The EPA ruled on July 27, 2026 that dedicated power plants supplying electricity exclusively to data centers are exempt from the Clean Air Act's Acid Rain Program, handing hyperscalers and AI infrastr…
OpenAI's first hardware device, the $230 Codex Micro keypad made with Work Louder, sold out in about 12 hours after its July 15 launch and is now being resold on eBay for up to $1,850, according to Fo…
OpenAI slashed the Max-tier reasoning budget on its newly launched GPT-5.6 Sol from 960 to 128 — an 87% cut — four days after launch without any announcement, then called it an experiment when develop…
Y Combinator filled San Francisco's Chase Center with 6,000 selected AI founders from over 30,000 applicants across 120 countries for its 2026 Startup School, where Sam Altman and Jensen Huang headlin…
OpenAI on July 23, 2026, launched GPT-Live inside ChatGPT desktop work surfaces for enterprise workspaces, enabling real-time interruptible voice interaction with tasks and agents, and separately intr…
GlossGenius rebranded as Genius AI on July 21, closing a $44 million Series D led by Lux Capital at a $1.15 billion valuation. The company, which serves over 125,000 in-person service businesses acros…
Verizon CEO Dan Schulman told analysts on July 24 that the company signed a dark fiber agreement with Google valued at more than $1 billion, with revenue starting next year, as AI infrastructure deman…
Meshy, a text-to-3D startup founded in 2023 by MIT-trained researcher Ethan Hu, closed a Series B of nearly $400 million at a $1.5 billion valuation on July 21, the largest funding round ever for an A…
Microsoft patched a record 622 security flaws in July, triple the previous monthly record, while China's 360 Digital Security Group has used an AI agent to uncover nearly 1,000 previously unknown bugs…
OpenAI announced it will make Dublin its European Union headquarters, leasing 88,000 sq ft at the Tropical Fruit Warehouse and committing approximately €105 million to Ireland over the next three year…
Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed 570 security vulnerabilities, including two zero-days, driven by AI-powered vulnerability discovery using its Codename MDASH multi-model agentic scanning harn…
Google's rollout of AI Mode as the default search experience, powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash, has cut publisher click-through rates by up to 58%, according to an Ahrefs study, with users clicking a tradi…
Eromify and Higgsfield AI serve different creator needs: Eromify focuses on fast AI persona monetization with credit packs starting at $5 and a $99 monthly plan, while Higgsfield, founded by former Sn…
Intel reported $16.1 billion in Q2 2026 revenue, up 25% year-over-year, and non-GAAP EPS of $0.42, beating Wall Street estimates of $14.43 billion and $0.21, but shares fell 7.9% to $92.32 after the c…
Enigma, a physical AI startup founded by Unit 8200 veterans Jonathan Jacobi and Gal Niv, emerged from stealth with a $71 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital to build an intelli…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned on July 21 that Chinese companies using model distillation to learn from American AI systems could face sanctions, including Entity List designations, according…
Nvidia and Safe Superintelligence (SSI) signed a long-term partnership on July 27, 2026, giving SSI access to Nvidia's Vera Rubin systems and an order-of-magnitude compute expansion, while Nvidia gain…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told crypto founders on July 26 that pivoting to AI is "zero sum, scarcity thinking," arguing instead that crypto payment rails are essential for AI agents that need to tr…
JPMorgan Chase is eliminating its standalone AI chief role as Teresa Heitsenrether retires at the end of 2026, folding the function into Global Technology under CTO Scot Baldry. The bank, which invest…
Nvidia's $750 billion AI financing web, including a potential $250 billion guarantee for an OpenAI data center project, is drawing scrutiny over circular money flows where the chipmaker invests in AI …