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July 27, 2026, 4:35 PM
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Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Nvidia forms the Open Secure AI Alliance, a coalition including CrowdStrike, Hugging Face, and Dell to develop and share tools for AI safety and cybersecurity  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) said on Monday it had formed a coalition with other companies to develop and share tools for AI safety and cybersecurity …
New York Times:
Microsoft introduces MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, an AI model trained for cybersecurity, and launches Perception, an agentic security system to patch vulnerabilities  —  As some executives fret over the safety of new A.I. systems, protecting against them could be a big business for tech companies.
Microsoft AI:
Microsoft says MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and MDASH, its vulnerability identification harness, deliver “world-class performance at 50% of the cost of leading models”  —  Today we're announcing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside of MDASH, our multi-agent vulnerability identification and remediation harness.
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Nvidia says it made a “substantial” investment in Safe Superintelligence, which will get access to Nvidia GPUs to up computing power by an “order of magnitude”  —  Partnership with former top OpenAI scientist aims to boost chip giant's high-profile customer roster during AI boom
The Information:
Sources: a Chinese state-backed company has begun manufacturing DUV machines, a key step in Beijing's drive to reduce its reliance on foreign chipmaking tech  —  A Chinese state-backed company has begun manufacturing one of the key pieces of equipment used in chip manufacturing for the first time …
Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg:
ASML shares fall 7%+ after a report that a Chinese state-backed company has begun manufacturing DUV machines; Applied Materials fell 6.5%+ and Lam Research 7%+
Akash Sriram / Reuters:
Amazon files an FCC application to deploy a constellation of up to 5,105 satellites starting in 2028 to provide direct-to-device voice and data connectivity  —  Amazon's (AMZN.O) Leo has proposed a new constellation of up to 5,105 satellites to provide direct-to-device voice and data connectivity …
Bloomberg:
Moonshot AI releases model weights for Kimi K3 under the “Kimi K3 License”  —  Moonshot AI has made its Kimi K3 model available for public download, expanding its reach and influence in the global open software community at a time of growing US concern about Chinese encroachment into the top echelons of AI development.
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
X rolls out X Money to US Premium and Premium+ subscribers, combining a deposit account with up to 6% APY, free instant transfers on X, and a Visa debit card  —  X has officially launched X Money, which includes Apple Wallet support, moving the service beyond its invite-only beta and beginning a rollout today.
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
NBCU and YouTube reach a multiyear deal to include all Peacock content in YouTube Premium subscriptions in the US starting in early 2027  —  NBCUniversal's Peacock is officially landing on YouTube.  —  All of the streaming service's content — including NBC Sports' portfolio of the NFL and NBA …
Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle:
Xbox says it is working to resolve a “major outage” affecting its Account & Profile, Store & Subscriptions, and Apps & Mobile services  —  PLAYERS ARE REPORTING HAVING ISSUES WHEN TRYING TO SIGN IN OR SEE THEIR LIBRARY  —  Xbox has acknowledged that it's currently suffering …
Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:
Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: very good Intel Core Ultra X7 performance, excellent build quality and keyboard, but expensive because of high RAM prices  —  Framework laptops always come with compromises in exchange for their unique DIY premise.  Even though you pay extra for one compared …
Jenny Lee / CNBC:
CXMT's stock closed up 466% in its Shanghai debut, giving the Hefei-based memory chipmaker a ~$487B market cap, making it the most valuable China-listed company  —  Shares of chipmaker Changxin Technology Group soared nearly 466% Monday in their debut on Shanghai's tech-heavy STAR Market …

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From Mediagazer

Joe Sonka / Louisville Public Media:
McClatchy enacts deep, nationwide layoffs, including at the Lexington Herald-Leader, Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, Charlotte Observer, and Idaho Statesman

Abid Rahman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico had to stream on YouTube, skipping broadcast TV, due to ABC's fight with the FCC

New York Times:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill that prohibits social media platforms from offering addictive features to users under 16, the first such law in the US

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Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
Enigma, which runs large-scale experiments exploring how humans interact with robots, emerges from stealth with a $70M seed led by Index Ventures and Ribbit
New York Times:
A look at the secretive process Meta used to get an advantageous deal for its Hyperion data center in Louisiana, including tax breaks and lack of public input

Earlier Picks

Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase:
A detailed recap of the Hugging Face breach by an internal OpenAI model, which repeatedly tried to escape OpenAI's sandbox and should be treated as critical
Wall Street Journal:
US companies have flipped from “tokenmaxxing” to “thrift-maxxing”, mixing cheaper Chinese models with OpenAI's and Anthropic's, threatening the labs' valuations
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Nvidia is in talks to provide a ~$250B backstop for OpenAI as part of a 10 GW data center project that SoftBank's energy subsidiary is building in Ohio
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