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Anthropic says the US Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 and that it will begin restoring access on Wednesday — We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. We'll begin restoring access tomorrow, and will share an update soon. We're grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on| Anthropic: |
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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 sold for PlayStation consoles will only be available digitally and won't be sold on discs effective January 2028, Sony has announced.| 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 PS3 store will close in select markets this year, with global closures for PS3 and PS Vita following in 2027.| 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 developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI computing power and models … | Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
A researcher says a vulnerability in Apple's Hide My Email tool lets anyone see a user's real email address; first reported in June 2025, Apple has not fixed it — “Hide My Email users deserve to know that it may be possible for attackers to discover their hidden email addresses,” the person who reported the issue said.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Meta introduces a $20/month Meta One Premium tier for its glasses and limits the glasses' Conversation Focus feature to three hours per month for free users — “All AI glasses owners get free monthly usage for certain features.” … Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own?| Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: |
Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who has served as Google's VP and Chief Internet Evangelist since 2005, plans to step down from his role next week and retire — Vinton Cerf will step down from his role as Google's chief internet evangelist next week, marking the conclusion of one of the most influential careers in technology history.| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
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Sources: Microsoft plans to announce job cuts next week affecting less than 2.5% of its 220,000-person workforce, including roles in sales, consulting, and Xbox — Microsoft is planning to announce job cuts soon as the tech giant continues efforts to control costs, according to people familiar with the situation.| Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider: |
Leaked Apple supplier docs show iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max may use Qualcomm modems in the US and Apple's own C2 chips elsewhere, A20 Pro packaging tech, and more — After a closer look at some new data, Apple's iPhone 18 Pro modem situation may not be cut-and-dried.| Ram Iyer / TechCrunch: |
Venice AI, which offers access to 200+ AI models while allowing users to retain their privacy, raised a $65M Series A led by Dragonfly at a $1B valuation — Concerns over the impact of AI chatbots on mental health, personal safety, harassment, and disinformation have forced AI developers … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Meta names Chief Marketing Officer Alex Schultz as its first-ever chief data officer, to manage AI analytics across the company, and names Denise Moreno as CMO — Meta has named its chief marketing officer, Alex Schultz, as its new chief data officer, Schultz told Axios.| Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg: |
SpaceX cuts Starlink's monthly prices in half in the Memphis area, as it endures blowback and legal challenges from opponents of its Colossus data centers — SpaceX is offering discounts for Starlink internet plans in Memphis, Tennessee, as the Elon Musk-led company endures blowback … | Financial Times: |
Tim Cook and EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen held “constructive” talks on June 30; sources: they discussed how Apple can launch Siri AI in the EU and avoid fines — Discussions come as tech group seeks to avoid fines as it and the bloc have been deadlocked over launch of AI assistant| 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 ordered to pay almost $2 billion to Klarna Group Plc's Pricerunner unit in a dispute … | Minxiao Chang / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese robot maker UBTech launches U1, a line of humanoid robots for personal companionship with lifelike silicone skin and emotional AI, priced from ~$17,650 — The unveiling of model U1, which has silicone skin and emotional AI, reflects tech firms' drive to expand robotics beyond industrial use.| Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing: |
How the rapid rise in US- and China-made AI model abilities is leading to both a transformation in AI use at work, and sudden lurches in policies and markets — How work changes along the exponential — If you feel like things are accelerating in AI, you are probably right.| Reuters: |
Filing: President Trump reports $1.4B+ in income from his family's crypto ventures in 2025, including ~$800M from WLF and $635M from the sale of his $TRUMP coin — U.S. President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family's crypto ventures last year … | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
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Vimeo owner Bending Spoons raised $1.68B after selling 57.97M shares at $29 each, valuing it at ~$18.4B, in one of 2026's largest US IPOs by a European company — Bending Spoons SpA, which acquires struggling software businesses, and some of its backers raised $1.68 billion … | Dinesh Nair / Bloomberg: |
Abu Dhabi-based MGX raised a $49B AI-focused fund, exceeding its $45B target, and plans to deploy as much as $10B annually from the fund over the next few years — MGX has raised $49 billion for one of the biggest ever funds dedicated to artificial intelligence deals, propelling …
Indian businesses, take note: Zoho Sign expands e-Stamping support across India — In India, businesses must pay stamp duty on certain agreements and documents to make them legally valid and admissible in court, and as a measure of title security. However, buying physical stamp paper … | Chris Metinko / Axios: |
B2B sales workspace startup Aligned raised a $60M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital, taking its total funding to $73.8M, and says it has 1,000+ customers — Aligned, a sales workspace for B2B sellers, buyers, and AI agents, locked up a $60 million Series B, co-founder and CEO Gal Aga tells Axios Pro exclusively.| Bloomberg: |
Wayve files to sell shares on the London Stock Exchange's new Private Securities Market, the first major company to test it, and let staff sell $85M in shares — Autonomous driving software company Wayve Technologies Ltd. has filed to sell shares on the London Stock Exchange's new Private Securities Market … | Bloomberg: |
How a new Amazon-built transatlantic fiber-optic link in Ireland is symbolic of the country's AI ambitions, but also of its chronic lack of defense spending — A new Amazon transatlantic fiber-optic link is symbolic of the country's tech economy, but also of its chronic lack of defense spending.
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