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Apple Adds MCP Server to Safari for Direct Agent Access
Apple is shipping an MCP server inside Safari that hands coding agents live access to page content, logs, network traffic, and screenshots.
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Valar Atomics Runs Nvidia Chip on Power from US Advanced Reactor
Valar Atomics produced the first electricity from a next-generation nuclear reactor in the United States, directing the output to an Nvidia AI chip.
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AI Token Consumption Reaches Crisis Levels as Podcast Details Marketplace Flood
Podcast examines surging corporate AI token use and the spread of generated flower images across Etsy, eBay, and Amazon.
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Apple’s Hide My Email Still Leaks Real Addresses
A flaw reported to Apple over a year ago still lets attackers recover the real addresses hidden by iCloud’s Hide My Email service.
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Claude Fable 5 Returns Worldwide After U.S. Removes Export Block on Anthropic
Anthropic restored access to its Fable 5 model on July 1 following the end of U.S. export controls that had kept the model offline for nearly three weeks.
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Meta to Launch Cloud Business Selling Access to AI Compute
Meta plans to turn its surplus AI infrastructure into a paid cloud service for external customers seeking compute power and models.
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Microsoft Research Frames Agent Skills as Trainable Parameters
Researchers describe a method that lets AI agents optimize their own capabilities by treating skills as adjustable parameters rather than fixed instructions.
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Supreme Court to Review Apple’s Contempt Finding in Epic Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court will examine lower-court rulings that held Apple in contempt over App Store fee compliance in its case with Epic Games.
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Apple's Hide My Email Still Exposes Real Addresses a Year After Report
Apple has not fixed a flaw in its iCloud Hide My Email service that lets third parties recover the underlying address tied to an alias.
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Trump Administration Reverses Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable Models
Policy reversal leaves AI developers without clear rules for advanced model distribution.
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US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5
The Department of Commerce lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, allowing Anthropic to restore Fable 5 after adding a new safety classifier.
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Proton ships Lumo 2.0 with image generation and private memory
Proton rebuilt its privacy-first chatbot on new architecture that adds image tools and faster reasoning while keeping zero-access encryption.
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Apple’s Appeal in Epic Games Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court will review lower court decisions that found Apple in contempt over App Store fee compliance in the Epic case.
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IO Interactive Begins Layoffs After Xbox Ends Funding for Project Fantasy
IO Interactive starts layoffs after Xbox withdraws funding and publishing support for the studio's unannounced fantasy RPG Project Fantasy.
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Google Opens Access to Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash
Developers can now use two new Gemini models focused on image generation and video editing.
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Supreme Court to Review Apple Contempt Ruling in Epic App Store Case
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear Apple's appeal of the contempt finding that required changes to App Store linking rules.
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Trump Administration Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable Models
The White House is lifting export controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models weeks after ordering a suspension for foreign users.
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Proton Updates Lumo AI With Image Tools and Persistent Memory
Proton rebuilt its privacy-focused chatbot on a new architecture that adds image generation, user memory, and private web search while keeping its no-logs stance.
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Supreme Court Accepts Apple Appeal in Epic Games App Store Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court will review a lower court finding that held Apple in contempt over App Store payment rules.
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Apple Adds On-Device Caption Generation and Deeper Pixelmator Integration to Creator Studio
Apple updated Final Cut Pro and Pixelmator Pro with on-device caption generation and tighter cross-app image editing.
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Google Ships Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash
Google positions two new Gemini variants as tools for faster image work and video editing.
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Apple Appeal on Epic Contempt Ruling
The United States Supreme Court will review whether a lower court’s contempt finding against Apple in the Epic Games case was erroneous.
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Proton Ships Lumo 2.0 With Image Generation and Private Search
Proton rebuilt its AI assistant on a new architecture that adds memory, image tools, and faster responses while keeping zero-access encryption.
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Supreme Court Accepts Apple Appeal in Epic Games App Store Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court will review a lower court contempt finding against Apple tied to its handling of App Store fees in the Epic Games litigation.
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Proton Adds Image Generation to Privacy-Focused Lumo Chatbot
Proton ships Lumo 2.0 this week with new image tools while promising to keep user data away from model training.
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Virginia County With 37 Data Centers Tells Schools to Cut Electricity Use
Henrico County officials notified schools of a projected 25 percent rise in electricity costs and recommended simple conservation steps to help close the gap.
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Google Unveils Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash for Immediate Use
Google positions its new image and video models as tools developers can deploy right away for cost-sensitive and editing-heavy workloads.
