July 04, 2026

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Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short: "Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.” Read More

Govee's smart nugget ice maker makes every iced drink feel like a luxury: Govee says that the modern-design gadget delivers nugget ice in as little as six minutes. Read More

Flipper Device's new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity: The company's productivity-focused gadget helps you set timers, block apps, and display custom messages and widgets on an LED display. Read More

This Week's Must-Reads

Chevy built an all-American EV truck — why is nobody buying it?: The Chevy Silverado EV is a solid first draft of an EV pickup truck. Here's what could make it better. Read More

Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven't progressed as quickly as he'd hoped: At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated. Read More

The 'Father of the Internet' is finally retiring: Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the protocols underlying the internet, will step down as Google's chief internet evangelist next week. Read More

Jersey Mike's IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become: Just for kicks, I took a look at Jersey Mike's IPO documents. Surely a sandwich shop would have no need to mention AI. But lo and behold. Read More

After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck: The co-founders of Bending Spoons, the Italian company quietly buying beloved, ailing Internet brands, learned big lessons from their own startup's failure. Read More

Disrupt 2026: Where deals and ideas ignite

Oct 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, 10,000 founders, investors, and operators gather for high-signal insights, curated connections, and real momentum.

Last but Not Least

The only AI glossary you'll need this year: The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter. Read More

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