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- Sources: OpenAI staff were "freaked out" when GPT-Sol 5.6 breached Hugging Face, as OpenAI used more aggressive training methods to compete with Anthropic (Financial Times) [3d]
- The Little Tech Association, a new group of ~200 companies across the startup community, including Y Combinator, urges Trump not to ban Chinese open-weight AI (Sophia Cai/Politico) [3d]
- Movement Labs, a layer-2 Ethereum blockchain developer, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a period of upheaval that included a token scandal and Binance ban (CoinDesk) [3d]
- Google projects full-year capex will be $195B to $205B in 2026, after saying in April that it will spend as much as $190B; its Q2 capex hit $44.92B, up 100% YoY (Julia Love/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Google says its cloud computing unit had a $514B backlog of contracted work that hasn't been recorded as revenue yet, up from ~$460B held during Q1 (Julia Love/Bloomberg) [3d]
- ServiceNow reports Q2 subscription revenue up 24.5% YoY to $3.88B, increases full year subscription revenue growth estimate to 23%; NOW jumps 4%+ after hours (Brody Ford/Bloomberg) [3d]
- The SEC agrees to pay $150,000 in legal fees to end Coinbase's 2024 lawsuit seeking internal docs on the regulator's Biden-era crackdown on the crypto industry (Nicola M White/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Google says Gemini now has 950M MAUs, up from 900M in May and 750M in February (Emma Roth/The Verge) [3d]
- IBM reports Q2 revenue up 1% YoY to $17.2B, vs. $17.6B est., infrastructure revenue down 7% to $3.8B, Z mainframe revenue down 42%, and lowers its 2026 forecast (Jordan Novet/CNBC) [3d]
- Reddit's stock closed down 8.32% after a report that the company was considering ending Google's access to its content for AI training; RDDT is down ~27% YTD (CJ Haddad/CNBC) [3d]
- Alphabet reports YouTube's Q2 ad revenue rose 13% YoY to $11.06B, vs. $10.8B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $81.63B, up from $71.34B in Q2 2025 (Todd Spangler/Variety) [3d]
- Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 24% YoY to $119.8B, above $116.9B est., Google Cloud revenue up 82% YoY to $24.8B, and Services revenues up 15% to $94.5B (Alphabet) [3d]
- OpenAI President Greg Brockman says Kimi K3 is a "pretty good model" but it is "too early" to tell whether Moonshot used distillation on OpenAI's models (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Source: Stripe revenue jumped by a third to $6.8B in 2025, its fastest revenue growth since 2021, with free cash flow up 52% to $3.2B (Yueqi Yang/The Information) [3d]
- Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms raised $1.7B led by a16z, with Uber and others participating; Ben Horowitz will join the startup's board (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch) [3d]
- A Florida teenager drops his lawsuit accusing Meta of creating harmful social media features, following settlements with co-defendants TikTok, Snap, and YouTube (New York Times) [3d]
- Yope, a social network that has ~15M registered users for its "micro communities" and no algorithms, ads, or public content, raised $12.3M seed led by Northzone (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [3d]
- Sources: Cathedral, launched by ex-DOGE staffers to use AI to expand US military cyber capabilities, raised $160M led by a16z and Sequoia at a $1.4B valuation (David Jeans/Reuters) [3d]
- Genius AI, formerly GlossGenius, which pivoted from a salon management platform to offer AI tools for service SMBs, raised a $44M Series D at a $1.15B valuation (Emma Hinchliffe/Fortune) [3d]
- Cashea, Venezuela's largest fintech startup that offers a banking and payments app, raised a $40M Series A, including $20M in debt, and a $60M Series B (Maria Clara Cobo/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Arcee, which develops open-weight models in the US, partners with the Department of Energy to build Genesis-Science-1, an open model for scientific research (Catherine Perloff/The Information) [3d]
- A US judge dismisses Google's lawsuit against web scraping service SerpApi, saying plain and aggregated search results are not protected under copyright law (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable) [3d]
- White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios says Moonshot AI "acquired GB300-equipped servers and has accessed GB300s in Thailand, likely to train its AI models" (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Meta taps Assaf Keren, former chief security officer at Qualtrics and former CISO at PayPal, as its next CISO, succeeding Guy Rosen (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg) [3d]