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Proton Ships Lumo 2.0 With Image Generation and Private Search
Proton rebuilt its privacy-first chatbot on a new architecture that adds memory, image tools, and faster responses while keeping the same no-logs rules.
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Supreme Court to Hear Apple Appeal Over Epic Contempt Ruling
The United States Supreme Court will review a lower-court contempt finding that required Apple to alter its App Store linking rules in the long-running dispute with Epic Games.
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Jon Gray Extends Blackstone AI Push Into Personal Philanthropy
Jon and Mindy Gray are directing new grants toward AI tools for cancer prevention research.
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Call Center Stocks Slide as AI Takes Over Customer Service
Shares of two call-center operators dropped after investors concluded that AI tools now handling routine queries make the traditional outsourcing model less viable.
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Bank of England Deputy Warns Autonomous AI Agents Could Trigger Market Meltdowns
Sarah Breeden says AI systems acting without human oversight may need stricter rules to prevent sudden financial disruptions.
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Google Extends Free Personalized Image Creation to All Gemini Users in the U.S.
Google now offers its Personal Intelligence feature for image generation in the Gemini app at no cost to every user in the United States.
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Tidal Stops Royalties for Fully AI-Generated Tracks
Tidal will label tracks it flags as 100 percent AI-generated but will not pay royalties on them starting July 15.
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Apple Seeks to Dismiss India Antitrust Ruling on App Store
Apple has told India’s competition regulator that its 2024 findings against the App Store rest on copied claims from rivals rather than an independent probe.
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South Korea Pledges $1 Trillion for Memory Chips and Humanoid Robots
South Korea sets a 2028 target for commercial humanoid robots as part of a broader push into physical AI.
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Supreme Court Rules Cellphone Location History Needs a Warrant
Police must now show probable cause before obtaining detailed location data from Apple, Google, or similar companies through geofence warrants.
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Google Makes Personalized Gemini Image Creation Free for All U.S. Users
Google now lets every Gemini user in the United States generate images that draw on their own Google account data without paying extra.
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Tidal Halts Royalties for Tracks It Flags as Fully AI-Generated
Tidal will stop paying out on music identified as 100 percent AI-generated while still allowing the tracks on the service.
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Microsoft Ships WSL Containers to Public Preview
Developers gain the ability to run Linux containers directly inside Windows Subsystem for Linux, removing the requirement for Docker Desktop.
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Apple Accuses Indian Antitrust Body of Copy-Pasting Rival Claims in App Store Probe
Apple has asked the Competition Commission of India to discard its 2024 findings on App Store practices, claiming the regulator simply repeated assertions supplied by competitors.
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Supreme Court Rules That Cellphone Location Records Require a Warrant
Police must now show probable cause before obtaining detailed location histories from Apple, Google, and other providers.
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Google Makes Personalized Gemini Image Generation Free for All U.S. Users
Google now lets every Gemini user in the United States generate images that draw on their own Google data, at no extra charge.
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Tidal Demonetizes 100-Percent AI-Generated Tracks
Tidal will demonetize tracks it identifies as 100 percent AI-generated and add labels for listeners starting July 15.
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Apple Ships macOS 26.5.2 With No Listed Changes
Apple has begun distributing macOS 26.5.2 at the same time as matching point releases for iOS and iPadOS.
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Anthropic Restores Access to Mythos 5 After US National Security Review
Anthropic regained partial US approval for its Mythos 5 AI model after addressing national security concerns raised by the Trump administration.
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Hugging Face CEO Says 'Dangerous' Label Serves as Marketing for Frontier AI Labs
Clem Delangue argues that government scrutiny labeling models like Anthropic's Mythos as too risky could benefit frontier AI companies commercially.
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Gemini App Rolls Out Personal Intelligence for Tailored Image Creation
Google is expanding Personal Intelligence in the Gemini app, letting users generate images that draw on their own activity across Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube, and Search.
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Apple Calls India's Antitrust Findings a Copy of Rival Claims
Apple has told the Competition Commission of India that its 2024 conclusions on App Store conduct were lifted from competitors and an EU graphic rather than derived from the regulator's own work.
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Google Cloud to Offer SandboxAQ AI Models for Research Use
Google will distribute SandboxAQ’s specialized models through its cloud platform to widen access for scientific computing tasks.
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Google's Hand-Wave reCAPTCHA Bypassed by Stock Photo
Google's gesture-based CAPTCHA, built to defeat AI solvers, falls to a plain stock image.
