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Stephen Totilo / Game File: Sony says all new PlayStation games will only be sold in digital formats from January 2028, as digital media preference “significantly outpaces physical discs” — New games

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Sony says it will close the virtual PlayStation 3 store in select markets in 2026 before closing PS3 and PS Vita stores “in all other countries” in July 2027 — The virtual

Bloomberg: Sources: Meta plans a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI compute and models, to compete with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud; META jumps 8%+ — Meta Platforms Inc. is dev

Steven Borowiec / Nikkei Asia: South Korean government data: the country's exports grew 70.9% YoY in June to 102.25B, an all-time monthly high, anchored by a record 44.82B in chip shipments — SEOUL —

Bloomberg: Stockholm's Patent and Market Court orders Google to pay nearly 2B to Klarna's PriceRunner in a dispute over abuse of power in the shopping comparison market — Alphabet Inc.'s Google was or

Teams recently completed build and acceptance testing of our 1,000th Merlin 1D engine for Falcon’s first stage! With Falcon’s reusability, recovering these engines has enabled continued reliability en

Tesla’s Supercharger network just delivered a monster Q2 In Q2 2026, Tesla Superchargers delivered 2 terawatt-hours of electricity globally That is enough electricity to power roughly 180,000+ U.S. ho

This is a humorous social media post by Cristobal Valenzuela making a joke about Chile's failure to qualify for a FIFA World Cup tournament, suggesting that the only way to guarantee not losing a Worl

The truth about Ellis Islanders. - Around 2% were denied entry due to poor health or for holding anti-Christian ideology. - 33% voluntarily returned home, because there wasn't welfare in the U.S. back

Associated Press: The US sentences Guo Wengui, a self-exiled billionaire Chinese tycoon who defrauded his online followers out of hundreds of millions, to 30 years in prison — A self-exiled billionair

This is absolutely correct. The only way to fight 'open' is with 'open.' Glad to hear a voice in Washington that understands the real stakes. 'At this very moment China is giving its AI technology awa

Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: [Thread] The US' now-lifted export controls on Anthropic models created uncertainty, are an own goal, and will push service providers towards Chinese AI models — A lot to un

Financial Times: Tim Cook and EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen held “constructive” talks; sources say they discussed how Apple can launch Siri AI in the EU while avoiding fines — Discussions come as tech

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Niko Gallogly / New York Times: Together AI, which offers access to open-source models, raised 800M led by Saudi Aramco's Prosperity7 at an 8.3B valuation, taking its total funding to 1.3B — Together

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Twelve Labs, which is building AI models to make video searchable and understandable, raised a 100M Series B co-led by NEA and Naver, and signs an AWS deal — Twelve Labs Inc.

TwelveLabs Inc., the developer of generative artificial intelligence foundation models that can understand videos like humans, today announced it has raised 100 million in early funding to expand beyo

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Uber dismissed two leaders at its AI data labeling business as part of a broader leadership transition at the unit, which it says is “seeing strong momentum” — Uber Technolog

The British government has signaled it is likely to intervene in Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, citing concerns about maintaining media plurality. Briti

Cloudflare’s new Attribution Business Insights dashboard helps website owners understand crawler behavior, appetite, and potential value, fueling business-level conversations around crawl compensation

Home battery installations in the United States hit a new record of 673 megawatts of residential energy storage in the first quarter of 2026. The surge was driven by rising residential electricity cos

Privacy-focused artificial intelligence company Venice.ai Inc. today revealed that it has raised 65 million in new funding that values the startup at 1 billion. Venice pitches itself as a private and

When you can cheat on every test, grab quotes from every book, delegate heavy workloads, then why would any human even get out of bed? For purpose. For the challenge. For the thrill of growth. For sel

1/ Today, more than 140 companies, most of which compete fiercely with one another, agreed to back the same stablecoin. The vehicle is @openstandard, a new and deliberately independent company launchi

Financial Times: A study of 22K US companies shows those spending most heavily on AI are adding workers faster than peers, but most gains are among tech companies and startups — Study of 22,000 US com

Peter Campbell / Financial Times: AI may help transform air traffic control by processing vast amounts of data, spotting collision risks early, and easing staff shortages as air travel grows — The tec

Belgian cybersecurity company Aikido Security NV today announced that it has acquired Root.io Inc., a company that offers patching for vulnerable open-source software at the exact versions organizatio

Kirstin Ridley / Reuters: Almost 1,700 UK investors sue Binance and Changpeng Zhao for at least £150M, alleging Binance sold them risky derivative products without regulatory approval — Almost 1,700 B

Amazon blamed the malware strain 'Preflayer'—which can record screen content, steal login credentials, and commit ad fraud—as justification for blocking sideloaded apps . The company is preventing pir

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg USAID ran a secret fake Twitter to spark revolution in Cuba. Funded Venezuelan opposition politicians directly. Got expelled from Bolivia after WikiLeaks cables

The Supreme Court agreed to hear Apple's appeal regarding a contempt ruling in its antitrust battle with Epic Games, reviewing lower court decisions that found Apple willfully defied a 2021 ruling inv

Emmy Martin / New York Times: As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, San Francisco tech workers making six figures say they cannot compete with the new AI elite and may have to leave — As OpenA

'At this very moment China is giving its AI technology away. It's releasing open-weight AI models that are cheap, capable, and they're fast becoming the world's default.' We can overcome this. @neil_c

BREAKING: Philippines becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to commercially launch Starlink Direct-to-Cell through a mobile network. Globe has secured regulatory approval to offer Starlink Direc

Build Inc., an artificial intelligence-driven startup that automates complex industrial real estate development management projects, today announced it has raised an 8.5 million seed round led by Inde

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Meir Orbach / CTech: Cyber unicorn Aikido acquires Israeli startup Root for 70-100 million — The Belgian company expands its AI security push and will open a new development center in Israel following

Tesla's Cybercab, an autonomous vehicle concept without a steering wheel or pedals, was demonstrated operating in Austin, Texas, showcasing fully self-driving capabilities. The vehicle represents Tesl

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Cybersecurity company Aikido Security acquires Root, which has raised about $37.6M and develops an AI platform for securing open-source components — Belgian cybersecurity

Protective DNS and content filtering company DNSFilter Inc. today launched an expanded partner program for managed service providers, restructuring its channel into three tiers as new company research

Matthew Martin / Semafor: Dubai- and London-based 1001, which uses AI to improve aviation, port, and energy infrastructure efficiency in the Gulf, raised 30M led by Lux Capital — THE SCOOP — Dubai- an

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Earlier this year, @SpaceX acquired @xAI (now SpaceXAI), which operates the Colossus datacenters in Memphis. As SpaceX continues to invest in the area, SpaceX is offering our neighbors in the Memphis

Emad Mostaque on PostAGI: 'Right now, not a single institution is on your side. The companies won't look out for you, and the governments won't either. Most of the AI debate just runs between those tw

Excited to be working with MIXI in Japan as we continue to grow our partnership. Today, we're announcing a strategic partnership with MIXI, one of Japan's largest gaming, sports and entertainment comp

Reuters: Filing: President Trump reports 1.4B+ in income from his family's crypto ventures in 2025, including 500M+ from WLF and 635M from the sale of his TRUMP coin — U.S. President Donald Trump repo