- OpenAI introduces Presence, to help companies better connect AI agents to their internal systems and automate customer support, sales, and other tasks (Business Insider) [3d]
- White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios says "we have information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic's Fable for the development of its K3 model" (Director Michael Kratsios/@mkratsios47) [3d]
- Xbox expands its backward compatibility program to PC, starting with four classic original games with support for resolution upscaling, V-Sync, and more (Jez Corden/Windows Central) [3d]
- Filing: Monday.com plans to cut 20% of its workforce, or ~600 employees, in H2 2026 to "support a leaner, more focused operational model"; MNDY falls 2% (Martin Peers/The Information) [3d]
- Sources: Apple is set to debut new versions of every Mac it sells, including long-awaited iMac updates and a revamped MacBook Pro and Neo, across fall and 2027 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [3d]
- London-based Arrakis, which makes AI agents for industrial companies, emerges from stealth with a $7.5M seed and a $30M Series A at a $140M post-money valuation (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune) [3d]
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 hands-on: the passport-esque shape feels great and is immediately intuitive, but no telephoto lens, only IP48, and $1,900+ is pricey (Dominic Preston/The Verge) [3d]
- Samsung teases its smart glasses, developed with Google, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster, and says they will have nine-hour battery life and privacy features (Chris Welch/Bloomberg) [3d]
- WhatsApp updates its CarPlay and Android Auto integrations to include message playback, replies and more, now lets users sign up from its iPad app, and more (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) [3d]
- Samsung Z Fold 8 Ultra hands-on: new Flex Titanium tech makes the crease practically nonexistent, similar specs to the S26 Ultra, and a $100 price increase (David Imel/The Verge) [3d]
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 hands-on: nice improvements with a rugged feel and new AI-powered fitness features, but a blockier shape is not for everyone (Damien Wilde/9to5Google) [3d]
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 hands-on: a similar feel to the Z Flip 7 with much faster performance, identical cameras, four colors, and a $100 higher price tag (Max Buondonno/The Shortcut) [3d]
- Source: OpenAI raised its projected cloud spending to ~$750B through 2030, up from a projection of ~$600B earlier this year, reflecting new cloud agreements (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- OpenAI plans to spend $30B+ on a massive new data center in Georgia, securing 3.2GW of total energy; several hundred MW are set to come online starting in 2028 (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Samsung says the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, and Galaxy Z Flip 8 use new silicon-carbon batteries, citing their performance, longevity, and safety (Ben Schoon/9to5Google) [3d]
- Samsung unveils the Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2, moving from Exynos chips to the Snapdragon Wear Elite and hiking prices by $30 to $380 and $50 to $700 (Victoria Song/The Verge) [3d]
- Samsung debuts the $1,200+ Galaxy Z Flip 8 with a lighter, smaller, and slimmer design, and new Flex Window display features to show apps on the cover screen (Steve Dent/Engadget) [3d]
- Samsung unveils the $1,899+ Galaxy Z Fold 8 with a wider, 7.6" inner and a short, 5.5" outer display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 "for Galaxy" chip, and more (Ben Schoon/9to5Google) [3d]
- Samsung unveils the $2,099+ Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, with its "most advanced foldable design", a new Flex Titanium display, 5,000mAH battery, and Android 17 (Andrew Romero/9to5Google) [3d]
- A live blog of Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked in London, where the company is set to unveil its latest lineup of foldables and smartwatches (Engadget) [3d]
- A livestream of Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event (Samsung on YouTube) [3d]
- AMD and Anthropic sign an AI server deal worth tens of billions; Anthropic will buy up to 2GW of MI450 chips from H1 2027, and AMD will invest $5B in Anthropic (Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- No new articles in the Past 12 Hours.
