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A new parent opened a Trump Account for their newborn daughter, receiving a $1,000 government seed investment. The account, available for children born between 2025 and 2028, grows tax-free and can be used for education …
Solos is selling a $79 privacy kit for its AirGo V2 smart glasses, including clear temples and a clip-on camera shield, to help users avoid being perceived as recording others without permission. The kit addresses growin…
A UPI Voices essay published on July 7, 2026, argues that humanism, transhumanism and posthumanism are reshaping debates over what counts as the human person, offering conceptual framing for AI ethics and human-centered …
A DigiCert survey of 1,001 IT and security leaders found 78% of organizations experienced AI-related security incidents or vulnerabilities, with 27.7% reporting one incident and 21.9% multiple incidents. The report highl…
The US, China, and Russia are collectively investing over $2 trillion in AI, drones, hypersonic weapons, and satellite systems, reshaping the global arms race. The Pentagon's fiscal 2026 budget includes a record $13.4 bi…
Donald Trump called Nicki Minaj 'so hot' and a 'friend of common sense' during a White House Rose Garden luncheon on July 6, 2026, sparking immediate social media backlash. Critics condemned the president's language as i…
Companies that track AI usage risk turning metrics into weapons, as seen with token leaderboards that spawned 'tokenmaxxing' behavior. The problem is not measurement itself but the culture that uses it, where metrics bec…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted during a town hall that AI agent development is progressing slower than expected, despite the company spending $145 billion on AI infrastructure this year. The revelation follows massive…
Newport Beach officials said out-of-state visitors, particularly from Arizona, and social media influencers were major contributors to the Fourth of July chaos that led to 400 arrests. City Manager Seimone Jurjis noted t…
OpenAI restricted its GPT-5.6 Sol AI model to government-approved partners after a request from the Trump administration citing safety concerns, marking the first time a U.S. lab has launched a frontier model under such …
DeepSeek is developing its own AI inference chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Huawei hardware, according to a Reuters report citing three sources. The move aims to control serving costs and latency amid U.S. export c…
Kemi Badenoch warned that Britain risks driving away AI companies unless it lowers industrial energy costs and fixes London's capital markets, arguing the UK cannot regulate its way to becoming a global tech leader. Spea…
Illegal fireworks sparked at least six fires and drew hundreds of complaints across Sonoma County over the Fourth of July weekend, officials said Monday. One person was cited for discharging banned fireworks, and investi…
Planned Parenthood regained access to hundreds of millions in federal Medicaid funding after a Republican ban expired on July 5, 2026. The one-year prohibition, part of President Trump's mega bill, lapsed amid GOP intern…
DeepSeek is developing its own AI inference chip to reduce dependence on Nvidia and Huawei, according to a Reuters report citing three sources. The Chinese lab has been in talks with chip-design and foundry partners for …
The Bank of England warned that a crash in artificial intelligence stocks could plunge the UK into recession, citing a potential 2.2% fall in GDP. Governor Andrew Bailey highlighted risks from overvalued AI stocks, slowe…
Sam Altman is reportedly discussing giving the US government a 5% stake in OpenAI, worth roughly $320 per American household, to address concerns about AI benefiting from human work and to provide a safety net against la…
Cryptography expert Filippo Valsorda argues that hybrid signatures combining classical and post-quantum schemes are often not worthwhile due to hidden costs, despite their apparent simplicity. He states that pure ML-DSA …
Hesai Technology, a Chinese lidar maker partnered with Nvidia on autonomous-vehicle platforms, faces renewed U.S. cybersecurity scrutiny after being designated a Chinese military company. AUVSI CEO Michael Robbins cited …
Holland Partners received final approval for a 575-apartment complex at Stevens Creek Boulevard and Saratoga Avenue in San Jose, up from 532 units in the prior plan. The project replaces a previously entitled office and …