Sony is suing Tencent to attempt to stop the release of Light of Motiram, which Sony describes as a “slavish clone” of its Horizon series of games, as reported by Reuters. Light of Motiram was announced last year with a trailer featuring an aesthetic that’s quite similar to the Horizon franchise — including huge robot animals and even a title font that resembles the Horizon games.
In its…
Samsung’s One UI 8 update seems to prevent users from unlocking their device’s bootloader to load custom ROMs, as spotted earlier by SammyGuru. Over the weekend, users on the XDA Developers forum noticed that Samsung appears to have disabled the option on devices in…
New AI architecture delivers 100x faster reasoning than LLMs with just 1,000 training examples
July 29, 2025
Singapore-based AI startup Sapient Intelligence has developed a new AI architecture that can match, and in some cases vastly outperform, large language models (LLMs) on complex reasoning tasks, all while being significantly smaller and more data-efficient.
The architecture…
Anthropic announced today it would introduce weekly rate limits for Claude subscribers, claiming that some users have been running Claude 24/7, with the majority of usage centered around its Claude Code product.
Overall weekly limits will begin on August 28 and will be in conjunction with the current 5-hour limits. Anthropic said the throttling will only affect 5% of its total users.
Not…
Rumors that OpenAI is set to release a gen AI-powered web browser to rival Alphabet‘s Google Chrome have amped up excitement about the future of search and how AI will fundamentally change how we browse the web.
In this seeming next phase of the internet, search engines…
Upexi, Inc. (UPXI) has lined up a $500 million equity line deal to bankroll its business operations and boost its stash of Solana. But while the company gears up for crypto accumulation, UPXI shares have nosedived more than 17% over the past week.
Zero-Fee $500M Equity Line…
Ethereum's Impact During Crypto Legislation Week
July 29, 2025
What started as a symbolic label (“Crypto Week”) ended with real legislative firepower. Meanwhile, ethereum seized the spotlight as the market’s narrative driver.
This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the editorial the second it’s finished.
Crypto Week Delivered as Ethereum Broke Out
Earlier this month…
Despite Volatility, Analysts See Continued Rally for XRP Amid Legal Clarity and ETF Hopes
July 29, 2025
Since July 23, XRP has traded below $3.40, a dip attributed to reports that a wallet linked to Ripple’s co-founder dumped millions of tokens. However, one expert believes improving liquidity and institutional interest could support the digital asset’s continued…
Podcast: Tesla's disturbing earnings, self-driving challenge, solid state batteries, and more
July 29, 2025
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla’s disturbing earnings, a new self-driving challenge, solid-state batteries, and more.
The show is live every Friday at…
We’re closing out this week’s Green Deals with seven great deals – four of them being EV-focused savings – starting with Rad Power’s Back to School Sale that is seeing its new RadRunner and RadRunner Max Cargo Utility e-bikes getting passenger bundles from $1,499, among others. Right behind it is Lectric’s Christmas in July Sale that is taking up to $654 off e-bike bundles, with offers…
