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July 7, 2026, 6:50 AM

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Bloomberg:
Microsoft's Xbox plans to cut ~3,200 jobs over the next year, including 1,600 on Monday, and divest up to five studios, including Ninja Theory, in a “reset”  —  Compulsion and Double Fine studios will become independent; Undead Labs and Ninja Theory will be sold.
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Reuters:
Samsung estimates Q2 operating profit of ~$58.44B, up 19x from Q2 2025 and above ~$57.02B est., and revenue up 129% YoY to ~$111.7B; Samsung's stock drops 5%+  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on Tuesday forecast a 19-fold jump in second-quarter operating profit from a year earlier …
Anthropic:
Anthropic researchers detail J-space, a small set of neural patterns in Claude that reveals internal thoughts that don't appear in the model's output  —  As you read this sentence, circuits in your brain are adjusting your posture, controlling your breathing, and transforming lines and curves on the screen into recognizable words.
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
SCOTUS declines to block a Texas law requiring app stores and developers to verify the age of mobile device users, and for minors to obtain parental consent  —  The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to block a Texas law requiring app stores and developers to verify the age of mobile device users …
Reuters:
Sources: DeepSeek is in the early stages of developing its own AI chip designed for inference, in a bid to reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei hardware  —  Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter, a push that could reduce …
Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch:
US autonomous military vehicle startup Forterra says it deployed 100+ Lancer UGVs, based on Polaris ATVs, in Ukraine since 2025, completing 1,100+ missions  —  Forterra, a US builder of autonomous vehicles, revealed today that more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs have been deployed …
Sam Witteveen / VentureBeat:
Tencent releases Hy3, a 295B-parameter model that it says is competitive with GLM-5.1 and 5.2, under the Apache 2.0 license, following a preview launch in April  —  For the past year, the awkward secret of the open-weight model boom has been that many of the strongest Chinese releases …
Bloomberg:
Munich-based nuclear fusion startup Proxima Fusion raised €411M led by trading firm XTX and UK-based East X at a €2.4B valuation, with participation from Google  —  German startup Proxima Fusion has raised €411 million ($469 million) from a range of investors …
Reuters:
Counterpoint: China smartphone sales fell 13% YoY during the 618 shopping festival as brands raised prices to offset memory costs; Honor fell 33% and Xiaomi 24%  —  Smartphone sales in China fell 13% year-on-year during the month-long 618 shopping festival, as brands raised prices …
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