Monday, August 3, 2026
Sections
A global memory chip shortage driven by AI companies' demand is straining MacBook Air supply, with Apple raising prices, sourcing from Chinese suppliers, and delaying its back-to-school promotion, Bloomberg reports.
Uber has struck deals with more than 30 autonomous-vehicle companies in two years, building a global robotaxi network after abandoning its own self-driving program in 2020.
TechCrunch tested four handheld fans, from Dyson and Shark's $99–$149 premium models to a $13 budget pick, and found price didn't decide the winner.
Also, the e-bike company Rivian spun out in 2025, will begin delivering its $4,500 TM-B Launch Edition next week, after months of delays tied to unspecified supply-chain issues.
Samsung expects the ongoing RAM chip shortage to intensify in 2027 and persist until at least 2028, as AI labs lock in long-term supply deals and device prices keep climbing.
The FCC banned imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots, robot dogs and power inverters, largely targeting China, warning the devices could enable surveillance or cyberattacks.
DoorDash is building its own drone delivery business, DoorDash Air, after receiving a Part 135 air carrier certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration that lets it legally operate a commercial drone delivery service in the United States.
Ozlo unveiled Sleepbuds 2, a $279 sleep-earbuds update with 14 hours of battery life, improved Bluetooth reliability, and a new Sleep Shield notification-blocking feature.
Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft, hired by NASA to raise the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit, began spinning uncontrollably after failures in two of its three reaction wheels.
Enigma emerged from stealth with a $71 million seed round and launched a public experiment letting anyone interact online with more than 100 of its robots.
Encord, a data-tooling startup, is testing brain-wave sensors and other new modalities to manufacture the real-world training data it says humanoid and warehouse robotics still lack.
Apple has pushed back its first smart glasses from an early-2027 target to a June 2027 unveiling at WWDC, giving it more time to shape privacy messaging, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
OpenAI's first hardware product, a $230 keypad called Micro built with keyboard designer Work Louder to pair with ChatGPT, has drawn a mixed, often skeptical reception from early coder reviewers.
Mobileye founder and CEO Amnon Shashua plans to step down after nearly three decades leading the company, as it expands into robotaxis and humanoid robotics.
AMD showed off its Helios AI rack-scale system at its Advancing AI conference, naming Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta, Oracle, and Anthropic as customers ahead of a shipment later this year.
Etched, the AI inference-chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts, has raised a $300 million Series C at a $10.3 billion valuation, roughly doubling its valuation in about seven months.
Lunar Outpost's next moon rover will run on Nvidia's Jetson chips to control its lidar system, likely making it the first GPU ever to operate on the lunar surface.
Atoms, the robotics company led by former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, has raised $1.7 billion in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber itself among the investors.
Science Corporation's PRIMA implant, which restores vision lost to age-related macular degeneration, has won EU approval, plus a US FDA designation that could extend it to two rare blindness types.
Tesla brought an unspecified number of unsupervised Model Y robotaxis to Orlando and Tampa, one day before its second-quarter earnings call, marking a third Florida pilot city.