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July 25, 2025, 10:10 AM

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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Intel cancelled planned fab projects in Germany and Poland, and will consolidate its testing and assembly operations in Vietnam and Malaysia  —  Intel reported second-quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations on revenue, as the company's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced significant cuts in chip factory construction.
Michael Acton / Financial Times:
Intel reports Q2 revenue flat YoY at $12.9B, vs. $11.9B est., a $2.9B loss due to restructuring and impairment charges, and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates  —  US chipmaker posts positive revenue and forecast as it cuts jobs  —  Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan pushed ahead …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta will end political, election, or social issue ads in the EU from October, like Google, with both citing incoming regulation  —  Meta on Friday said starting in October it will no longer accept political, election or social issue ads in the European Union, in response to new regulation …
Jason Snell / Six Colors:
Hands-on with macOS 26: the interface is a mess, like a poorly imported iOS design, but the power of Spotlight and Shortcuts will delight many longtime users  —  For many years, Apple's annual operating-system cycle seemed to be all about the iPhone, with the occasional bone thrown to the Mac or iPad.
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google is testing a vibe-coding tool called Opal that lets users create mini web apps using text prompts or remix existing apps, available in the US via Labs  —  AI-powered coding tools have become so popular over the past few months that almost every major tech company is either using one or making its own.
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Starlink experienced a network outage for about 2.5 hours on Thursday; NetBlocks reports that connectivity dropped to “16% of ordinary levels”  —  SpaceX's satellite internet service experienced a ‘network outage’ that cut off internet for users around the world.
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
In a memo, Satya Nadella addresses the “enigma” of layoffs while “Microsoft is thriving”, saying the transition into the AI era “might feel messy at times”  —  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addressed the growing internal unease inside the tech giant Thursday morning …
Shane Hickey / The Guardian:
A UK court sentences a 21-year-old student who created phishing kits that mimicked government, bank, and charity websites, linked to £100M of fraud  —  Ollie Holman created kits that mimicked charity and bank webpages so criminals could harvest victims' personal details
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Financial Times:
Analysis: US and UK entry-level graduate job listings have plunged since 2022, but there's only tentative evidence of AI-related disruption in some occupations  —  Tech is blamed for destroying entry-level roles but economic uncertainty and offshoring are playing a part
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Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Lyft partners with Austria-based Benteler to deploy autonomous shuttles in the US in late 2026, to be initially deployed in partnership with airports and cities  —  Lyft Inc. is partnering with Benteler Group, an Austria-based manufacturer, to deploy autonomous shuttles in the US in late 2026 …

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