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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google says Gemini now has 950M MAUs, up from 900M in May and 750M in February — Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 24% YoY to $119.8B, above $116.9B est., Google Cloud revenue up 82% YoY to $24.8B, and Services revenues up 15% to $94.5B — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 22, 2026 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.
More: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Alphabet Investor Relations on YouTube, Google, The Asia Business Daily, SiliconANGLE, Tomasz Tunguz, CNBC, Newsmax, Reuters, The Wrap, Alphabet, MediaPost, Constellation Research, Adweek, Quartz, Search Engine Roundtable, Forbes, Thurrott, 9to5Google, and Barron's Online
X: @semianalysis_, @mgsiegler, @edzitron, @philippschi, @munster_gene, @joecarlsonshow, @thefox, @vidssrinivasan, @sundarpichai, @vidssrinivasan, @tsoh_investing, @jaminball, @bobeunlimited, @matthew_sigel, @aleabitoreddit, @jason_kint, @rihardjarc, @jason_kint, @firstadopter, @vidssrinivasan, @benbajarin, @vidssrinivasan, @rohanpaul_ai, and @andreassteno
LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and Sundar Pichai
| Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
Google reports Q2 free cash flow at negative $5.9B amid increased AI spending, marking its first cash burn since going public decades ago — Search giant says it will commit up to $205bn to AI investments in 2026 — Google burned through cash in the second quarter for the first time since …
More: The Information, CNBC, Gizmodo, BMI, Hindustan Times, Business Insider, PYMNTS, Australian Financial Review, BBC, and Fierce Network
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Alphabet reports YouTube's Q2 ad revenue rose 13% YoY to $11.06B, vs. $10.8B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $81.63B, up from $71.34B in Q2 2025 — Video giant YouTube, one of the world's biggest entertainment businesses, continues to turn in double-digit increases in ad revenue.| Director Michael Kratsios / @mkratsios47: |
White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios says “we have information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic's Fable for the development of its K3 model” — We have information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic's Fable for the development of its K3 model. To do this they developed a sophisticated internal platform to conduct large scale distillation against U.S. models, allowing them to quickly switch between multiple methods of
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
IBM reports Q2 revenue up 1% YoY to $17.2B, vs. $17.6B est., infrastructure revenue down 7% to $3.8B, Z mainframe revenue down 42%, and lowers its 2026 forecast — IBM on Wednesday lowered its 2026 forecast and delivered thinner quarterly profits than analysts had projected …
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| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Samsung unveils the $2,100+ Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, featuring its “most advanced foldable design”, a Flex Titanium display, a 5,000mAH battery, and Android 17 — The “Ultra” moniker is alive and well, but it now applies to the Galaxy Z Fold series.
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LinkedIn: Sushant Agrawal, Diane Brady, Ann Cathcart Chaplin, Dieter Bohn, Yoonie Joung, and Keena Grigsby. Bluesky: @stevekovach. Forums: r/GalaxyFold
| David Imel / The Verge: |
More: Samsung Newsroom, HotHardware, SammyGuru, Digital Trends, CNET, SamMobile, and IGN
| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
More: Android Central, T3, SamMobile, The Shortcut, Engadget, and 9to5Google
X: @anxiousholly, @tomwarren, and @chriswelch
| Wall Street Journal: |
AMD and Anthropic sign a server deal for tens of billions; Anthropic will buy up to 2GW of MI450 chips from H1 2027, and AMD will invest up to $5B in Anthropic — The 2-gigawatt deal covers tens of billions of dollars' worth of chips, as AMD plans to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic
More: Advanced Micro Devices, Tom's Hardware, Financial Times, Benzinga, International Business Times, The Information, Dow Jones Newswires, and Bloomberg
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LinkedIn: Arvind Balakumar, Krishna Rao, Mark Fuselier, Patrick Moorhead, and Duy Nguyễn. Bluesky: @marypcbuk
Forums: r/amd_fundamentals, r/hardware, and r/AMD_Stock
| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI staff were “freaked out” when GPT-Sol 5.6 breached Hugging Face, as OpenAI used more aggressive training methods to compete with Anthropic — Increasing use of aggressive training techniques sharpens threat of bad behaviour by leading models| Shakeel Hashim / Transformer: |
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Bluesky: @jonathanconp and @drsmith
| Nicola M White / Bloomberg: |
The SEC agrees to pay $150,000 in legal fees to end Coinbase's 2024 lawsuit seeking internal docs on the regulator's Biden-era crackdown on the crypto industry — The US Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to pay $150,000 in legal fees to end Coinbase Global Inc.'s 2024 lawsuit seeking …
More: Wall Street Journal, Cointelegraph, and Benzinga
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is set to debut new versions of every Mac, including long-awaited iMac updates, a revamped MacBook Pro, and a new Neo, across the fall and 2027 — Apple Inc. is readying an overhaul of its Mac line, seeking to capitalize on demand for powerful laptops and desktops fueled by the artificial intelligence boom.