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China Orders AI Curriculum Into Every School Level
Beijing is folding artificial intelligence into primary, secondary, and higher education as part of Xi Jinping’s drive for technological primacy.
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South Korea Commits Samsung and SK Hynix to $880 Billion AI Buildout
South Korea has placed its two largest chipmakers at the center of a national plan to spend at least $880 billion on AI infrastructure.
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Palantir Deploys NVIDIA Nemotron Models in Secure Environments for Federal Agencies
Palantir introduced an intelligent engine that runs NVIDIA's open Nemotron models inside closed systems built for U.S. government use.
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WorkOS Publishes Auth.md Protocol for AI Agent Sign-Ups
WorkOS released Auth.md, a Markdown-based protocol that lets AI agents discover and complete service registration without human sign-up forms.
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German Companies Deploy AI to Trim Routine Tasks
One northwest German homebuilder cut invoice processing time in half after introducing artificial intelligence, illustrating a narrow but measurable response to the country's labor constraints.
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Samsung and SK Hynix Commit to Two New Chip Fabs in $518 Billion Project
South Korea’s leading memory makers will construct additional fabrication plants under a national investment program announced during a presidential briefing.
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Anthropic Wins US Approval to Restore Mythos 5 Access
Anthropic secured clearance to reopen parts of its Mythos 5 model after addressing national security objections from the Trump administration.
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South Korea Commits to AI Leadership Through Chip and Data Center Spending
South Korea announced new investments by Samsung and SK Hynix in memory chips, data centers, and robotics to hold its position in artificial intelligence.
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HP Scales Existing OpenAI Partnership to Customer and Internal Workflows
HP Inc. is expanding deployment of OpenAI technology through its Frontier partnership to cover customer experiences, software development, and enterprise operations.
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Microsoft Rejects Claims of Eight-to-One GTA 6 Pre-Order Gap
Microsoft states that reported sales figures comparing Grand Theft Auto 6 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox do not reflect actual pre-order data.
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Zhipu AI Releases GLM-5.2 With Cybersecurity Performance Matching Mythos
Zhipu AI’s open-weight GLM-5.2 reaches parity with Anthropic’s Mythos on bug detection and certain cybersecurity tasks, even as the model trails on general capabilities.
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China and India Top Firms Lose Market-Cap Share as AI Lag Persists
China, India, and Hong Kong stand alone among major markets where the largest companies now command a smaller slice of total capitalization than they did a year earlier.
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Samsung and SK Group Plan $1.3 Trillion in Investments Over Ten Years
South Korea’s two largest conglomerates align spending with the new president’s industrial policy, according to a local media report.
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China Reclaims the Top Spot on the TOP500 With LineShine
LineShine at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen has displaced El Capitan to claim the number one position on the latest TOP500 ranking.
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Age Of Empires Editor Used To Argue Against AI Consciousness Claims
A Kotaku analysis contends that scenarios built in the game’s editor reveal the gap between AI mimicry and actual awareness, and that companies exploit public confusion for funding.
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Microsoft Releases Dynamic Setup and Recovery Updates for Windows 11
Microsoft issued two new dynamic updates for recent versions of the operating system this past week.
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PuffPal Exposed Passport Data for One Million Cannabis Club Users
An app meant to simplify entry to Spanish cannabis clubs left users’ passports, addresses, and consumption records open to anyone who looked.
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Flock Cameras Record Far More Than Plates as Rollout Speeds Up
Flock Safety's automated readers are expanding across U.S. roads while collecting data that extends beyond vehicle identification, prompting privacy complaints.
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Apple Seeks Trump Waiver to Buy RAM from Blacklisted Chinese Supplier
Apple has asked the administration for an exception that would let it source memory chips from CXMT despite the firm’s Pentagon blacklist status.
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China Builds World’s Fastest Supercomputer Without GPUs
China’s LineShine supercomputer tops global rankings without using GPUs, showing limits of US export controls.
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Google Limits Meta Access to Gemini Models Over Compute Shortfall
Google has capped Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models after failing to supply the computing capacity the social media company requested.
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AI Agents Execute Malware When Asked to Set Up a Clean GitHub Repo
Mozillа’s 0din team showed that Claude Code and similar agents will run malicious code when handed an empty-looking repository and told to initialize it.
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Apple Lobbies Trump Administration for Clearance to Buy Chips from Blacklisted Chinese Firm CXMT
Apple wants permission to source memory chips from a company the Pentagon placed on its Chinese Military Company list over alleged PLA links.
