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Google's Pixel 11 lineup will cost $100 more across all models, starting at $899, with the 128GB entry-level tier eliminated, according to leaks. The company blames AI-driven component shortages for the price hikes, desp…
Levels of Self, the developer of the x402 agent ecosystem, is offering free certification for the first three external agent operators under its new Certified Agent Standard. The standard requires five criteria: declared…
Meta launched Muse Image on July 7, an AI image generator that lets users create deepfakes of any public Instagram account without consent, with users opted in by default. The tool pulls photos from public profiles to ge…
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation on stable oil and naphtha supplies, strategic oil reserves, and AI adoption in petrochemicals. Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan met wi…
Australia's Maritime Union of Australia is demanding a 28-hour week with no loss of pay in July 2026 talks over DP World's AI and automation plans at container terminals, including remote-control cranes and driverless ve…
Shannon Ryan, VP of Marketing at Veritas Automata, told an AgileRTP meetup that AI tools amplify existing team dynamics rather than fixing broken ones. She identified top-down AI mandates, layoffs framed as AI strategy, …
South Korea's proposed RE100 industrial complex remains stalled without a passed special bill or selected site more than a year after its introduction, while the 800 trillion won southwestern semiconductor hub advances r…
The United Nations warned Tuesday that misinformation and hate speech, exacerbated by artificial intelligence, are inciting real-world harm to refugees and humanitarians. UNHCR called on tech companies to partner and inv…
Meta launched Muse Image on July 7, 2026, enabling Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI users to generate images using public Instagram accounts via @-mentions, with a default opt-in setting that raises privacy and consent c…
The European Union risks becoming a major loser in the AI revolution due to high energy costs, fragmented capital markets, heavy tax burdens, and regulatory overreach, which hinder data-center buildout, talent retention,…
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, in Houston, Texas, during a targeted enforcement operation. ICE claims Araujo rammed a law enforcement vehicle and…
South Korean energy experts warned on July 7, 2026, that planned AI data centers and chip fabs could require 216.4 TWh annually, exceeding the electricity demand increase in the current national plan. The government has …
Meta announced on July 7, 2026, that its second-generation AI glasses will automatically disable camera capture if the white capture LED is blocked, tampered with, or destroyed. The update turns the recording indicator i…
A web server operator is blocking old browser versions, especially Chrome, to mitigate high-volume crawlers suspected of gathering data for LLM training, causing access issues for legitimate users. The operator advises a…
Microsoft has begun replacing OpenAI and Anthropic models with its own MAI models in Excel and Outlook as part of a cost-cutting strategy, according to a Bloomberg report. The shift, which handles tens of thousands of pr…
The European Commission unveiled a plan on July 7, 2026, to address risks and opportunities of advanced AI in cybersecurity, including evaluating AI models, testing AI for security, and scaling EU AI capabilities. The in…
Apple is testing DRAM chips from blacklisted Chinese chipmaker CXMT for devices sold in China, seeking US government approval as memory prices triple amid AI-driven demand. The move could set a precedent for Western tech…
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will visit Israel on Wednesday for talks on a $3 billion F-35 jet sale, amid ongoing US military strikes on Iranian facilities under Operation Epic Fury. The visit underscores US-Israel d…
Microsoft signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy to restart the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania, providing 835 megawatts of carbon-free electricity for its data cente…
The U.S. Department of Commerce cleared OpenAI for a broad public rollout of its GPT-5.6 model family (Sol, Terra, Luna) on July 9, 2026, marking the first time a frontier AI model was released on the government's schedu…