Daniel Solove argues in the Wall Street Journal that giving people control of their personal data is not an effective way to regulate privacy in the AI era; instead, companies should be held accountab…
SpaceX reportedly showed a prototype of a slim, AI-driven smartphone to select investors, according to a July 1, 2026 Wall Street Journal report, but Elon Musk denied the report as 'utterly false.' Th…
China's economy grew at its weakest pace since 2022 in the second quarter, according to the Wall Street Journal, as surging exports fueled by the AI boom failed to offset a weak domestic economy and s…
Publisher ad supply fell by up to 40% in Q2 2026 as AI-driven zero-click search reduced traffic to news sites, according to benchmarking data from Ozone shared exclusively with Digiday. The data, trac…
The United Arab Emirates has gained expanded access from the U.S. to coveted artificial-intelligence chips after aiding America in recent months by carrying out dozens of airstrikes against Iran, inte…
The Verge editor-at-large David Pierce, who has tested roughly 200 to-do apps, advises against trying to stay ahead in the AI era, calling the notion that everyone must adopt AI or be left behind 'per…
China's exports surged 27% in June to a record $412 billion, driven by a 57% jump in electronic components and AI hardware trade, the General Administration of Customs reported. The AI infrastructure …
The Wall Street Journal reports that a growing movement of hard-line activists, driven by fears of human extinction from AI, is escalating protests and attacks against AI companies and data centers. T…
The University of Chicago Law School announced a new policy banning phones and laptops for first-year students, drawing parallels to Harvard Law School's 1982 ban on portable computers during exams. T…
Meta is updating its Ray-Ban AI glasses to disable the camera if the recording LED is tampered with, while reportedly testing a 'super-sensing' prototype that collects continuous audio and periodic ph…
OpenAI is considering significant per-token price cuts for its AI services amid competitive pressure from Anthropic and enterprise customer complaints about high costs, complicating its path to a $1 t…
The bill of materials for the iPhone 18 Pro Max is expected to rise by nearly $300 compared to the iPhone 17 Pro Max, driven by a memory chip shortage linked to AI hardware demand and Apple's shift to…
Fidji Simo, OpenAI's head of product and business, is stepping down due to a severe exacerbation of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). She will remain as a part-time advisor. CEO Sam Al…
AI-generated code now accounts for 51-75% of weekly output at two-thirds of tech firms, with 45% of AI-written code containing security flaws, while the average time from bug disclosure to exploitatio…
San Francisco median home prices hit a record $1.76 million in May 2026, driven by concentrated wealth from AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Over 600 OpenAI employees cashed out $6.6 billion in…
The Federal Reserve's June FOMC minutes show a sharp increase in mentions of AI, with the term appearing 21 times compared to 8 in April, as policymakers flagged AI-driven demand as a contributor to c…
GitGuardian found 28.6 million secrets exposed in public GitHub commits in 2025, a 34% jump year over year, with over 1.2 million AI-service credentials alone up 81%. To generate a secure API key, use…
China's National Vulnerability Database (NVDB) has warned that Claude Code versions from April to June 2026 contain a hidden monitoring mechanism that sends user location, identity, time zone, and dom…
US manufacturers in Rust Belt states are facing soaring electricity costs as data center demand strains the PJM power grid, threatening President Trump's "Made in America" manufacturing revival plan. …
Wealthy parents are enrolling their children in Alpha School, a private network charging $75,000 a year for AI-based tutoring, despite having access to top traditional education. The school, promoted …