More: Appleosophy, The Verge, iPhone in Canada, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, iDrop News, Thurrott, Mashable, Tom's Guide, GSMArena.com, Engadget, iClarified, and PYMNTS
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @mweinbach
Forums: r/macmini, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms raised $1.7B led by a16z, with Uber and others participating; Ben Horowitz will join the startup's board — Travis Kalanick's robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
More: a16z, RuntimeWire, and Financial Times
| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Samsung teases its smart glasses, developed with Google, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster, and says they will have a nine-hour battery life and privacy features — Samsung Electronics Co. showcased the smart glasses it developed in partnership with Alphabet Inc.'s Google …
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X: @caro_milanesi, @sabrinaa_ortiz, @warbyparker, @mishaalrahman, @pcmag, @nathie, @cartidise, @anxiousholly, @vadimyuryev, and @parkerortolani. Forums: r/technology
| Reuters: |
Tesla reports a negative Q2 free cash flow of $1.1B, its first in over two years, partly due to increased AI and robotic investments, amid diminishing profits — Tesla (TSLA.O) on Wednesday missed analysts' profit forecasts for the second quarter and, for the first time in more than two years … | Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Xbox expands its backward compatibility program to PC, starting with four classic original Xbox games, offering 4X resolution scaling, V-Sync support, and more — Conker, Crimson Skies, Fuzion Frenzy, and Blinx head to Xbox PC for the first time, complete with Xbox achievements, and more are on the way.
More: XBOX Wire, This Week in Videogames, Digital Foundry, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada, Neowin, Ars Technica, TechRaptor, Retro Handhelds, BGR, Phandroid, MobileSyrup, PCWorld, and PCMag
X: @steinekin, @synthpotato, @sergi_re99, @g27status, @realradec, @asha_shar, @wario64, @rohankarmoon, @jronald, and @doesitplay1
LinkedIn: Chris Leggett and Stephen Broadwell
Bluesky: @klobrille and @mhwilliams
| Washington Post: |
US GAO study: Amazon workers on federal aid tripled from February 2020 to September 2025; ride-hailing and delivery apps topped employers with workers on aid — Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery app drivers shot …
More: Gizmodo, Federal Social Safety …, The BRAD BLOG, and Washington Times
X: @workstoppagepod, @laurenkgurley, and @angiecraigmn
Bluesky: @lizszabo, @dorotheevplessis, @gregpinelo, @democracy1112, @hmdob, @carlquintanilla, @notriv3th3ad, and @socialmedialab.ca
| Business Insider: |
OpenAI introduces OpenAI Presence to help companies better connect AI agents to their internal systems and automate customer support, sales, and other tasks — OpenAI is launching a new product that could help the company take another step beyond the ultra-competitive business of making AI models.
More: OpenAI, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, RuntimeWire, Benzinga, and The New Stack
X: @openai, @biscuitweb3, @daniel_mac8, @deredleritt3r, and @btibor91. LinkedIn: Colin Jarvis. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Antoine Gara / Financial Times: |
Francisco Partners' co-founder Dipanjan Deb says “AI will not kill the software industry” as the tech-focused PE firm raised $21B, exceeding its $18B target — Francisco Partners co-founder Dipanjan ‘DJ’ Deb says AI will not kill software sector as firm raises $21bn| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Shanghai-listed chip test instruments maker Semight, whose stock is up ~2,200% since its April debut, is considering a secondary listing in Hong Kong — Semight Instruments Co. is considering a second listing in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter said … | Kaitlyn Radde / Pew Research Center: |
A study of 11,989 Polymarket users finds 61% placed fewer than 100 trades over a six-week period, with 58% making or losing less than $100 during that period — Prediction markets are an increasingly popular way for people to trade on the outcomes of real-world events.
X: @pewresearch
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI plans to spend $30B+ on a massive new data center in Georgia, securing 3.2GW of energy, with several hundred MWs set to come online starting in 2028 — OpenAI plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on a massive new data center near Savannah, Georgia as part of the ChatGPT maker's push …
More: OpenAI, Georgia Power, Axios, Business Insider, Quartz, and LinkedIn
X: @firstadopter, @firstadopter, @firstadopter, @firstadopter, @openainewsroom, and @kimmonismus. LinkedIn: Kyle Kekeisen
| Anissa Gardizy / Wall Street Journal: |
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X: @jukan05, @anissagardizy8, and @zephyr_z9
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