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AI Enthusiasm Lifts Hong Kong Share Sales to Five-Year High
Investor appetite for artificial intelligence lifted equity offerings in Hong Kong to their strongest first-half level in five years.
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Asian AI Startups Release Mythos Equivalents While Anthropic Export Ban Continues
Startups in Asia are shipping models that deliver comparable performance to Anthropic’s Mythos without running into U.S. export limits.
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Apple Vision Pro VP Paul Meade Reportedly Departs for OpenAI Hardware Role
Paul Meade, the executive who led development of Apple’s Vision Pro, is leaving to join OpenAI’s hardware efforts.
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Apple Seeks Trump Administration Waiver to Source RAM from Blacklisted Chinese Supplier
Apple is asking the U.S. government for an exception that would let it buy memory chips from a firm the Pentagon has already flagged over military ties.
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Apple Lobbies Trump Administration for Clearance to Buy Chips from Blacklisted Chinese Firm CXMT
Apple wants permission to source memory chips from CXMT despite the company’s placement on the Pentagon’s Chinese Military Company blacklist.
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Microsoft Raises Xbox Console Prices Worldwide and Ends 2 TB Model
Effective August 1, 2026, Microsoft will increase prices on its remaining Xbox console models and remove the 2 TB variant from sale.
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Apple Faced Bipartisan Opposition Over 2022 YMTC Memory Deal
U.S. senators from both parties warned intelligence officials that Apple’s potential purchase of chips from a Chinese state-owned firm would create supply-chain security risks.
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Asian AI Startups Ship Mythos-Level Models While U.S. Export Ban Continues
Asian firms now offer models that match Anthropic’s Mythos capabilities without exposure to U.S. export controls, threatening long-term American access to the region’s market.
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Apple Asks Trump Administration for Waiver to Buy RAM from Blacklisted Chinese Supplier
Apple seeks an exception to source memory chips from CXMT amid rising prices that forced recent product increases across its lineup.
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Apple Lobbies Trump Administration for Clearance to Buy Chips from Blacklisted Chinese Firm CXMT
Apple is pressing for approval to source memory chips from a company the Pentagon has tied to the Chinese military.
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SpaceX Eyes Private Natural Gas Pipeline to Its Texas Starbase
SpaceX is reportedly preparing to lay an 8-mile natural gas line that would feed fuel directly to Starship operations at its Starbase site.
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Apple Vision Pro VP Paul Meade Reportedly Joins OpenAI
Paul Meade, the Apple executive who led the Vision Pro program, is moving to OpenAI to work on hardware.
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Apple Asks Trump Administration for Waiver to Buy RAM From Blacklisted Chinese Supplier
Apple seeks an exception to source memory chips from CXMT amid rising component costs that have already forced product price increases.
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OpenAI Starts Limited Preview of GPT-5.6 Models
OpenAI released three new models in the GPT-5.6 line to a restricted group after a request from the US government.
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Asian AI Startups Ship Mythos Equivalents While Anthropic Export Ban Persists
Local developers in Asia now offer unrestricted alternatives that match Anthropic’s flagship model, threatening long-term U.S. market position.
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LastPass Users Lose Data in Repeat Breach
Wired's weekly security roundup flags another theft of LastPass customer information along with separate developments in a classified-materials case and an infostealer network takedown.
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OpenAI Hires Apple’s Head of Vision Pro and Smart Glasses
Paul Meade’s move continues the flow of senior hardware talent from Apple to OpenAI.
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U.S. Clears Anthropic to Ship Mythos to Select Domestic Users
The White House has ended a weeks-long hold and authorized Anthropic to give a small set of U.S. companies and agencies access to its most advanced model.
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OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI has released an early preview of GPT-5.6 Sol, a model positioned for stronger results in coding, science, and cybersecurity.
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Apple’s Touchscreen MacBook Pros Will Use M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips
Bloomberg reports show Apple will skip M6 Pro and M6 Max chips for the first touchscreen models and move straight to the M7 generation afterward.
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OpenAI Ships GPT-5.6 Series in Limited Preview
OpenAI released three new models—Sol, Terra, and Luna—under a restricted rollout requested by the US government.
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OpenAI Hires Apple’s Head of Vision Pro and Smart Glasses
Paul Meade’s departure adds to the list of senior hardware leaders leaving Apple for AI companies.
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White House Clears Anthropic to Distribute Mythos to Approved U.S. Groups
After weeks of talks, the Trump administration has approved limited domestic release of Anthropic’s most advanced model.
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US Eases Limits on Anthropic Mythos 5 for Trusted Partners
The Commerce Department has removed key restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model, opening it to approved users outside the company.
