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Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo

Terrence O’Brien • August 5, 2026 And you thought we were done with this one… | Image: Fenix Flexin We were pretty sure that Fenix Flexin’s “Rubberz” was made using AI, but musician Medasin was confident that it was made using Treblo specifically. Now the company and a new detection tool seem to confirm it.

Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership

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Jay Peters • August 5, 2026 Google is making some significant AI leadership changes, including a major shift for Google DeepMind leader Demis Hassabis. Hassabis will become the chair of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist at Alphabet, CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Wednesday. Hassabis will continue to lead Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs, which aims to

SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X

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Elizabeth Lopatto • August 5, 2026 Privatize the profit, socialize the losses? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Once, I had some questions about why SpaceX, Elon Musk’s healthiest company, acquired xAI, his sickliest one. Now I have some questions about why we’re calling the whole thing SpaceX. Look, what we have

Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months

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Jay Peters • August 6, 2026 xAI’s Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia with AI-generated articles that Elon Musk once promised would be a “massive improvement” over Wikipedia, apparently hasn’t been updated since April 24th, according to a report from Lawfare. “As far as we can tell, no entry has changed in more than three months,” Lawfare

X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year

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Stevie Bonifield • August 5, 2026 X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, writing that “it’s time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster.” He shared the update just over a month after celebrating his one-year

Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up

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Andrew J. Hawkins • August 5, 2026 After Uber and Waymo ended their partnership in Phoenix earlier this year, experts and robotaxi watchers wondered whether the companies’ improbable bromance was fraying. Not so, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said today. The two companies are committed to continue working together in Atlanta and Austin, and the partnership

Apple’s selling refurbished MacBook Neos with a $100 discount

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Brad Bourque • August 5, 2026 Apple’s MacBook Neo comes in four different colors. | Image: The Verge Apple’s most affordable laptop, the MacBook Neo, is available once again at its pre-price hike price. All four colors are currently discounted and available refurbished through the company, with the base 256GB model listed for $599 (usually

Two of Ring’s latest video doorbells are a lot cheaper than usual

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Sheena Vasani • August 5, 2026 Both the battery-powered and wired models are over $50 off. | Image: Ring Ring’s Wired Doorbell Pro and Battery Doorbell Plus are two of the brand’s most well-rounded video doorbells, whether you’re looking for a hardwired model or one that runs on a battery. Right now, its Wired Doorbell

OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’

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Jess Weatherbed • August 6, 2026 OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple’s landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as “meritless.” In a motion filed yesterday to dismiss the complaint, OpenAI says that Apple is mischaracterizing both the actions of the AI startup’s employees as

Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers

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Jess Weatherbed • August 6, 2026 Nintendo has smashed its first-quarter earnings estimates for the fiscal year, bolstered by strong games sales and US tariff refunds, though its customers likely won’t receive anything from the latter. In its latest financial results, Nintendo reports that operating profits soared to 142.5 billion yen (about $902 million) between