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- Study: social networks drove 5.7M+ visits to nudify sites between December 2025 and March 2026, with YouTube accounting for 1.82M and X for 1.3M visits (Ej Dickson/Wired) [6d]
- OpenAI says Apple's claim that OpenAI never responded to its concerns is false; emails: an Apple lawyer mixed up two OpenAI staffers in Apple's initial outreach (David Ingram/NBC News) [6d]
- The Trump administration launches the "Gold Eagle" federal clearinghouse for sharing AI cyber threat information between the government and private sector (Derek B. Johnson/CyberScoop) [6d]
- Cybersecurity stocks rallied on Tuesday after IBM CEO Arvind Krishna flagged cyber fears as a top priority for customers; CrowdStrike jumped 12%, Okta rose 11% (Samantha Subin/CNBC) [6d]
- The UK government proposes a default overnight social media curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds and disabling features like auto-play and infinite scroll by default (Muvija M/Reuters) [6d]
- Sources: OpenAI's first device will be a moveable, screen-free smart speaker with a camera and sensors, meant to serve as a humanlike AI companion (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [6d]
- Sources: DeepSeek has started planning for an IPO in China and may file as soon as this year, allowing it to debut in 2027 (Lulu Yilun Chen/Bloomberg) [6d]
- Anthropic faces ridicule and criticism for an ad titled "There's hope in hard questions" that unsettled viewers with weird graveyard imagery and doomer-ist tone (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch) [6d]
- OpenAI says it is "not aware of any evidence" that Apple's lawsuit alleging trade-secret theft has merit, adding that it believes in fair competition (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [6d]
- Adapter, which offers an infrastructure layer to help users leverage and control data for use by AI agents and apps, emerges from stealth with $17.8M in funding (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) [6d]
- Overtone, a "voice- and audio-forward" dating service founded by Hinge creator Justin McLeod that uses AI to make "highly curated introductions", raised $18M (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch) [6d]
- A US judge dismisses a proposed class action accusing Apple of failing to stop the dissemination of CSAM through iCloud, saying Section 230 shields the company (Diana Novak Jones/Reuters) [6d]
- PrismML launches Bonsai 27B, a model based on Qwen3.6 27B that it says runs natively on Apple devices via MLX; its CEO says Apple is evaluating the tech (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) [6d]
- A look at Founders Fund-backed State Affairs, which raised $70M and uses AI trained on reporting by its 76 staffers to power a Bloomberg Terminal-like product (Washington Post) [6d]
- TerraFirma, a construction tech company founded by two former SpaceX engineers to build remote-controlled construction equipment, raised $115M (Samantha Subin/CNBC) [7d]
- Sources: Uber is in advanced talks to acquire Delivery Hero in a deal valuing the German food-delivery company well above its recent market value of €11.2B (Bloomberg) [7d]
- Google Images launches a Pinterest-like redesign with a browsable, dynamic gallery of images, and adds a way for users to create AI images in Search (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) [7d]
- The European Commission proposes exempting wearable tech from rules requiring removable batteries, clearing a hurdle for Meta's smart glasses, after US pressure (Politico) [7d]
- Anthropic announces a new Claude for Teachers initiative, as part of which it will provide K-12 teachers in the US free access to premium Claude features (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) [7d]
- Sources: data center operator Switch has hired investment banks for a US IPO that could raise up to $10B and value it at $80B, set for as soon as Q4 (Reuters) [7d]
- Hachette, Elsevier, Cengage Learning, and author Scott Turow sue Google for allegedly using millions of copyrighted books and articles to build AI models (A.J. Katz/The Wrap) [7d]
- A Trump administration official says a "trivial" number of Nvidia's H200 chips were shipped to China after winning a US license, without offering specifics (Bloomberg) [7d]
- Chinese startup DFSX launches an AI chip that it claims uses a fully domestic supply chain and is built on a 14nm process, but says it can rival 4nm chips (Wall Street Journal) [7d]
- Velocity, a stablecoin treasury and settlement platform, raised a $38M Series A led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, bringing its total funding to around $50M (Daniel Kuhn/The Block) [7d]