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SpaceX Reportedly Plans Direct Starlink Mobile Service for US Consumers
SpaceX is weighing a move to sell mobile plans straight to American consumers and may build its own ground network to support the offering.
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OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI has released a preview of GPT-5.6 Sol, its next-generation model focused on coding, science, and cybersecurity tasks.
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OpenAI Ships GPT-5.6 Models in Restricted Preview
OpenAI released three GPT-5.6 models—Sol, Terra, and Luna—only to a narrow set of users after the US government asked for a controlled rollout.
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Apple’s First Touchscreen MacBook Will Use Current M5 Pro and Max Chips
Apple is bypassing higher-bin M6 silicon entirely and will move straight to M7 processors for the next high-end refresh.
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Microsoft Shares Research Blog on AI for Brain Science
Microsoft published a short post on using AI to generate explanations and run experiments that advance human-brain research.
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OpenAI Mulls 2027 IPO, SoftBank Shares Drop
OpenAI is considering delaying its initial public offering until 2027, a shift that immediately pressured shares of investor SoftBank.
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SpaceX Readies Direct Starlink Mobile Plans for US Consumers
SpaceX plans to sell Starlink mobile service directly to US consumers and may build supporting ground infrastructure.
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OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI has released an early look at GPT-5.6 Sol, a model it says improves performance on coding, scientific reasoning, and cybersecurity tasks alongside its most advanced safety measures yet.
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Apple’s First Touchscreen MacBook Will Use Current M5 Pro and Max Chips
Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to launch its initial touch-enabled MacBook models on existing M5 silicon rather than waiting for the next full generation.
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U.S. Ban on Anthropic’s Top Models Risks Fueling Chinese Open-Source AI
The White House move to restrict foreign access to Anthropic’s leading models may increase demand for open-source alternatives developed in China.
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Microsoft Releases PowerToys Update to Address Memory Leaks
Microsoft has issued a new PowerToys update that resolves memory leaks along with additional bugs in one of the utilities.
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OpenAI Pitches ChatGPT as an Ad Platform at Cannes
OpenAI presented its chatbot to advertisers as a new marketing channel during the Cannes Lions Festival.
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Apple Delivers watchOS 27 Beta 2 to Apple Watch Ultra 3
Apple has now seeded the second developer beta of watchOS 27 to the Apple Watch Ultra 3, two days after the same build reached other models.
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SemiAnalysis Flags Select Asian Suppliers as AI Hardware Winners
Myron Xie, research lead at SemiAnalysis, named the Asian hardware firms best positioned to capture demand in a Bloomberg Tech Asia interview.
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Microsoft Extends Windows 10 ESU by One Year
Microsoft has added another year of paid security updates for Windows 10 through its Extended Security Updates program.
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Apple to Release Only Base M6 Chip Before Skipping to M7
Apple will launch a standard M6 in MacBook Pros later this year but will not produce M6 Pro or M6 Max variants, moving straight to an AI-oriented M7 generation instead.
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IBM Claims First Sub-1 Nanometer Chip Technology
IBM says its nanostack transistors mark the first chip process below one nanometer and could improve either speed or power use.
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Trump Administration Asks OpenAI to Stagger Release of Powerful AI Model
The request follows regulatory pressure that led Anthropic to suspend its most advanced models two weeks earlier.
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Microsoft Adds Reusable Skills and Finance Connectors to Copilot in Excel
Microsoft is expanding Copilot in Excel with reusable workflow skills, institutional financial data connectors, and better change tracking.
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Microsoft Extends Paid Windows 10 Support by One Year
Microsoft will deliver Extended Security Updates for Windows 10 through at least 2027.
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IBM Claims First Sub-1 Nanometer Chip Technology
IBM says its nanostack transistors mark the first chip process below one nanometer, with potential gains in performance or efficiency.
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IBM Claims First Sub-1 Nanometer Chip Process
IBM claims the first sub-1 nanometer chip process built around nanostack transistors that may raise performance or efficiency.
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LastPass Warns Users of Another Data Breach via External Partner
LastPass has notified account holders that personal data was stolen in a breach that originated at one of its outside partners rather than inside its own systems.
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OpenAI and Broadcom Ship First Custom Chip for LLM Inference
OpenAI and Broadcom introduced Jalapeño, a processor built from the ground up to run large language model inference at production scale.
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Microsoft Brings Reusable Skills and Finance Connectors to Copilot in Excel
Microsoft is expanding Copilot in Excel with reusable workflow skills, institutional financial data connectors, and better change tracking.
