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| Thinking Machines Lab: |
Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area — Try on Tinker Model card Hugging Face — Our mission is to build AI that extends human will and judgment.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/singularity
| Milana Vinn / Reuters: |
Sources: Stripe and PE firm Advent have jointly offered $60.50/share to acquire PayPal, a 28% premium to Tuesday's close, valuing it at $53B+; PYPL jumps 15%+ — Payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings Inc …
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| Reuters: |
China says Apple Intelligence has been registered for use on iPhones in the country; the service will integrate Alibaba's Qwen and may add Baidu's AI features — China's cyberspace regulator said on Wednesday that Apple's on-device generative AI service “Apple Intelligence” has been registered for use on iPhones in the country.
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: OnePlus will begin to cease operations in the US and Europe as early as this week and Realme will exit China as part of a restructuring by parent Oppo — OnePlus, a consumer electronics brand that gained a loyal following with its lineup of aggressively priced Android smartphones …
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Forums: r/Android, r/TheOnePlus15, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
ASML says Intel has decided to use ASML's next-gen High NA EUV machines to make some of its flagship Panther Lake laptop chips; a High NA machine costs ~$400M — Intel (INTC.O) has decided to use a high-end machine from ASML to manufacture some of its flagship Panther Lake laptop chips …
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X: @silicon_fly. LinkedIn: Kelvin Mah, Christophe Fouquet, Wouter van der Horst, Naga Chandrasekaran, and Chris de Ruiter
Forums: r/hardware and r/intelstock
| April Roach / CNBC: |
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Court filing: Google says it is ready to add third-party app stores within Google Play in the US on July 22, as Google and Epic withdraw their settlement motion — Get ready for rival app stores inside of Google Play. … Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt …
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| CNBC: |
IBM's stock closed down 25.21% on Tuesday, sinking more than its previous worst day of October 19, 1987, after reporting preliminary Q2 results below estimates — International Business Machines shares plummeted 25% on Tuesday after the hardware, software and consulting provider released …
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, briefly dropping below their $135 IPO price for the first time before closing at $135.27 — SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, briefly dropping below their $135 initial public offering price …
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI details GPT-Red, an internal automated red-teaming model that scales prompt injection vulnerability discovery so it can fix bugs before wider deployment — Training strong automated safety red-teamers to improve robustness. — Summary — Problem
More: Decrypt, MIT Technology Review, The Decoder, and RuntimeWire
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple publishes a policy for upcoming Maps ads, says home services ads are banned, medical services ads will be “evaluated on a case-by-case basis”, and more — Apple has quietly published a rulebook for its new Maps ads, revealing a more curated approach than advertising giant Google.
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman's $1.5B AI implementation company, announced in May, launches with the name “Ode with Anthropic” and 100 engineers — AI models are becoming ever more capable, but exactly what enterprise adoption will look like remains a big question.
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| Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal: |
China enacts rules forbidding companionship chatbots from encouraging emotional reliance, banning virtual relationships with minors, and more — Beijing sets emotional boundaries between humans and machines — SINGAPORE—Regulators in China have found unexpected common ground … | The Information: |
Sources: Apple is looking to acquire chip companies to boost its AI server efforts, as it struggles with AI server chip upgrades and M2 Ultra server performance — Apple is on the lookout for acquisitions of chip companies to boost its efforts to build server chips for running AI, said people familiar with the company's efforts.
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Reuters, The Mac Observer, iThinkDifferent, and AppleInsider
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple raises its AppleCare+ prices for Macs and iPads by $0.50 per month and $5 per year; the increases are exclusively for new sign-ups — Apple Inc. slightly raised the cost of individual AppleCare+ service subscriptions, marking its latest price increase in the face of a global memory shortage and other challenges.| Megan Morrone / Axios: |
OpenAI launches Codex Micro, a $230 desktop keypad built in collaboration with keyboard maker Work Louder, with backlit keys, a rotary knob, and a tiny joystick — OpenAI opened orders Wednesday for Codex Micro — a limited-edition desktop keypad that lets agentmaxxers monitor and control their AI minions.