- OpenAI has struck a partnership with Kalshi to show World Cup prediction market data in ChatGPT search results, its first deal with a prediction market (Mike Isaac/New York Times) [7d]
- Spotify launches a Talk to Spotify feature that lets users create playlists and more, rolling out in beta to Premium users 18+ in the US, Ireland, and Sweden (Steve Dent/Engadget) [7d]
- Researcher: SpaceXAI's Grok Build CLI uploaded user repos to a Google Cloud Storage bucket; uploads have now stopped and Musk says prior uploads will be deleted (Connor Jones/The Register) [7d]
- Filing: Chinese chipmaker CXMT seeks to raise ~$9.8B in an IPO on Shanghai's chip-heavy STAR Board (David Morris/Bloomberg) [7d]
- AI startup Reflection says it has signed a $1B+ deal to secure computing capacity from Nebius, including access to Nvidia chips, following a deal with SpaceX (Aditya Soni/Reuters) [7d]
- Kalshi launches a forward curve tool for AI compute, using event contracts to track the future rental costs of GPUs, storage, and memory (Katherine Doherty/Bloomberg) [7d]
- Seattle-based Brinc Drones, which makes 911 response drones, raised $125M led by Motorola Solutions, bringing its total funding to more than $280M (Todd Bishop/GeekWire) [7d]
- Flex, which offers AI-based payment tools, credit, and more to mid-sized companies, raised a $70M Series B1 led by Halo Fund, a source says at a $1.2B valuation (Aditya Soni/Reuters) [7d]
- Analysis: xAI has installed far more gas turbines without permits at Colossus 2 than it has publicly acknowledged, impacting Black neighborhoods the hardest (Reuters) [7d]
- Discount airline Frontier partners with Starlink to offer Wi-Fi for the first time from early 2027, as it targets customers willing to pay for premium travel (Alison Sider/Wall Street Journal) [7d]
- Custom AI chip design startup TYLsemi raised $43M in early-stage funding led by Matter Venture Partners to build modular chips thanks to packaging tech advances (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE) [7d]
- Sources and telecoms data: a coordinated campaign of SS7 pings was used to track the locations of US personnel during the US-led strikes on Iran in February (Financial Times) [7d]
- AI drug design startup Chai Discovery raised $400M led by Index at a $3.8B valuation, as it positions its Chai models as AI infrastructure for pharmaceuticals (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times) [7d]
- This sleek Japanese power strip finally fixes your office desk's ugliest pain point [6d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, July 15 (game #1633) [6d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 15 (game #1130) [6d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 15 (game #864) [6d]
- Inside Samsung Display's secret labs, where it builds and stress-tests next-gen displays — and says it's ready for Apple to launch a foldable: 'We mean it, we love other companies to join this market' [6d]
- Samsung has a 16TB PCIe 6.0 SSD coming soon with read/write speeds of 28.4GBps and 21.9GBps respectively — but you won't be able to use it anyway [6d]
- Quote of the day by Linux creator Linus Torvalds: 'Nvidia has been the single worst company we've ever dealt with' — airing frustrations at walled gardens [6d]
- Don't forget, you can save 50% on Criterion 4K Blu-rays at Amazon and Barnes & Noble right now — the sale is for a limited time, so don't miss it if you're looking to add to your collection [6d]
- Germany confirms drone-destroying laser weapon for German Navy by 2029 — 100Kw version will zap 1000+ mph supersonic missiles for $1 a shot [6d]
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- 245.76TB Micron 6600 Ion SSD has a staggering 16GB RAM with a $100,000+ price tag, and is 'the one to beat in its class', reviewer says [6d]
- How to watch MLB All-Star Game 2026 — watch baseball online from anywhere [6d]
- RayNeo X3 Pro review: These AI+AR Smart Glasses are technically impressive, but far from easy to use [6d]
- Bosgame’s P6 Ryzen 9 mini PC deal undercuts 8-core rivals as a powerful $520 desktop replacement [6d]
- Meta says it will spend an extra $40 billion on its nearly 4,000-acre data center campus in Louisiana in its quest for more compute power [6d]
- CEO of big memory chip maker says 2027 could be the 'worst year in the industry's history' — and other RAM crisis rumblings back up that dire prediction [7d]
- 'I've been waiting for this for ages!': The Sonos app's new navigation, volume controls and speaker ordering are finally rolling out — though you might not get them right away [7d]
- Bambu Lab A2L review: This 3D printer makes large-format printing look easy [7d]
