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July 2, 2026, 8:55 AM
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Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI has discussed giving a 5% stake to the US government as the company seeks to clear political obstacles by securing buy-in from the Trump admin  —  Sam Altman's start-up in early talks for a public ownership deal as political pressure rises.  OpenAI has discussed giving …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SpaceX showed investors a handset-like device prototype with AI tech from xAI, a proprietary OS, a Snapdragon chip, and a design slimmer than an iPhone  —  The sleek, handset-like prototype was designed to integrate AI technology from SpaceX's xAI  —  Elon Musk's SpaceX has developed …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on new iPad Pros and an entry-level 14" MacBook Pro with a new design in line with the upcoming touch-screen laptops for H1 2027  —  Apple Inc. is preparing an upgraded iPad Pro line and a redesigned entry-level MacBook Pro for next year, adding to a slate of several …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is in negotiations to buy chips from CXMT and YMTC, two Chinese semiconductor makers on a Pentagon blacklist, for use in devices sold in China  —  Apple Inc. is in negotiations to purchase chips from two Chinese semiconductor makers on a Pentagon blacklist to help reduce …
Bloomberg:
The European Court of Justice rules that Google's earlier defeat against a €4.1B European Commission penalty over abusing Android market power should stand  —  Google lost its long-running fight against a €4.1 billion ($4.7 billion) European Union antitrust fine after the bloc's top judges …
New York Times:
Filings: President Trump purchased up to $5M each in Broadcom, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia stocks on July 23, the same day as his AI action plan
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple has told suppliers to prepare to produce ~10M foldable iPhones in 2026, up from 7M-8M previously, and 80M iPhones in total across new models  —  TAIPEI — Apple is planning an ambitious iPhone launch for the second half of this year and first half of 2027 with at least five …
Joe Warminsky / The Record:
The US DOJ says Peter Stokes, a 19-year-old dual US-Estonian citizen, was extradited from Finland to face charges of participating in Scattered Spider hacks  —  A 19-year-old man with dual U.S. and Estonian citizenship was extradited from Finland to Chicago this week to face criminal charges …
Stephen Totilo / Game File:
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.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: Microsoft has been working on a disc-to-digital feature for Xbox One and Xbox Series X that will let users digitize their physical game collections
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
Bloomberg:
Amazon's emissions rose 16%+ YoY in 2025, driven by data center construction and delivery fuel, while Google's “ambition-based” emissions jumped 18% YoY in 2025  —  Amazon and Google report jumps in their greenhouse gas output as the data center boom gains momentum.
Ty Roush / Forbes:
Alex Karp calls US reliance on AI labs for military tech “effing insane”, pans AI fees for businesses, and touts Palantir's Nvidia Nemotron deal for US agencies  —  Topline  —  Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Wednesday called the AI industry “effing insane” in a heated interview on CNBC …
Pew Research Center:
A survey of US adults finds 56% support banning social media for under-16s, while 21% oppose; majorities across demographic and partisan groups support a ban  —  Nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults support banning anyone under the age of 16 from using social media sites, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today:
X launches Live Studio, an updated livestreaming hub within Creator Studio with a simplified desktop setup, chat control options, custom thumbnails, and more  —  Listen to the article  —  X announced an updated live-streaming command center within its Creator Studio platform …
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Z.ai launches ZCode, an “Agentic Development Environment” optimized for its new GLM-5.2 model; Z.ai's GLM Coding Plan costs from $16.20 to $144 per month  —  The move marks the company's most aggressive push yet into the fast-growing AI-powered coding tool market …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
German software giant SAP says it is encouraging workers to invent new, more valuable jobs aided by AI, in a bid to avoid layoffs; SAP cut ~10K staff in 2024  —  The German software giant SAP says it is betting that employees can reinvent jobs instead of eliminating them.  Experts are divided on whether it will work.
Financial Times:
An EU draft proposal dated June 30 shows the bloc is weighing weaker climate impact rules for gas-powered data centers, after heavy lobbying from tech groups  —  Past proposals for strict rules on renewable energy certificates have been dropped after heavy lobbying, draft shows
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Sam Altman / Financial Times:
Sam Altman proposes a “US-led international forum” to establish AI standards, provide analysis of capabilities and risks, and make AI available to allies  —  The labs develop the technology, but citizens and their elected representatives must make the rules
Samantha Elkins / NBC News:
Cloudflare sets a September 15 deadline for AI companies to differentiate their web crawlers into search, AI training, and AI agents or face being blocked  —  Cloudflare gave AI crawlers a September deadline to separate the bots that gather content for search from those that harvest …
New York Times:
President Trump says Micron will invest $250M in Trump Accounts; Micron says it will come via an employee matching program and a $250 deposit in some US states  —  President Trump said the U.S. chip maker would make a significant donation to a new type of investment account created by the administration.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Ynon Kreiz, who steps down as Mattel CEO, joins Paramount as co-CEO, overseeing daily operations; David Ellison will lead strategy, creative, and tech functions

Los Angeles Times:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that creates refundable tax credits for local news outlets based on the number of journalists they employ

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch is stepping down after 7.5 years to become the CEO and chairman of Mattel; lead independent director Mike Perlis will be interim CEO

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Reuters:
Alibaba and its US payment processor AUS agree to pay $600M to resolve DOJ allegations that they failed to prevent illegal sales of drugs and other products
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
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