AI
Google Is Building a Chip With Gemini Baked Directly Into the Hardware
Google is building a chip codenamed "Frozen v2" that bakes Gemini directly into hardware - 6-10x more efficient than its current AI chips, targeting 2028.
Apps
X Rebuilt Its Android App From Scratch After More Than a Year of Work
X rebuilt its Android app from scratch after a year-long overhaul. Scrolling, loading, and notifications are faster. Video Editor and Spaces come next.
AI
Anthropic Pays $1.5 Billion to Close AI Copyright Case - Fair Use Won, Piracy Lost
A federal judge approved the Anthropic copyright settlement for $1.5 billion on July 20 - the largest in US history. Training AI on books is fair use. Downloading pirated ones from Library Genesis was not.
Tech
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 Is Out - Fixes the Gemini Crash That Was Randomly Rebooting Pixel Phones
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 is live. Eight fixes including the Gemini crash that randomly rebooted Pixel phones. Big warning before you install.
Security
Hackers Are Actively Exploiting Two Patched WordPress Flaws - Up to 90 Million Sites at Risk
Two critical WordPress flaws are under active exploit. WP2Shell needs no login and no plugins to take full control of a site. Update to 7.0.2 or 6.9.5 now.
Security
Hugging Face Hacked by an Autonomous AI Agent - US LLMs Blocked Defenders, So GLM 5.2 Ran the IR
Hugging Face discloses a July 2026 security incident: autonomous AI agent attack, US LLM guardrails blocked forensics, GLM 5.2 ran the IR on-prem.
Industry
Tennessee Puts Meta on Trial Over Instagram's Addictive Design - Up to $1,000 Per Violation
Meta faces trial in Tennessee over Instagram's addictive design. New Mexico won $375M on similar claims. Three more trials land before August 18.
Industry
Prysmian Signs €5.5 Billion Molex Deal to Supply Fibre Optic Cables for Data Centers
Prysmian signs a €5.5 billion, 10-year deal with Molex (Koch) to supply fibre optic cables for data centers. €550 million upfront. Prysmian shares rose 2%.
AI
Kimi K3 Pauses New Subscriptions After 48 Hours of Demand Maxed GPU Capacity
Kimi K3 hit capacity limits after 48 hours. New subscriptions paused; existing users unaffected. Moonshot splits into Kimi Membership and Kimi Code Membership.
AI
Qwen3.8 Goes Live With 2.4T Parameters - Alibaba Claims Second to Fable 5, Open Weights Coming
Alibaba's Qwen3.8 preview lands with 2.4T parameters and multimodal support. Alibaba claims second to Fable 5. Open weights are promised but have no date.
Apps
Facebook and Instagram Hit With Outages Sunday - Over 7,600 US Reports Filed, Meta Silent
Facebook and Instagram suffered outages Sunday. Over 4,800 Facebook and 2,800 Instagram reports hit Downdetector in the US. Meta has not commented.
AI
Kimi K3 vs Claude Fable 5: Cheaper and Faster on Agents, Behind on Professional Work
K3 wins SWE Marathon, BrowseComp, and Terminal Bench at 70% lower cost. Fable 5 leads intelligence and professional work. Pick based on your task.