- NymVPN has released a huge iOS update adding Mixnet Tuning, Server Families, and app icon disguises — but some questions remain around the scale of some improvements [7d]
- Experts get Google, Microsoft to pull trusted ModHeader with 1.6 million installs after finding it could harvest all kinds of data [7d]
- 8BitDo’s Nintendo-themed desk gear is the ultimate retro home office upgrade [7d]
- 'God of War Laufey will be available on disc' — Sony Santa Monica may have hinted at the game's release window with physical announcement [7d]
- No, it's not age verification — privacy is the top reason UK children use a VPN [7d]
- IPVanish just made OpenVPN almost three times faster on Windows — but there's a catch [7d]
- The new De'Longhi Rivelia Start is a super-compact coffee maker with a 10-drink menu — including the cold brew we desperately need for sweltering summer days [7d]
- How to watch The Great British Sewing Bee season 12 online for FREE – stream cosy competition from anywhere [7d]
- 'A single entry point can rapidly expand to greater enterprise impacts': Microsoft introduces changes to tackle ShinyHunters [7d]
- How to watch France vs Spain: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time for FIFA World Cup semi-final 2026 [7d]
- The 'absolutely superb' Bambu Lab P2S we tested in our workshop just dropped in price [7d]
- Is the Nintendo Switch 2 a hit or a flop? Despite high sales, the console's been relatively contentious — and I have a feeling I know why [7d]
- ‘All the analog features you could wish for’: this is one of the most adjustable analog keyboards I’ve come across — but there’s one area where its rivals win out [7d]
- Techland cancels PS4 and Xbox One versions of Dying Light: The Beast — 'It became clear that bringing the game to those platforms would require compromises that would prevent us from delivering the experience we set out to create' [7d]
- LAPD hits pause on Flock surveillance cameras due to 'serious concerns around civil liberties and privacy' — as the backlash continues to grow [7d]
- WD-Black's SN8100 2TB Gen 5 SSD hits a blazing-fast 14,900MB/s read speeds — and it's down to $400 [7d]
- US and security allies warn Russian attacks on critical infrastructure are ramping up against 'poorly configured and vulnerable networking devices worldwide' [7d]
- The Dreame Z30 Pro Aqua cordless stick vac-and-mop is a versatile floor cleaning combo for both vacuuming and light mopping duties [7d]
- Which Ninja air fryer should I buy? Here are our personal favorites — plus top tips on how to choose [7d]
- AI does not solve poor finance infrastructure: it weakens it [7d]
- Autonomous AI worms mark a new era of adaptive cyberattacks [7d]
- Real Housewives of London season 2 release date confirmed as Hayu promises 'most personal season yet' — I just hope it doesn't repeat the same annoying mistake [7d]
- Why is a Kodak point-and-shoot with worse picture quality than your phone the best-selling camera year after year? The answer is surprising, but also kind of obvious [7d]
- Mini PC deals for video editing and gaming: I found the best space-saving desktop gear from GMKtec, Geekom, Minisforum, and Corsair [7d]
- Exclusive: Listen to one of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy's 'most epic tracks' first here [7d]
- This new macOS infostealer poses as an Apple crash reporting tool to try and steal all your valuable data [7d]
- "It mirrors real life better than most gym exercises" A celebrity PT recommends this simple move as the best strength exercise most over 50s aren't doing [7d]
- VPN firms and digital rights groups join forces to urge the UK government to leave VPNs alone [7d]
- I’m a computer expert, and I recommend jumping on this nearly half-price 1TB WD_BLACK SN7100 NVMe SSD while it's still under $190 [7d]
- HP's LaserJet Pro 4000 Series is 'one of the fastest laser printers' in its class with blistering 42ppm speeds — and it just got a major price cut [7d]
- Thought smart glasses were creepy? These bone conduction headphones have a tiny 4K camera — but luckily they're aimed at cyclists [7d]
- 'Removing discs doesn’t represent progress – it simply removes choice' — The Entertainment Retailers Association denounces Sony's decision to kill physical discs [7d]
- Black Ops 7 Season 5 has been fully revealed, with the next Call of Duty update bringing a raft of fresh content [7d]
- Unlucky Redditor orders Corsair DDR5 RAM from Amazon and gets sent dummy light sticks instead — but one trick saves their skin [7d]
- Former Rockstar producer jokes he's 'pretty happy' he's not working on GTA 6 because of how 'monstrous' it seems — 'Every single time they do a GTA, it's like ludicrously bigger than before' [7d]
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