The final day of Amazon's Prime Day event brings forth a cascade of discounts on popular tech items, from Google's Nest Thermostat and Apple gear to robot vacuums and gaming accessories, presenting last-minute opportunities for significant savings across various product categories.

• Prime Day is almost over, but our favorite deals are still live — The Verge -
• The Nex Playground will wear out your energetic kids, and it’s $60 off during Prime Day — The Verge -
• Google’s latest Nest Learning Thermostat is more than $60 off for Prime Day — The Verge -

• The 100+ best Prime Day deals under $100 — The Verge -
• The 40 best Prime Day deals you can get for under $25 — The Verge -
• The best fitness tracker and smartwatch Prime Day deals — The Verge -
• Some Switch 2 accessories and upgraded games are on sale for Prime Day — The Verge -
• The 20 Prime Day deals that are most popular with Verge readers — The Verge -
• The best Prime Day deals on games, hardware, and accessories — The Verge -
• The best last-minute Apple deals you can still grab for Prime Day — The Verge -
• It’s a great time to pick up a Kindle, Echo speaker, and other Amazon devices — The Verge -
• You can buy Tapo’s terrific RV30 Max robovac for just $200 right now — The Verge -
• Here are 58 Prime Day deals you can still nab for $50 or less — The Verge -
• Some of our favorite headphones are steeply discounted for Prime Day — The Verge -
• These are the best Prime Day TV deals from LG, Sony, and more — The Verge -
• The best Prime Day deals on Verge-favorite 4K Blu-rays — The Verge -
• The smartphone-sized Boox Palma 2 is cheaper than ever for Prime Day — The Verge -
• Some Verge-favorite gadgets are cheaper during Prime Day 2025 — The Verge -
• The best Prime Day deals on our favorite robot vacuums — The Verge -
• The best Prime Day deals on charging accessories — The Verge -
• The best laptop deals we’ve found for Prime Day (so far) — The Verge -
• Some of the stuff we actually bought during Prime Day — The Verge -
• The Amazfit Active 2, one of our favorite fitness trackers, is just $79.99 right now — The Verge -
• The original Pixel Fold is over $1,000 off on the last day of Prime Day — The Verge -
• Our favorite desk accessories for Prime Day — The Verge -
• The best Prime Day 2025 deals you can still get — The Verge -
• The Verge’s guide to Amazon Prime Day 2025 — The Verge -

The AI sector sees corporate shifts as OpenAI's acquisition falls apart and Google gains key talent, while studies reveal AI therapy bots giving dangerous advice, and concerns rise over Grok AI's alignment with Elon Musk's opinions, amidst AI's adoption by major banks like Goldman Sachs and ongoing debates about AI's impact on developer productivity.

• Windsurf’s CEO goes to Google; OpenAI’s acquisition falls apart — TechCrunch -
• AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds — Ars Technica -
• OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google — The Verge -

• AI leadership development platform Praxis Labs sells to Torch — TechCrunch -
• AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows — TechCrunch -
• Sarah Smith launches $16M fund, says AI can ‘unlock’ so much for solo GPs like herself — TechCrunch -
• Goldman Sachs is testing viral AI agent Devin as a ‘new employee’ — TechCrunch -
• The unholy alliance that killed the AI moratorium — The Verge -
• AI chatbot’s simple ‘123456’ password risked exposing personal data of millions of McDonald’s job applicants — TechCrunch -
• Helios wants to be the AI operating system for public policy professionals — TechCrunch -
• Grok searches for Elon Musk’s opinion before answering tough questions — The Verge -
• Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions — TechCrunch -

The broader tech industry experiences Firefly Aerospace's IPO filing and Intel's RealSense spin-out, faces staff layoffs at Indeed and Glassdoor, and sees Medium's CEO explain their path to profitability, while TechCrunch events plan discussions on AI hardware and humanoids.

