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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung unveils the $2,000+ Galaxy Z Fold7, with bigger 8-inch and 6.5-inch displays, 200MP, 12MP, and 10MP cameras, and a thinner 8.9mm design, in four colors — In its biggest hardware update since 2020's Galaxy Z Fold 2, Samsung is launching the Galaxy Z Fold 7 today with a drastically thinner design … | Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 hands-on: vastly thinner and lighter than the Fold6, a wider display format, no S Pen support, and feels like a normal phone when closed — Except for the price. We didn't ask for that. … Samsung just announced its seventh-generation folding phones … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google adds AI Mode and gaming features to Android's Circle to Search, and Gemini Live support for foldables and third-party apps, starting with Samsung devices — Gemini Live is also being updated for foldables and third-party apps, starting with Samsung devices.
More: The Keyword, The Keyword, ZDNET, How-To Geek, TechRadar, PhoneArena, Android Central, Tom's Guide, Android Authority, Android Faithful, and Droid Life
X: @samifathi_ and @google
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
More: Android Police, ZDNET, How-To Geek, Digit, PhoneArena, Android Central, Tom's Guide, Mashable, SamMobile, Android Authority, and Notebookcheck
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple says COO Jeff Williams will step down in July, overseeing design and health until he retires later in 2025; SVP of Operations Sabih Khan will become COO — Apple Inc. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is retiring as the company's longtime No. 2, marking a major changing of the guard …
More: MacRumors, The Hans India, The Economic Times, International Business Times, NERDS.xyz, The Statesman, Financial Express, Neowin, The Indian Express, The Hindu, Digit, The Mac Observer, Business Today, Proactiveinvestors UK, Business Standard, The Fast Mode, Fortune India, Wall Street Journal, The Straits Times, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Reuters, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, and The Verge
Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com. X: @bzamayo, @markgurman, @markgurman, @bznotes, @markgurman, @om, @kantrowitz, @mattrosoff, @markgurman, @parkerortolani, @parkerortolani, @markgurman, @aaronp613, @markgurman, and @gartenberg
Forums: r/technology, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says its design team will report to Tim Cook after Jeff Williams retires; Williams was overseeing the team after Evans Hankey's departure in April 2023 — Apple today announced that COO Jeff Williams will retire later this year, with Sabih Khan set to assume the COO role later this month.
More: Apple, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, DNA India, NDTV Profit, Digit, Daring Fireball, The Register, Mobile World Live, The Verge, and AppleInsider. Mastodon: @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …
| NBC News: |
After Elon Musk said xAI improved Grok “significantly”, Grok wrote many antisemitic posts; xAI says it took “action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X” — In some posts, Grok inserted antisemitic remarks into its answers without any clear prompting.
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X: @elonmusk, @grok, @adl, @ordinarytings, @whstancil, @eigenrobot, @samstein, @johanstrauss90, @onionweigher, @gianmarcosoresi, @acnewsitics, @mikedrucker, @rmac18, @sohrabahmari, @willccbb, @prerationalist, @vxunderground, @buccocapital, @chrislhayes, @dieworkwear, @dbreunig, @ns123abc, @minimaxir, @gaulicsmith, @chatgpt21, @nikitabier, @canteverdie, @nikitabier, @tszzl, @thestalwart, @spencerhakimian, @mikeisaac, @drmistercody, @nikitabier, @caitoz, @reichlinmelnick, @esyudkowsky, @cartoonshateher, @populismupdates, @armanddoma, @laurenbalik, @ctrlaltdwayne, @broderickm_, @roguepotusstaff, @tszzl, @yanisvaroufakis, @sturgeons_law, @jgreenblattadl, @aidnmclaughlin, @1a3orn, @dread_botlord, and @yashar
| CNBC: |
Nvidia hits a $4T market cap in intraday trading, the first company to do so, after passing $3T in June 2025, $2T in February 2024, and $1T in June 2023 — Nvidia shares jumped more than 2% on Wednesday, topping a $4 trillion market cap for the first time as investors scooped stock … | Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Google rolls out a new Gmail feature for managing subscriptions that shows a list of emails delivered via active subscriptions, sorted by most frequent sender — The new Manage Subscriptions view in Gmail will help you reclaim an inbox overrun with emails you don't want.| Magdalena Del Valle / Bloomberg: |
The US Treasury's OFAC sanctions individuals and companies linked to North Korea's fake tech worker scheme, including “malicious cyber actor” Song Kum Hyok — The US slapped sanctions on individuals and companies linked to a scheme that involves recruiting North Koreans to pose …
More: U.S. Department …, The Hacker News, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, and Cointelegraph
| Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: |
Hugging Face begins taking orders for its $449 Reachy Mini Wireless and $299 Reachy Mini Lite open-source robots, which come in a kit for developers to build — Hugging Face is ready for developers to start tinkering and testing its latest robotics release.