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Apple to Release Only Base M6 Chip Before Shifting to M7
Bloomberg reporting indicates Apple will bypass M6 Pro and M6 Max variants and move directly to an AI-focused M7 generation.
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AI Revenue Tops Depreciation at Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft
AI income reached $25 billion and cleared a basic infrastructure cost line, but the surplus remains narrow enough that pricing and growth must hold steady.
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Google Play Lowers Fees for U.K. Developers
Google will apply lower fees and expanded options to developers in the United Kingdom as one of the first markets to receive changes to its Play store business model.
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OpenAI and Broadcom Ship First Custom Chip for LLM Inference
OpenAI and Broadcom have introduced Jalapeño, a custom processor built to run large language model inference at higher scale and efficiency.
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Google Adds Built-in Computer Control to Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google has shipped a computer-use tool inside Gemini 3.5 Flash that lets the model operate a desktop environment directly.
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OpenAI Ships Jalapeño, Its First Custom Inference Chip Made With Broadcom
OpenAI announced Jalapeño, a processor built with Broadcom and tuned for the company's own inference workloads.
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Alibaba Shares Fall to 16-Month Low on Anthropic Accusations
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. stock in Hong Kong reached a 16-month low after Anthropic accused the company of illicitly accessing its AI model.
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Micron Shares Jump After Revenue Forecast Tops Estimates
Micron projected roughly $50 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, well above Wall Street expectations and tied to sustained AI demand.
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OpenAI and Broadcom ship first custom inference chip
OpenAI and Broadcom introduced Jalapeño, a processor built specifically for large-scale LLM inference workloads.
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Google Adds Built-in Computer Use Tool to Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google has introduced a computer-use capability directly inside Gemini 3.5 Flash.
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OpenAI ships its first custom inference chip
OpenAI and Broadcom have taped out Jalapeño, a processor built expressly for the company's inference clusters.
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Google Stores Uploaded Media From Search Interactions to Train AI Models
Google now keeps images and other media from Search interactions in user history for AI training unless users change their settings.
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WebKit Bug Leaves Copy Menu Enabled With No Selection
WebKit enables the Copy menu item in Safari, Mail, and third-party apps even when nothing is selected on the focused page or message.
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OpenAI and Broadcom reveal custom inference chip named Jalapeño
OpenAI and Broadcom have introduced a new chip built specifically for running large language models at scale.
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Google Rolls Out Built-In Computer Use for Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google has added a tool that lets its latest Flash model control a computer interface directly.
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OpenAI Ships Jalapeño, Its First Custom Inference Chip
OpenAI and Broadcom have built a processor tuned for the company's inference systems rather than general training workloads.
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AI Reduces Cyclical Swings in Memory Demand, Lazard Analyst Says
Lazard portfolio manager Celine Woo argues that AI infrastructure spending is steering memory demand toward more stable patterns through the hardware supply chain.
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AI Trade Enters Earnings Test Phase With Micron and SK Hynix Moves
Micron earnings and SK Hynix’s planned US listing will test whether AI infrastructure spending maintains its current pace.
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OpenAI Pairs With Broadcom on Custom Inference Chip
OpenAI and Broadcom have introduced Jalapeño, the first custom chip the AI company has built specifically for large language model inference.
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Gemini 3.5 Flash Adds Built-in Computer Use Tool
Google DeepMind and Google both published announcements on the new capability on the same day.
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OpenAI Ships First Custom Chip for Its Inference Workloads
OpenAI has introduced Jalapeño, its first custom processor developed with Broadcom to match the demands of its inference systems.
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SK Hynix Files for $29.4 Billion US Listing to Scale AI Memory Output
SK Hynix Inc. disclosed plans to raise 45.45 trillion won through an American share sale, with trading slated to open on July 10.
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Meta and Microsoft Commit Tens of Billions More to Data Center Leases
Meta and Microsoft each added tens of billions of dollars in new data center lease obligations during their most recent quarters as the industry pours capital into artificial intelligence capacity.
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Terawatt Borrows Up to $300 Million to Scale Charging Sites for Waymo
Terawatt Infrastructure Inc. will use new bank debt to acquire and develop electric-vehicle chargers in the United States and overseas.
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Dubai Holding Explores Stake in Bain-Backed Data Center Builder Hscale
Dubai Holding is in talks to acquire a position in Hscale as it looks to expand its data center holdings in Europe.
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Chinese Developers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple Over App Store Terms
Forty-eight China-based iOS developers have asked the State Administration for Market Regulation to investigate Apple’s commission structure and distribution rules.