- Now that's one way to block annoying online ads — developer uses a $5 dongle to squeeze in 537,000 domains into just 4MB of flash memory [3d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, July 23 (game #1641) [3d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, July 23 (game #1138) [3d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, July 23 (game #872) [3d]
- Split in half from space: satellite images confirm Ukraine's 800km drone strike destroyed an irreplaceable Russian Tu-95 bomber [3d]
- I’ve been gaming with 8BitDo's Xbox mobile controller grip and I’ve never used my Game Pass subscription more [3d]
- Did you know you can use an AirPod to make an 'over-engineered frisbee stat tracker' that calculates spin and speed? No, of course you didn't — but someone's done it, and it works really well [3d]
- 'There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home': Quote of the day by Digital Equipment Corporation co-founder Ken Olsen on the future of smart homes [3d]
- $50,000 T800 robot decapitates fellow android in world's first robotics MMA fight [3d]
- Exclusive: It wasn't at this year's Unpacked, but a top Samsung exec hints that a new Galaxy Ring 'will definitely form part of our future portfolio of wearables' [3d]
- Andruil unveils autonomous attack rotorcraft - could Thunder be the future of warfare as we know it? [3d]
- This $2 low-tech upgrade just made Russia's cheap 'cardboard-and-plywood' drone almost unjammable [3d]
- Were younger workers right all along? New study claims Gen Z workers say they are far more productive at home [3d]
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 4K Blu-ray might not be my favorite movie of the year, but my god it's an awesome new reference disc for testing TVs and Dolby Atmos sound system [3d]
- Arozzi Vernazza Supersoft review: 'The most comfortable office chair I've worked in' [3d]
- We tested Creality's 3D printers — and these 4 Amazon deals are actually worth buying [3d]
- A bizarre new malware campaign hacks your printer and forces it to print out ransomware demands [3d]
- Xbox's surprise announcement of PC backwards compatibility is great to see — and one more reason not to buy a console [3d]
- The new De'Longhi Magnifica Duo prepares 20 different coffee drinks at the tap of a button — and its 3-minute cold brew feature has me sold [3d]
- US Army forced to reinstate limits on AI token usage after troops blew through allowances faster than expected [3d]
- Nvidia tries again to get gamers to accept DLSS 5 — and doesn't entirely succeed [3d]
- I've watched all of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe and it's a smarter spinoff than we've given it credit for — ride through the rough first episode to reach sitcom glory [3d]
- This is why Samsung built the Galaxy Z Fold 8, a passport-sized foldable that sets ‘the new standard for viewing content’ [3d]
- Power on... Marvel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 — and what the comic book giant could show after the Avengers: Doomsday trailer's earlier-than-expected release [3d]
- Proton VPN's anti-censorship Stealth protocol finally lands on Linux [3d]
- Scammers want your launch day money: this tool stops you falling foul of fake Samsung Galaxy Unpacked pre-orders [3d]
- New estimate suggests Valve's Steam Deck sales have decreased by 82%, and the reason shouldn't be a surprise [3d]
- The 5 biggest announcements at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 — including new phones, watches, and smart glasses [3d]
- Apple finally patches Hide My Email security flaw — a year after it was first discovered [3d]
- Suspicious content? NordVPN's new AI bot will check it for you on WhatsApp, X, and Instagram [3d]
- The industry's most popular cinema camera gets a huge upgrade — and the Sony FX5's open gate video isn't even the best bit about the FX3 successor [3d]
- White House wants to shift billions of dollars of research funding away from ‘slow consensus peer review’ and into individual scientists and AI [3d]
- Why the future of AI depends on SMB adoption [3d]
- Tesla's Summer Update makes Grok the smart assistant it was always meant to be [3d]
- You can stop LG monitors that are reportedly installing bloatware on your Windows 11 PC, but the fix shouldn't require this much effort [3d]
