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- Cadence unveils AuraStack AI Super Agent, an AI platform for PCB and advanced chip packaging design, with Nvidia, TSMC, and Schneider Electric among early users (Marco Chiappetta/Forbes) [5d]
- Sources: Microsoft security chief Hayete Gallot, who took over in February, has prioritized AI tools, cut several hundred roles, replaced senior execs, and more (The Information) [5d]
- Venture funding of fintech startups grew 22.7% YoY in H1 2026 to $28.6B globally, but deal count fell 25.7% and funding fell 17.3% vs. H2 2025's $34.6B funding (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News) [5d]
- Coinbase's Jesse Pollak says Jordan Fish, aka "Cobie", will now lead the Base app team after acknowledging some of Base's bets on social features fell short (Daniel Kuhn/The Block) [5d]
- SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, briefly dropping below their $135 IPO price for the first time before closing at $135.27 (Samantha Subin/CNBC) [5d]
- Apple publishes a policy for upcoming Maps ads, says home services ads are banned, medical services ads will be "evaluated on a case-by-case basis", and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [5d]
- OpenAI details GPT-Red, an internal automated red-teaming model that helps it find and fix prompt injection vulnerabilities at scale before wider deployment (OpenAI) [5d]
- Uber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis (Liam Denning/Bloomberg) [5d]
- AWS SVP Dave Brown is leaving after 19 years for a new job; he led compute and machine learning services and is a member of the S-team advising Andy Jassy (Greg Bensinger/Reuters) [5d]
- Apple raises AppleCare+ prices for Macs and iPads by $0.50 per month and $5 per year; the increases are exclusively for new sign-ups (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [5d]
- Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area (Thinking Machines Lab) [5d]
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- 'Bose features at a non-Bose price, for the first time': Skullcandy launches its most premium headphones ever, getting by with a little help from its friend [5d]
- USAF wants to replace $30 million MQ-9 Reaper drones with cheaper UAVs after "dozens" were lost in Iran, costing taxpayers billions [5d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, July 16 (game #1634) [5d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, July 16 (game #1131) [5d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, July 16 (game #865) [5d]
- Quote of the day by Sam Altman: ;It also takes a lot of energy to train a human' — a staunch defense of the cost of AI training [5d]
- Orbiting space data centers may face an unexpected hurdle — from environmental politics [5d]
- Relax, Apple, OpenAI and its rumored AI smart speaker plans are no threat to you, Siri, HomePods, robots, or any other part of your business [5d]
- Top AI tools such as OpenClaw and Github Copilot can be hijacked to create new massive botnets [5d]
- This software team will charge you $10,000 a week to remove all AI-generated code from your systems — and use AI to do it [5d]
- Cheaper than an iPhone: Price of record-breaking Ukraine AI FPV drone slashed to $500 as range increases sixfold to 68 miles [5d]
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