Steam Controller: The Ars Technica review
Valve's new hardware is solid but might not justify its $99 price.

Valve's new hardware is solid but might not justify its $99 price.

OpenAI removes text chat limits for all ChatGPT users, introducing GPT-5.6 Luna (default for Free/Go) and GPT-5.6 Sol (upgraded for Plus/Pro) with enhanced features like a 'Think' button and thinking slider, reporting 62-68% fewer factual errors.

Google is changing its AI leadership structure, moving Demis Hassabis to chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist at Alphabet. Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat are leaving to start Discovery Loop, with Google as a founding investor.

Nikita Bier resigns as head of product at Elon Musk's X after overseeing 30 new product launches and controversies, including AI-generated non-consensual content, citing the need for a 'breather'.

The Trump administration will restart the $1.25B Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program in December, complying with a court order, but without using race or ethnicity as criteria for awards, as ruled unconstitutional.

Zoox, an Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company, will start charging for its robotaxi rides in Las Vegas from August 10, marking the launch of its commercial operations after securing a temporary exemption from federal safety standards.

YouTube's AI disclosure policy targets photorealistic deception while leaving behind-the-scenes AI ideation and research undisclosed, a gap mirrored by YouTuber Hank Green's recent reckoning with his heavy reliance on AI research aids.