• Firefly Aerospace files for an IPO — TechCrunch -
• Medium’s CEO explains what it took to stop losing $2.6M monthly — TechCrunch -
• Startups Weekly: Still running — TechCrunch -

• Julie Wainwright is building what comes next — join her fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — TechCrunch -
• Humanoids, AVs, and what’s next in AI hardware at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — TechCrunch -
• Just 4 days until TechCrunch All Stage kicks off in Boston — and the lowest ticket prices vanish — TechCrunch -
• Indeed, Glassdoor to lay off 1,300 staff amid AI push — TechCrunch -
• HMD is ‘scaling back’ in the US, killing Nokia all over again — The Verge -
• RealSense spins out of Intel to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology — TechCrunch -
• Krafton slams ex-Subnautica 2 execs — who now say they’re suing — The Verge -

The EV market faces a significant pullback with delays in new models, despite Tesla's potential expansion into India and BYD accepting liability for its self-parking cars, highlighting a complex landscape for autonomous and electric vehicle adoption.

• Tesla reportedly close to starting sales in India — TechCrunch -
• TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla enters its Grok era, and teens come for robotaxis — TechCrunch -
• BYD will accept liability if one of its self-parking cars crashes — The Verge -

• The great EV pullback has begun — The Verge -
• Lamborghini follows successful racing Huracan with new Temerario GT3 — Ars Technica -

News from space includes SpaceX's propellant production and Russia's mysterious 'killer satellites', while environmental topics cover solar panels benefiting crops in the Southwest and the debunking of cloud-seeding conspiracy theories regarding Texas floods, also a senator calls out Texas for trying to steal a shuttle from the Smithsonian.

• A cloud-seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods — TechCrunch -
• This 19-year-old’s space company just raised millions to keep satellites connected 24/7 — TechCrunch -
• Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad — Ars Technica -

• In the Southwest, solar panels can help both photovoltaics and crops — Ars Technica -
• It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers — Ars Technica -
• “It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian — Ars Technica -
• Conspiracy theorists are blaming flash floods on cloud seeding — it has to stop — The Verge -

Recent hardware news features a new Windows 11 self-healing build, India's initiative to turn TVs into PCs, and Samsung's exploration of thin foldable phones and innovative wearable designs like earrings and necklaces, alongside criticism of the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro controller's repairability and Google's Pixel phone battery issues.

• New Windows 11 build adds self-healing “quick machine recovery” feature — Ars Technica -
• India’s richest man wants to turn every TV into a PC — TechCrunch -
• iFixit: the Switch 2 Pro is a ‘piss-poor excuse for a controller’ — The Verge -

• A mess of its own making: Google nerfs second Pixel phone battery this year — Ars Technica -
• The Verge’s favorite travel gear for 2025 — The Verge -
• All eyes on Samsung’s thin new foldable — The Verge -
• Samsung is exploring new wearable form factors such as earrings and necklaces — TechCrunch -

The crypto market witnesses Bitcoin's surge to new all-time highs amid a pro-crypto political stance, while high-profile crypto executives still fall victim to scams, underscoring both market volatility and security challenges.

• Even crypto execs fall for crypto scams — The Verge -
• Bitcoin surpasses $118K, its second all-time high in less than 24 hours — TechCrunch -

Key policy discussions include the DOJ's stance on fact-checking potentially violating antitrust law, France investigating X for foreign interference, concerns over 'ethical' spyware provided to ICE, a cybersecurity warning about a critical Citrix flaw, and debates on health policy panels and the killing of an AI moratorium.

• Can an ‘ethical’ spyware maker justify providing its tech to ICE? — TechCrunch -
• DOJ paves the way for a legal war on fact-checking — The Verge -
• Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff — Ars Technica -

• Insta360 infringed on a GoPro Hero camera patent, US judge rules — The Verge -
• France is investigating X over foreign interference, while an MP also criticizes Grok — TechCrunch -
• Why are liberals cozying up to race scientists? — The Verge -
• Trump’s DOJ seems annoyed about having to approve T-Mobile’s latest merger — Ars Technica -
• CISA warns hackers are actively exploiting critical ‘Citrix Bleed 2’ security flaw — TechCrunch -
• RFK Jr. may be about to demolish preventive health panel, health groups fear — Ars Technica -
• Belkin is ending support for nearly all its Wemo smart home devices — The Verge -

Beyond tech, headlines touch upon a rare bacterial infection causing a man's heart to stop, a positive review for the new Superman film, and optimistic signs for Switch 2 game ports following the Tony Hawk remaster's performance.

• Man’s heart stopped after common bacterium caused ultra-rare infection — Ars Technica -
• Review: Stellar cast makes Superman shine bright — Ars Technica -
• The new Tony Hawk remaster is a good sign for Switch 2 ports — The Verge -