EU Packaging Law Makes Cross-Border Selling Irrational for Makers
The EU PPWR went live August 12. Makers selling across four EU countries pay €1,150/year in compliance for packaging worth cents in environmental ...
DOJ Probes a16z Over AI Board Seats — A 1914 Law Has New Teeth
The DOJ is investigating Andreessen Horowitz under a 112-year-old antitrust law over board seats at ...
Stripe Buys OpenRouter for $7B+: What Devs Must Know
Stripe agreed to acquire OpenRouter for $7B+ on August 19, 2026. Here's what changes for ...
GPT-5.6 Sol Just Got 33% Cheaper — But Not Forever
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Sol API prices 33% on August 21 through November 21. Here are ...
Uber’s €825M GDPR Fine: Algorithms Can’t Fire People Alone
The Dutch data authority fined Uber €825M for automated driver suspensions with no human review. ...
Waymo Ojai Opens to All Riders — Congress Wants to Ban It
Waymo opened its next-generation Ojai robotaxi to all riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix this week — their cheapest, fastest-scaling vehicle ...
Local LLM Feels Dumb? It’s Your Config, Not the Model
Local LLM performance issues are almost never the model's fault. Here are the four config ...
JetBrains Survey: Copilot Falls to 21%, Codex Surges 5x, and Claude Code Has a UX Problem
JetBrains surveyed 15,000+ devs: Copilot dropped to 21%, Codex grew 5x to 16%, and Claude ...
New York Tops San Francisco as the #1 Tech Talent Market
NYC surpassed SF in tech headcount for the first time in 13 years, per CBRE's ...
AI Raised Homework Scores 18% — Then Wrecked Exams 20%
A study of 26,811 students found AI raised homework scores 18% and crashed exams 20%. ...