- Chick-fil-A reveals data breach — customers warned hackers may have accessed their account info [3d]
- I've found all the best Galaxy Z Flip 8 and Z Fold 8 preorder deals — where to get the biggest trade-in rebates and discounts [3d]
- Bluehost promises its new AI agents will deliver "a site or store that runs itself" [3d]
- Why trust remains AI’s workplace challenge [3d]
- Flock is pulling its plan to use its microphone network to monitor for signs of 'human distress' — but privacy concerns remain [3d]
- Spotify just launched its first ever music video charts, bringing MTV’s classic format into the streaming era — but I think it’ll be a long time before YouTube users make the switch [3d]
- The Light Flip joins the Commodore Callback as an old-school flip phone that could help you beat your social media addiction [3d]
- Rental giant Carla leaks user names, emails, and phone numbers ahead of summer holiday break [3d]
- I’ve spent an hour with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra — and I need to upgrade my Z Fold 7 ASAP [3d]
- 'If, because of that, we stop innovation, we don’t go anywhere': we got a first look at Samsung Intelligent Eyewear, the smart glasses entering a fraught market worried about privacy [3d]
- I went hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and this passport-shaped oddity has revived my interest in foldable phones [3d]
- I've tested the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8, and its new camera features make it an excellent vlogging camera alternative — so long as you don't mind the middling image quality [3d]
- 'Finally, we've got silicon-carbon' — why SuperSaf is just as excited as we are for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra's new battery [3d]
- Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 review: slimmer, lighter, better [3d]
- 200 US utility firms join Trump electricity pledge as data center electricity use expected to quadruple by 2035 — but does the President's pledge have the teeth to regulate electricity pricing? [3d]
- No new articles in the Past 12 Hours.
- Tesla Can’t Avoid Recall Fix for Cars With Overly Bright Headlights [3d]
- I Test-Drove Substack’s New AI Detection Tool, and It Mostly Worked [3d]
- DXRacer Martian Review: A Gaming Chair That’s Not Out-of-This-World [3d]
- Jimothy, the Viral Raccoon, Scurries Across Your Screen in Google Animation [3d]
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 23 #872 [3d]
- Samsung’s Foldables Got Pricier. The RAM Shortage Is Part of the Bill [3d]
- Keep Your Home Library in Your Backpack With a Kindle for as Low as $85 [3d]
- Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for July 23, #1138 [3d]
- Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 23, #1860 [3d]
- Amazon Deals of the Day: Skip Samsung’s Preorder and Save Big on the Galaxy S25 Plus [3d]
- Original Xbox Games Are Coming to PC Starting With Four Fan Favorites [3d]
- Samsung’s Passport Pivot Is the Best Thing to Happen to Foldables [3d]
- Lenovo Knocks $850 Off Its Slim 7X Laptop in Time for Back-to-School Shopping [3d]
- Level Up on a Budget, With Up to 85% Off at Woot’s Summer of Gaming Sale [3d]
- Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, July 22 [3d]
- ‘Don’t Get the Glasses!’ Lorde’s War Cry Signals a Backlash About to Hit Hard [3d]
- Samsung’s Newest Watches Are Available to Preorder, and You Can Even Score One for Free [3d]
- Save Hundreds When You Preorder Samsung’s Brand-New Galaxy Foldablen Phones [3d]
- If You Preorder These New Samsung Galaxy Phones, You Can Save Hundreds [3d]
- Samsung Wants Us to Pay $2,000 for a New Galaxy Phone. It’s a ‘No’ for Me [3d]
- Samsung Is Influencer-Maxxing With the New Galaxy Phones [3d]
- These Were My Favorite Things Samsung Unpacked During Its 2026 Galaxy Event [3d]
- These Were My Favorite Things Samsung Unpacked During Its Galaxy Event [3d]
- Walmart Deals of the Day: $60 Off a Curved LG Monitor for Gamers on a Budget [3d]
- Inside Samsung HQ: An Early Look at the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Hints at the Future of Foldables [3d]
- The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra Tries Hard to Justify Its New ‘Ultra’ Name [3d]
- Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 8 Gets the Cover Screen Right — for a Price [3d]
- Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 Looks Familiar, but Its Quiet Upgrades Surprised Me [3d]
- I Tested the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 for a Week and It’s a Rugged Scene-Stealer [3d]
- Samsung Reveals More About Its Upcoming Google Glasses, Including New Designs [3d]
- Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 8 Gets the Cover Screen Right — for a Price [3d]
- Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Is for Those of Us Who Can’t Stop Scrolling [3d]
- Your Google Meet files are finally getting the organization they need [3d]
- Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 diving features require a subscription — here’s what you’ll pay [3d]
- WhatsApp’s latest update makes the app way more useful on Android Auto [3d]
- Every Pixel 11 color just leaked, and one looks particularly eye-catching [3d]
- One UI 9 on Samsung’s new foldables debuts one big Pixel-style change [3d]
- Garmin heard your complaints, will make this paywalled CIRQA feature free [3d]
- Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 is missing a fan-favorite foldable feature [3d]
- Microsoft is bringing original XBOX games to your PC and handhelds [3d]
- This highly rated AOC portable monitor is 17% off at Amazon [3d]
- Samsung Galaxy Ring is picking up a vital new capability this year [3d]
- Amazon slashes $70 off the highly rated TCL NXTPAPER 11 Gen 2 tablet [3d]
- Copying text from pictures in Google Photos is about to get a lot better [3d]
- Is T-Mobile down for you? Here’s what’s going on [3d]
- Some Pixel phones will miss out on Android 17’s new-and-improved iOS migration tool [3d]
- The best Galaxy Z Fold 8 deals from AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon [3d]
- No trade-in? Amazon’s Galaxy foldable preorder deals might be your best bet [3d]
- Is Instagram down for you? Here’s what’s going on [3d]
- Leak reveals what the ASUS ROG Phone 10 series could have been [3d]
- After using the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, I’m left with one expensive question [3d]
- Download the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 wallpapers here [3d]
- Only one new Galaxy foldable supports Linux Terminal, and not everywhere [3d]
- Spigen’s new Galaxy Z Fold 8 cases take two different approaches to protection [3d]
- The most powerful Galaxy Z Flip 8 might not be available in your market [3d]
- Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra arrives as Samsung’s true foldable flagship for 2026 [3d]
- Bad news for S Pen fans: The Galaxy Z Fold 8 series doesn’t support Samsung’s stylus [3d]
- Samsung finally gives the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series the charging upgrade it deserved [3d]
- Samsung launches One UI 9 stable, but your Galaxy S26 will have to wait [3d]
- Samsung’s new foldables are the first Galaxy phones with silicon-carbon batteries [3d]
- I spent 30 minutes with the Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 — one new feature blew me away [3d]
- I just tried the Galaxy Z Flip 8, and one thing is clear — Samsung has given up [3d]
- Samsung’s newest foldables are first in line for Gemini Intelligence upgrades [3d]
- The $1,200 Galaxy Z Flip 8 has a plastic back [3d]
- Samsung’s answer to Meta’s Ray-Bans is (almost) here, with a little help from Google [3d]
- I thought the Galaxy Z Fold 8 was a gimmick. After using it, Samsung proved me wrong [3d]
- The Galaxy Z Flip 8 removes one of the biggest hassles with its cover screen [3d]
- The Galaxy Z Fold 8 series has a clever new trick to rescue your poorly framed videos [3d]
- Samsung’s latest foldables gain a new way to keep tabs on AI [3d]
- The Galaxy Watch 9 is picking up one of the Pixel Watch 4’s best tricks [3d]
- Meet Samsung’s most powerful wearables yet: Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 [3d]
- The Galaxy Z Fold 8 series takes Now Nudge to the next level with multi-window support [3d]
- The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is wider, lighter, and ready to fight the iPhone Ultra [3d]
- The Galaxy Z Flip 8 is here: A higher price tag, fewer upgrades, and an Exynos version [3d]
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