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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
| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
SpaceXAI open-sources Grok Build under an Apache 2.0 license after the tool had uploaded user repositories to a Google Cloud bucket, causing a severe backlash — xai-org/grok-build, now open source (via) xAI's grok CLI tool faced severe community backlash yesterday when it became apparent …
More: Github, The Verge, The American Bazaar, xAI, Blockchain.News, and The Register
Forums: Hacker News and r/LocalLLaMA
| 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| 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 …
More: MacRumors, New York Times, Android Headlines, The Verge, Digit, Android Authority, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, Neowin, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Android Police, SamMobile, Android Central, Digital Trends, SammyGuru, BGR, Android Authority, GSMArena.com, XDA Developers, Gizmochina, iPhone in Canada, PhoneArena, Mashable, HotHardware, and Gadgets 360
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Forums: r/Android, r/TheOnePlus15, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| 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 …
More: Financial Times, Reuters, Washington Post, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BBC, Gadget Review, Forbes Middle East, ZeroHedge News, New York Times, and Barron's Online
X: @garyblack00, @chafkin, @negligible_cap, @johnarnold, and @amitisinvesting. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Forums: r/technology
| 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.
X: @siegeleddie, @odedevs, @christaylorsays, @blackstone, and @rebeccabellan. LinkedIn: Marvin Wu. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| 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.
More: Apple Ads, MediaPost, Mobile Dev Memo, MacRumors, iClarified, iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, iDrop News, 9to5Mac, Pixel Envy, and MacTech.com
| 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.
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iDrop News, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and The Verge
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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: Cointelegraph, The Crypto Times, CoinDesk, Decrypt, crypto.news, and Unchained
| 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.| 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, Axios, and Zag Daily
| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Dave Brown, AWS SVP of Compute, AI, and Platform, is leaving the company after 19 years for a new job; he is a member of the S-team that advises CEO Andy Jassy — Amazon (AMZN.O) veteran Dave Brown, a senior vice president in Amazon Web Services and member of the elite internal group advising CEO Andy Jassy …
More: The Information, About Amazon, GeekWire, CNBC, and The Register
| 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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Bluesky: @coolhand and @timkellogg.me
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| 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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Bluesky: @masnick.com and @seanhollister
Forums: r/EpicGamesPC and r/Android
| 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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| 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.| 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 prospects| 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
Bluesky: @katie-drummond and @lmatsakis
Forums: r/technology and r/OpenAI
| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: ASML has discussed raising prices for its EUV systems with TSMC and plans to charge 10% more for its DUV systems; TSMC is resisting ASML's price plans — Chip toolmaker ASML, which makes equipment that plays a central role in chip production around the world, plans to raise prices … | Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
More: ASML, DatacenterDynamics, Bloomberg, Quartz, Barron's Online, Tech Times, HotHardware, Benzinga, Tom's Hardware, Simply Wall St, and Benzinga
X: @silicon_fly and @neil_shah
LinkedIn: Wouter van der Horst, Naga Chandrasekaran, Kelvin Mah, Christophe Fouquet, and Chris de Ruiter
Forums: r/hardware and r/intelstock
| April Roach / CNBC: |
| 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% … | Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
Filing: Elon Musk quietly bought Jacksonville, FL-based APR Energy, which operates mobile gas and diesel turbines similar to those used in Colossus 2, for ~$1B — Elon Musk has quietly bought APR Energy, a Jacksonville-based company that operates a fleet of mobile gas and diesel turbines totaling more than 1 GW of generation capacity.
More: Engadget, Tom's Guide, Yahoo Finance, Latitude Media, TechCrunch, WJXT-TV, Jax Daily Record, Motley Fool, Benzinga, and Tech Times
X: @muskonomy and @moreperfectus
Forums: r/energy, r/technology, and r/TSLAsexy
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Filing: AST SpaceMobile delays the launch of its satellite-to-phone service to 2027 after the Blue Origin mishap and plans to raise $1B in convertible notes — (AST SpaceMobile) — AST SpaceMobile, a rival to SpaceX's Starlink Mobile, is delaying the timing of its satellite-to-phone service to 2027 …
More: Benzinga
| 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 …
More: The Attachment Economy, Social Media Today, The Deep View, Gizmodo, and Digital Trends. Bluesky: @justinhendrix
| Marco Chiappetta / Forbes: |
Cadence unveils AuraStack AI Super Agent, an AI platform for PCB and advanced chip packaging design, with Nvidia, TSMC, and Schneider Electric among early users — As systems and AI infrastructure get more complex, the engineering challenges required to design and bring them to market extend well beyond silicon.
More: Reuters, Fierce Sensors, The Register, GamesBeat, newsroom.cadence.com, and SiliconANGLE. X: @cadence
| Wall Street Journal: |
AI execs are bolstering personal security amid rising AI opposition; Liferaft: digital threats against execs and data centers grew 7x from late February to May — Violent threats against AI companies are rising and spilling over into real-world security incidents| 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, Pulse 2.0, PYMNTS, Lumin Digital, and FinTech Global
| 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.
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