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Tencent Tests DeepSeek AI Agent in WeChat Corporate App
Tencent is readying an AI agent built on DeepSeek for its enterprise messaging platform, sharpening competition among Chinese tech firms for control of workplace tools.
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Meta Ships First In-House Smart Glasses at $299
Meta releases its own-branded Adventurer, Fury, and Starfire models at lower prices than prior Ray-Ban collaborations, with EssilorLuxottica still handling production.
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Swift Package Index Joins Apple
Swift Package Index, the independent search engine for Swift packages, is now part of Apple while committing to keep its code and service open source.
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Chinese Developers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple Over App Store Fees
A group of 48 China-based iOS developers has asked the State Administration for Market Regulation to investigate Apple’s commission rates and distribution rules.
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Samsung and Alcedis Link Wearable Sensors to Clinical Trial Endpoints
Samsung will feed biometric data from its devices into Alcedis-managed trials to cut cost and time in drug and device studies.
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Swift Package Index Joins Apple
Swift Package Index, the main search and metadata service for Swift packages, is now part of Apple and has promised to keep the project open source.
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Chinese Developers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple
Forty-eight China-based iOS developers have asked the State Administration for Market Regulation to investigate Apple's App Store commission structure and distribution rules.
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Microsoft Announces Shift Toward Agentic Observability in Cloud Operations
Microsoft published a blog post calling for agentic observability to reshape how teams run cloud systems.
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tvOS 27 Beta Code Points to Siri AI on HomePod and Apple TV
Beta strings confirm Apple is preparing to bring its updated Siri to the two devices after they were passed over at WWDC.
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Memory Makers Face Chinese Rivals as Microsoft Sees Value in Local Models
The three leading memory chip companies risk creating stronger competitors in China, while Microsoft has clear commercial reasons to adopt Chinese AI models.
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Evercore Strategist Keeps Bullish Stance on Tech Stocks
Julian Emanuel of Evercore ISI says earnings and share prices have simply realigned in parts of the Mag 7 group during the current selloff.
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OpenAI Rolls Out AI Tools for Open Source Vulnerability Fixes
OpenAI has introduced an AI-driven program to scan and repair bugs in open source projects, framed as part of a broader cybersecurity effort.
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Ubuntu Brings Livepatch to Arm64 Systems
Canonical now lets Arm64 servers apply kernel patches without downtime, extending a service previously limited to x86 hardware.
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Samsung Ships First UFS 5.0 Parts for On-Device AI Phones
Samsung claims the new storage standard will remove data bottlenecks in future mobile AI workloads.
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Valve Opens SteamOS for Custom Desktop Steam Machines
Valve's SteamOS 3.8 release removes prior barriers so users can install the OS on any PC parts that match a Steam Machine profile.
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Google DeepMind Takes Stake in A24 to Develop AI Film Tools
Google is investing roughly $75 million in the film studio as part of a non-exclusive research partnership focused on new production technologies.
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Apple Releases iOS 27 Beta 2 Focused on Siri Refinements
Apple pushed the second developer beta of iOS 27 to registered users, with early signs pointing to additional work on the Siri assistant.
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Oracle Cut 21,000 Jobs Over 12 Months, With AI Taking Some Roles
Oracle eliminated 21,000 positions in the past year, a larger reduction than earlier reports indicated, as the company attributed part of the cuts to artificial intelligence.
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Apple Ships iOS 27 Beta 2 With Easier Siri Writing Access
Second beta adds a dedicated Write with Siri button and marks voice customization options as coming soon.
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Google Puts $75 Million Into A24 for AI Film Tools
Google DeepMind will develop production software with the studio after taking its first equity stake in a film company.
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iOS 27 Beta 2 Reaches Developers With Further Siri Updates
Apple has shipped the second beta of iOS 27, extending the Siri-focused changes that defined the initial release.
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Apple Adds Spending Insights to Wallet App in iOS 27 Beta 2
Apple's second iOS 27 beta introduces an Insights tool that pulls financial account data into the Wallet app through a subsidiary connection.
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Anthropic Faces Fresh Regulatory Tension Over Mythos Model
Anthropic disclosed an AI model named Mythos in April and now sits in an active dispute with the US government.
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Google Designates Interactions API as Primary Interface for Gemini
Google has made its Interactions API the main way to work with Gemini models and agents, now in general availability.
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Google Takes $75 Million Stake in A24 for AI Movie Tools
Google DeepMind will work with the studio on new production technologies across multiple non-exclusive projects.
