Author: Derek Walsh
Derek covers emerging technology and the companies building it, with a background in software engineering.
The U.S. government filed legal support for X’s challenge to a $137M EU Digital Services Act fine, which Trump called “overseas extortion.”
Meta’s Muse Charm is an AI gadget built to dangle like a bag charm, targeting Gen Z’s fashion accessory habits and retro tech aesthetics.
Bentley unveils the Torcal, its first full EV, with 330-mile range, sub-3-second 0-60, and engineered sound designed to replace combustion engine feedback.
Dogs Anonymous is an online support group where owners of difficult dogs can openly express frustration — no performance, no algorithm, no advice required.
Google’s threat intelligence group confirmed it embedded an undercover analyst inside TeamPCP, the gang behind the worst software supply-chain hacking spree on record, breaching thousands of companies.
Pinterest is testing Restyle, an AI feature that renders furniture, decor, and lighting into photos of users’ own rooms to bridge inspiration and purchase.
Lying down in a moving car raises serious crash safety risks. As self-driving vehicles push passengers into new positions, governments face pressure to overhaul decades-old crash testing standards.
Silicon Valley’s shift from chatbots to agentic AI is triggering a massive data center buildout, as agents demand far more continuous power than single queries.
Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to distill American frontier models, countering the dominance of Chinese open-weight releases in the global AI ecosystem.
A Cross-Border Operation Targeting Commercial Drones The United States and Mexico have announced a joint counter-drone operation, marking a direct military and law enforcement response to the growing use of commercial drones in human trafficking and drug smuggling along the shared border. The program centers on laser-based technology designed to detect, track, and disable unmanned aerial vehicles before they complete their missions. The operation is notable not just for its binational structure but for the specific category of drone it targets: commercially available units that traffickers have been adapting for covert logistics. These are not military-grade aircraft. They are modified…












