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China’s graduate glut: millions of young people enter a job market with little use for them
Record numbers find there is little demand for their skills, as entry-level tech roles are hit by AI and automation This time of year is graduation season in China: traditionally a bittersweet period of solemn goodbyes and family celebrations as university students transition from campus life into adulthood. Now it also increasingly represents trepidation about…
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Waze rolls out new AI features including Motorcycle and ‘Less Chatty’ modes
Like Google Maps, Waze is going all-in on Gemini.
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Waze is getting a bunch of new AI-powered features
Waze is getting an AI makeover. Google is integrating its flagship AI assistant, Gemini, into the driving app with the goal of letting users personalize their trips a little more. Of the four new updates, only two are being described as involving Gemini. Waze says its updating its conversation reporting feature, first introduced in 2024,…
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Denzel Washington’s Equalizer trilogy is finally streaming on HBO Max
Denzel Washington’s action trilogy The Equalizer became available to stream on HBO Max on 1 July, giving audiences fresh access to a franchise the article frames as a rare example of a reboot that eclipses its source material. The films reimagine the 1985 CBS series of the same name, updating the character of Robert McCall…
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Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are ‘not sexy’
Lorde was performing at the Real Cool Festival in Madrid on Thursday and took some time during her set to speak out against AI glasses. While she didn’t specify any brands in particular, it’s likely she was taking a shot at festival sponsor Ray-Ban, which has collaborated with Meta on a pair of AI smartglasses.…
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Chirstopher Nolan celebrates Backrooms’ success, believes younger generations are rejecting AI: ‘Their judgement of AI slop has been immediate and harsh’
This article reports that filmmaker Christopher Nolan has praised the success of “Backrooms” and expressed his view that younger audiences are increasingly rejecting AI-generated content. Nolan is quoted as saying that this generation’s judgement of “AI slop” has been “immediate and harsh”, framing the reaction as a meaningful pushback against low-quality automated material. The story…
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Apple’s failed self-driving car program left a legacy of powerful AI chips
Apple’s self-driving car program never really got off the ground, but it may have been what made the company’s chips the powerful AI performers they are. Early in the development of the self-driving platform, Apple realized that it would need powerful on-device AI processing. While the car processor was never finished, as Mark Gurman details…
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TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
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‘These are some of the most complex structures ever created’: how tech reporting moved into the physical world
The Guardian has published a behind-the-scenes piece about how its global technology reporting team has increasingly shifted from covering screens and software to investigating the physical infrastructure underpinning the AI boom, chiefly the vast datacentres being built worldwide. The change matters because these structures come with tangible constraints — power, water, land, chips and grid…