare earth element trade talks

Rare earth elements appear to be behind Nvidia’s stance on China.  After announcing in June plans to essentially withdraw from…
xAI is hiring an engineer to make anime girls

xAI is hiring an engineer to make anime girls

Elon Musk’s xAI just released its AI companions, which include the goth waifu Ani and the homicidal red panda Bad…
Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction

Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction

Bedrock Robotics, an autonomous vehicle technology startup founded by veterans of Waymo and Segment, has been operating quietly for more…
A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies,…
Rex Salisbury’s Cambrian Ventures raises new fund, bucking fintech slowdown

Rex Salisbury’s Cambrian Ventures raises new fund, bucking fintech slowdown

Rex Salisbury, the solo GP behind Cambrian Ventures, fondly recalls the time he fell in love with fintech. The year…
Meet the cement transport ship that makes cement ingredients while sailing

Meet the cement transport ship that makes cement ingredients while sailing

Shipping has a pollution problem, but one company has a solution that does more than just eliminate a boat’s carbon…
UK retail giant Co-op confirms hackers stole all 6.5 million customer records

UK retail giant Co-op confirms hackers stole all 6.5 million customer records

The chief executive of U.K. retail conglomerate the Co-op on Wednesday said that hackers had stolen the personal data of…
Former Top Google Researchers Have Made A New Kind of AI Agent

Former Top Google Researchers Have Made A New Kind of AI Agent

A new kind of artificial intelligence agent, trained to understand how software is built by gorging on a company’s data…