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MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea

Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.

Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the Incident

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Hacker News·Jul 28, 2026

AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI

Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development - or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance efforts. "Al could help create a dramatically better future, but that outcome is not guaranteed," the employees wrote in a statement. "The world's leading Al companies believe they could be close to automating Al research. It is hard to predict exactly how much this will accelerate Al progress, but there is a real risk that capability development … Read the full story at The Verge.

Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search?

A Georgia man was charged with a felony for allegedly wiping his phone while being questioned by Customs and Border Protection. Samuel Tunick had something in common with others who have had their devices searched at airports: He was an activist. Unlike others who have had their phones seized with no explanation, Tunick was told that CBP needed to search his device to determine whether it contained child sexual abuse material, according to court filings. But Tunick's attorneys argue that the search "was a pretext for a fishing expedition" into his connections with the Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta, in which dozens of people were charged … Read the full story at The Verge.

Instacart's CTO says AI made the company stop worrying about tech debt

Instacart is posing the provocative question: What if most of the work your engineers do today should, in fact, be done by machines?At VB Transform 2026, CTO Anirban Kundu argued that dev teams continue to waste their time on draining, repetitive, high-volume work; this should be absorbed by AI agents so that humans can focus on problems that require judgment, intent, and exception handling. In fact, in 97% of cases, Instacart’s builders don’t even read code anymore. “In the past, the tactical level was the creation of the code,” Kundu said. “In the most tactical level going forward, it s going to be, ‘How do you navigate around the AI system to give you what you want?’”AI generating code, performing pretty serious evals That doesn’t mean humans never look at code; agents handle the bulk of code generation and boilerplate, particularly with newer projects where code is generated or regenerated on a weekly basis. “The benefit of that is we don t care about tech debt anymore,” Kundu said

VentureBeat·Jul 28, 2026

Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy

Ozlo’s first major update to its sleep earbuds introduces longer battery life, improved connectivity, enhanced audio, and new sleep features as the startup continues the product line once abandoned by Bose.

The robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope is tumbling out of control

According to NASA, two of the three reaction wheels that control the spacecraft's alignment have failed, and there are problems with one of the spacecraft's thruster systems.

Tile’s best Bluetooth tracker is down to its lowest price of the year

The Tile Pro offers the longest Bluetooth range of any Tile tracker. | Image: Tile Apple s latest AirTag may seem like the obvious choice if you own an iPhone and are shopping for a Bluetooth tracker, but it s not the most affordable option. For families that contain both Android and Apple devices, it might be better to pick up the latest Tile Pro instead. It works well across both platforms, and right now it’s on sale for $23.99 ($11 off) at Amazon and directly from Tile. This is its cheapest price in 2026 so far and only $1 shy of the all-time low we saw in October. Tile Pro Where to Buy: $34.99 $23.99 at Amazon $34.99 $23.99 at Tile As Tile s most capable tracker, the Pro offers a Bluetooth range of up to 500 feet and the loudest ring of its lineup at 110 decibels, making it easier to locate misplaced items nearby. While it doesn t tap into Apple s Find My or Google s Find Hub networks, its Life360 app remains a reliable option for keeping tabs on valuables both near and far. The Ti

Save $150 on this smart indoor bike trainer that can keep you riding during the off months

While the summer months are great for putting in the miles on your favorite bike, it can be frustrating to have to hang it up when the weather turns. This smart bike trainer turns your road bike into an indoor exercise bike, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to connect to your PC, iOS, or Android device, and support for a wide variety of interactive and training apps. Multiple retailers have the Kickr Core 2 on sale for $399.99 (usually $549.99) in both the Cog and Click version (Wahoo, Amazon) which fits 8-13 speed bikes, and the version with an included 11-speed cassette (Wahoo, Amazon). Wahoo Kickr Core 2 Where to Buy: $549.99 $399.99 at Wahoo (11-speed cassette) $549.99 $399.99 at Wahoo (Cog and Click) One of the main advantages to a trainer like the Kickr is access to dynamically adjustable resistance, which can work in concert with training apps to tune your workout, or interact with riding apps to replicate inclines and group rides. If you use heart rate or cadence trackers, the Kickr Co

Saudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors

The investment comes after speculation that Saudi Arabia may take Lucid Motors private -- which the EV maker has denied.

GM redesigned its engineering workflows around AI agents — and tripled its merged pull requests

Software engineers at General Motors (GM s) autonomous driving division spend only 15% of their time writing code, according to Rashed Haq, GM s VP of autonomous vehicles, in a recent onstage interview at VB Transform 2026.GM is now using AI agents to accelerate much of the other 85%—including analyzing vehicle data, triaging problems, running experiments and testing potential fixes.The result, Haq said, is roughly three times as many merged pull requests across GM’s autonomous vehicle engineering organization, faster releases and fewer defects escaping into later stages of development.Haq said GM achieved those gains by redesigning complete engineering workflows around agents — not merely adding an AI coding assistant.“If you give somebody just a chatbot which can do coding, there’s still a lot of inefficiency built into that process,” Haq said during a main-stage fireside chat at the luxurious Hotel Nia in Menlo Park, California.Engineers spent most of their time outside the code edi

VentureBeat·Jul 28, 2026