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A US federal judge rejected Elon Musk's bid to overturn a jury verdict that found he misled Twitter investors with tweets during his 2022 takeover, leaving him facing a potential $2.6 billion damages bill. The ruling by …
At the CHIPS NORTH Executive Summit, Canadian AI leaders urged the country to accelerate building sovereign AI infrastructure, including hardware, data centers, and compute access, to convert its research talent into com…
Apple has added a popup in iOS 26 and iOS 27 beta that informs users their data is sent to Google Cloud when using AI features like shape generation in iWork and Freeform. The company confirmed its new AFM Cloud Pro mode…
ByteDance and Alibaba are disabling humanlike agent features in their AI products Doubao and Qwen ahead of China's new Interim Measures for the Administration of AI Anthropomorphic Interaction Services, effective July 15…
A former niche blogger describes how AI-generated content and SEO optimization ruined their creativity, but after Google's algorithm changes made niche blogging unviable, they are rediscovering the joy of writing without…
Microsoft announced layoffs of 4,800 workers, or 2.1% of its global workforce, citing shifting customer needs and business models. Chief People Officer Amy Coleman stated the employees will not be replaced by AI, though …
The co-hosts of The View called former President Donald Trump 'corrupt' for defending U.S. athletes against FIFA, despite European nations having manipulated FIFA rules for decades. The criticism comes after Trump's inte…
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed SB 315 on July 6, 2026, making Illinois the first U.S. state to require annual independent third-party AI safety audits for large frontier developers with annual revenue above $500 millio…
Three Wisconsin residents filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that its $7.3 billion AI data center in Mount Pleasant emits excessive noise from diesel generators and HVAC systems, causing property da…
The Golden State Warriors are losing the LeBron James sweepstakes, but columnist Dieter Kurtenbach argues the team is not a victim—its front office, led by Mike Dunleavy and Joe Lacob, is paralyzed by fear and unwilling …
Apple is showing users a consent popup when some AI prompts are sent to Google Cloud, including for image-generation features in Apple Creator Studio and selected iOS 26 and iOS 27 beta features. The company previously a…
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act into law, requiring large AI developers like OpenAI and Anthropic to disclose safety practices, report incidents, and undergo independe…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is using Anthropic's Mythos tool to audit government code for vulnerabilities, despite a federal ban on Anthropic's AI. The tool has already identified tho…
Microsoft cut 4,800 jobs across its gaming and sales divisions on July 6, 2026, after a leaked internal memo from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma revealed the Xbox business spent $20 billion over five years while revenue declined, …
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 workers, about 2% of its global workforce, while investing $2.5 billion in a new AI deployment unit called Frontier Company. The cuts hit Xbox and commercial sales hardest, with Xbox sheddin…
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that governments risk an 'AI Hiroshima' if they fail to establish global agreements on AI safety, comparing the challenge to nuclear safety efforts after World War II. She called…
SpaceX has absorbed xAI and rebranded the combined entity as SpaceXAI, extending a February $1.25 trillion merger into an orbital-AI infrastructure strategy. The company has filed with the FCC for up to one million orbit…
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 by the Trump adminis…
New federal data shows steep drops in Affordable Care Act enrollment across many states, with Ohio and Oklahoma each losing nearly one-third of enrollees after enhanced subsidies expired in January. The data, posted by t…
Australian authors, songwriters, and musicians are demanding payment from AI companies for using their work to train AI models, arguing that tech companies should compensate creators just as other users pay for access to…