More: Hugging Face, Engadget, VentureBeat, Analytics India Magazine, and implicator.ai
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple is in talks to acquire the US streaming rights for Formula 1, following the success of F1 the Movie, which has generated ~$300M at the box office — iPhone-maker is challenging Disney's ESPN to screen car series — Apple is in talks to acquire the US rights to screen Formula 1 … | Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Ikea plans to relaunch its smart home line with 20+ new Matter-over-Thread devices, starting in January 2026, and releases a beta update for its Dirigera hub — Ikea is relaunching its smart home line in a move that will make its low-cost products work with other brands, with or without Ikea's own hub.
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, MacTech.com, and The Verge
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers: the Anatsa banking trojan snuck into Google Play once again via an app disguised as a PDF viewer, which had 50K+ downloads before Google removed it — The Anatsa banking trojan has sneaked into Google Play once more via an app posing as a PDF viewer that counted more than 50,000 downloads.
More: ThreatFabric B.V., Gadgets & Wearables, Tom's Guide, PCMag, Forbes, Cyber Security News, The Record, and The Hacker News. Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz
| Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
A US appeals court blocks the FTC's “click-to-cancel” rule that would have taken effect on July 14, saying it didn't conduct a preliminary cost-benefit analysis — A U.S. appeals court blocked a rule that would have required businesses to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions …
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Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @iabacon, @eriksternberger, @johnbaker10, @stahl, and @mjdaly428. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @linamkhan, @sarahmillerdc, @tyschwab, @johnpelwood, @meadorftc, @brucecoligan, @emilyforco, @econliberties, @mikesacksesq, and @joshwright1977
Forums: r/technology, r/LinusTechTips, r/Anticonsumption, and r/politics
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that “after two incredible years, I've decided to step down”; X hired Yaccarino in 2023 after running NBCUniversal's ad business — X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday she is stepping down from her role. … - Under her leadership …
X: @lindayax
| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Chinese companies aim to install 115K+ US-sanctioned Nvidia H100 and H200 chips in 39 data centers across China's western deserts, mostly in Xinjiang — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/ articles/2025-07-08/latest-tariff-pause - shows-limits-of-trump-s-frenzied- dealmaking
More: The Decoder and WinBuzzer
X: @jacob_feldgoise, @miles_brundage, @mackhawk, and @stocksavvyshay. LinkedIn: Daniel Senger. Forums: r/worldnews
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
US federal prosecutors accuse two US men of operating and promoting OmegaPro, a crypto multi-level marketing scam that allegedly defrauded victims out of $650M+ — Federal prosecutors have charged two men in connection with a sprawling cryptocurrency investment scheme that defrauded victims out of more than $650 million.
More: US Department of Justice, The Block, Decrypt, TechSpot, crypto.news, The Crypto Times, CoinDesk, and Cryptopolitan
| Wired: |
Internal Slack message: OpenAI has hired four high-profile engineers from Tesla, xAI, and Meta, including David Lau, a former Tesla VP of software engineering — The new hires are joining OpenAI's scaling team, according to an internal Slack message sent by cofounder Greg Brockman.
More: Moneycontrol, TESLARATI, The Hindu, The Information, Analytics India Magazine, and WinBuzzer
Bluesky: @wired.com and @zoeschiffer
Forums: r/OpenAI and r/artificial
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta bought just under 3% of Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica, a stake worth ~€3B, and is considering more investment to build its stake to ~5% over time — Facebook parent Meta acquired just under 3% of Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica, a stake worth around €3 billion …
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Bluesky: @hypervisible and @fjeronimo
X: @ns123abc, @investsportsx, @andrewcurran_, @chatgpt21, @fjeronimo, and @rwang07
| Matthew S. Smith / IEEE Spectrum: |
Researchers detail All-Topographic Neural Networks, claiming they better mimic human spatial biases and consume less energy than other machine vision networks — Topographic neural networks develop familiar spatial biases — AI vision models have improved dramatically over the past decade.| Peggy Ye / Nikkei Asia: |
Apple supplier Lens Technology, one of the world's top device part makers, raised ~$608M in its Hong Kong IPO, as the Chinese company looks to expand overseas — HONG KONG — Apple supplier Lens Technology announced it has raised 4.77 billion Hong Kong dollars ($608 million) …
More: Bloomberg
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