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| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
OpenAI employees donated a combined $215K+ to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC seeking stricter AI rules and opposing Greg Brockman-backed Leading the Future — OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a political effort opposing Leading the Future, a group backed by the company's president, Greg Brockman.
More: International Business Times. X: @zeffmax, @katiemiller, @_nathancalvin, @_nathancalvin, @zeffmax, @zeffmax, @bradrcarson, @zeffmax, and @eshugerman. LinkedIn: Chris Hyams
| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
Coinbase's Jesse Pollak says Jordan Fish, aka “Cobie”, will now lead the Base app team after acknowledging some of Base's bets on social features fell short — Quick Take — Cobie will now lead the Base app team as Base creator and Coinbase executive Jesse Pollak focuses …
More: CoinDesk, Decrypt, Unchained, crypto.news, and The Crypto Times
| Liam Denning / Bloomberg: |
Uber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis — The latest leading indicator of the robotaxi revolution is a tiff. Waymo LLC, a unit of Alphabet Inc., and Uber Technologies Inc. are nominally partners.
More: TechCrunch, Zag Daily, and Axios
| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is set to fine Google hundreds of millions of euros over alleged self-preferencing of its services in Search and restrictions on app developers — Decisions will test whether the EU can police digital markets without reigniting tensions with Washington| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian AI coding startup Emergent raised a $130M Series C at a $1.5B post-money valuation, up from $300M in January, bringing its total funding raised to $230M — Indian AI coding startup Emergent has raised $130 million in a Series C funding round at a $1.5 billion post-money valuation, a five-fold jump in six months.
More: Axios, Business Insider, Unite.AI, Tech Funding News, SiliconANGLE, Tech in Asia, Moneycontrol, Entrackr, and DealStreetAsia
| Ryan Lawler / Axios: |
Lumin Digital, which provides cloud-based digital banking software to banks and credit unions, raised more than $115M at a $1.6B post-money valuation — Lumin Digital, which provides digital banking software to banks and credit unions, raised more than $115 million at a $1.6 billion post-money valuation …
More: FinSMEs, Ventureburn, Lumin Digital, FinTech Global, and PYMNTS
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils a new Flex Titanium foldable display that is slimmer, more durable, and less prone to creasing, debuting in its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 series — The Flex Titanium display tech is slim, strong, and reduces crease visibility.
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| Bernhard Warner / New York Times: |
Daniel Ek's Neko Health, which offers AI-based full-body scans, raised $700M co-led by Lightspeed and O.G. Venture Partners, sources say at a ~$7B valuation — The health tech start-up co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek is worth billions more after a new $700 million funding round.| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Venture funding of fintech startups grew 22.7% YoY in H1 2026 to $28.6B globally, but deal count fell 25.7% and funding fell 17.3% vs. H2 2025's $34.6B funding — Venture funding into fintech startups climbed nearly 23% year over year in H1 2026, even as deal count fell more than 25% … | Meytal Vaizberg / Globes: |
Israel-based Hemispheric, whose AI model can analyze brain activity measured non-invasively and turn it into quantitative metrics for diagnoses, raised $52M — The Israeli company's AI model can analyze brain activity measured by non-invasive means and turn it into quantitative metrics designed … | The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft security chief Hayete Gallot, who took over in February, has prioritized AI tools, cut several hundred roles, replaced senior execs, and more — Microsoft, the largest cybersecurity software seller in the world, is overhauling that business to cash in on corporate anxieties about AI-powered hacks.
X: @amir and @aaronpholmes
| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
Hyundai's South Korea auto workers have gone on a partial strike over wages, AI, and the prospect of it deploying Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot in factories — Auto workers for Hyundai Motor in South Korea are on a partial strike worried about their future job prospectsSponsor Posts
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