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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 …
More: Samsung Newsroom, Engadget, Engadget, ZDNET, Moneycontrol, MacRumors, Bloomberg, Sam Lover, SammyGuru, Phandroid, BGR, Samsung on YouTube, Marques Brownlee on YouTube, 9to5Toys, and Notebookcheck. Forums: r/GalaxyFold
| 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, 9to5Google, ZDNET, TechRadar, PhoneArena, Android Central, Tom's Guide, Android Authority, Android Faithful, and Droid Life
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| 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 …
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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, NDTV Profit, DNA India, Digit, Daring Fireball, The Verge, and AppleInsider. Mastodon: @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …
| 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 …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, and r/technology
| 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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| CNBC: |
Nvidia hits a $4T market cap in intraday trading, the first company to do so, after passing $3T in June 2024, $2T in February 2024, and $1T in May 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.| 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, VentureBeat, Engadget, Hackster, Analytics India Magazine, and implicator.ai
| 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, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, MacTech.com, and The Verge
| 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 …, BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, Cryptopolitan, and crypto.news
| 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 … | 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., TechRadar, 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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Forums: r/law, r/technology, r/technology, r/LinusTechTips, r/news, r/Anticonsumption, and r/politics
| 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, 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
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Perplexity launches Comet, its first AI web browser, initially available on its $200 per month Max plan and via a waitlist, in a bid to compete with Chrome — Perplexity on Wednesday launched its first AI-powered web browser, called Comet, marking the startup's latest effort to challenge Google Search … | 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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X: @ns123abc, @investsportsx, @andrewcurran_, @chatgpt21, @fjeronimo, and @rwang07. Forums: Slashdot
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