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CD Projekt CEO Says Pure AI Games Are Inevitable but Questions the Approach
Joint CEO Michał Nowakowski states he knows generative AI-only titles are on the horizon but expresses doubts about pursuing that route.
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Apple Raises Prices as It Skips AI Features in Europe
Apple is increasing product prices while declining to ship its Siri-based AI tools to users in the European Union.
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OpenMW update blocks a long-standing way to break Morrowind
The latest release of the open-source engine reimplementation adds safeguards against an old attack animation bug that could destroy a saved game in one move.
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Samsung Rolls Out ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to Its Global Staff
Samsung Electronics has given its worldwide workforce access to ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex, one of OpenAI’s largest enterprise deployments so far.
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Apple’s Digital ID in Wallet May Extend to AI Age Checks
Apple’s passport-based Digital ID could gain its first large-scale use outside airports if a partnership with Claude materializes.
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Tencent Begins Testing AI Assistant for WeChat
Tencent has started internal tests of an AI assistant inside WeChat to narrow the lead held by other Chinese firms in artificial intelligence development.
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NVIDIA Raises Liquid-Cooling Threshold to 45°C for AI Servers
NVIDIA now ships AI servers whose liquid-cooling loops can run at 45 °C, lowering the electricity needed to remove heat from large clusters.
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JSON-LD Guide for Personal Sites Reaches Hacker News Front Page
An explainer on adding structured data to personal websites appeared on the developer forum with 137 points and 37 comments.
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Apertus Open Foundation Model Posted on Hacker News
An entry titled “Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI” reached the front page of Hacker News, linking to apertvs.ai.
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Samsung Electronics Deploys ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex Worldwide
Samsung Electronics has deployed ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to employees worldwide in one of OpenAI’s largest enterprise rollouts.
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Apple’s Incoming CEO Faces Design Team Overhaul
Bloomberg reports that John Ternus must restore direction to Apple’s design group while steering 2027 product plans for the iPhone and AirPods.
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Ternus May Restore Design Influence at Apple
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that John Ternus plans to return the design team to a stronger position inside Apple once he becomes CEO.
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UK Set to Block Social Media Access for Under-16s From 2027
The policy targets product designs that prioritize attention over child welfare, according to policy advocates.
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2016 Sandi Metz Post on Abstractions Returns to Hacker News Front Page
An old argument that duplication beats a bad abstraction drew 149 points and 108 comments on Hacker News.
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Windows and Linux Boot Keys Start Expiring June 24
The cryptographic keys that secure computer boot sequences on Windows and Linux will begin to expire on June 24.
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Microsoft Researcher Uses Age of Empires II Goats to Assemble a Neural Network
A Microsoft AI researcher built a neural network from game goats to push back against claims that chatbots possess consciousness.
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Microsoft Confirms One Long-Awaited Feature for Windows 11 26H2
Microsoft states the update will deliver a frequently requested capability, with early testing now open.
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Air Taxi Startups Trade Lawsuits Over Espionage Claims and Patents
Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation accuse each other of misconduct, while Archer adds a patent case against Vertical.
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Wired Publishes 28 Tips for Stronger ChatGPT Prompts
Wired outlines 28 techniques that move users past basic queries toward more deliberate prompt engineering with OpenAI’s chatbot.
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Apple Declares Legacy MDM Obsolete With Declarative Management Push
Updates arriving this fall will require IT teams to move away from older device-management approaches for Apple hardware.
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Linux Drops strncpy After Six Years and 360 Patches
Kernel maintainers remove the legacy string-copy function in the 7.2 release following a long replacement campaign.
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Nobel Laureate John Jumper Leaves DeepMind for Anthropic
Nobel-winning DeepMind VP John Jumper is moving to Anthropic, according to reports from Bloomberg and TechCrunch.
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Linux Kernel I/O Mechanisms Draw Hacker News Attention
An article comparing epoll and io_uring appears on the Hacker News front page with 107 points and 30 comments.
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Developer Explains Reasons for Rejecting Functioning AI-Generated Code
A blog post arguing against accepting AI-written code that merely works reached the Hacker News front page with 121 points.
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Signal President Warns Against Treating AI Chatbots as Companions
Meredith Whittaker states that chatbots lack consciousness and should not be viewed as friends or sentient partners.
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Apple Declares Legacy MDM Obsolete With New Declarative Management Standard
WWDC updates this fall will require IT teams to adopt declarative device management or risk broken workflows on macOS and iOS fleets.
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