This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment

General Intuition is betting millions of hours of video game data can train the foundation models for physical AI, making it easier to build smarter robots with minimal real-world data.

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MAGA To Mitch McConnell's Team: Prove He's Not Dead

It's been nearly a month since Mitch McConnell's mysterious June 14 hospitalization, and his own party is starting to wonder if anyone's actually seen the guy. A growing chorus of MAGA figures is demanding McConnell's staff produce actual proof he's still breathing, because his office's strategy so far has been to say absolutely nothing useful — no update on his treatment, his prognosis, or whether the 84-year-old will ever make it back to the Senate floor.

What we do know: he reportedly went into cardiac arrest, was found unconscious, and needed CPR at his own home, after which his team settled into a loop of the same vague "thanks for the well-wishes" statement. And just to keep things extra suspicious, his wife Elaine Chao apparently hopped a flight to Beijing three days later for a sit-down with China's Vice President Han Zheng — because nothing says "everything's fine here" like a diplomatic trip abroad.

Of course, Trump whisperer Laura Loomer and others like Catturd weighed in.

Not true.

Mitch McConnell is allegedly in a vegetative state. https://t.co/flxl7aQR73

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 7, 2026

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Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images

The company confirmed that the issue had been affecting accounts since May, with an additional 200 users banned over the weekend before its team identified and fixed the problem.

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'Code Red': Trump's Ego Fireworks Leave D.C. Fearing For Their Health

Donald Trump chose to put his fragile, maniacal ego on full display over the holiday weekend with a positively massive fireworks display meant to celebrate America's 250th birthday. However, it seems the ordeal only left countless D.C. residents stranded indoors as they waited for the acrid smoke to clear.

That massive fireworks show was originally scheduled for 9 pm. Still, it was ultimately rescheduled to take place after Trump's big speech, which didn't begin until after 11 pm due to an evacuation order following dangerously high temperatures that swept through Washington, D.C. this weekend, sending the city into a record-breaking 103-degree heatwave. As a result of all of the rescheduling, the fireworks display didn't wrap up until the wee hours of the morning on July 5th.

Visually speaking, the display was certainly spectacular, if not a bit overwhelming. Featuring something in the ballpark of a staggering 850,000 fireworks, launched from 20 different sites across the nation's Capital, lasting an entire 40 minutes, the pyrotechnics event was dubbed the "largest fireworks show in history" by the big man himself.

However, it seemed to leave D.C. residents worse for wear when it was all said and done, as the over-the-top display left the air thick with a blurry haze of acrid smoke that blanketed the D.C. skyline, obscured the big finale, and led to a "Code Red" warning about unsafe air quality for residents of the city.

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You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta

The new controls let you control how quickly Siri speaks and expressive its voice is.

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Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump

Back in February, Uber announced ambitious plans to launch in seven new European markets in 2026 — but now five of those launches are reportedly on hold.

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Trump memecoin investors lost $3.8 billion, analysis finds

Nearly 1 million people have lost a total of $3.8 billion after buying President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, while Trump made $636 million.

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