Month: July 2026
ABC demands FCC drop its ‘punitive’ early license renewal of its stations
ABC filed its formal opposition to the Federal Communications Commission’s effort to force it to submit to an early renewal of its broadcast station licenses, calling it an effort to chill the speech of broadcasters across the country. In a new filing with the FCC, ABC charges that the agency’s willingness to pursue the early … Read more
Canadian crypto ownership increases to 25%: Ontario survey
A survey of more than 2,000 Canadians in late 2025 and early 2026 showed an increasing awareness of risk around the crypto industry and higher ownership of assets.
Google is working on Chrome updates that don’t require restarts
Google is working on a way to apply Chrome updates without requiring you to restart your browser. In a post on Thursday, Google outlines its approach to bug fixes in the age of AI, while noting that it’s trying to make updates less disruptive by “investing in ‘dynamic patching’ that will eliminate the need for … Read more
Pixel 11 Pro Fold design leaks ahead of Google launch event
Weeks ahead of Google’s next Pixel hardware event, Leaker Evan Blass has shared what appear to be marketing renders of the unannounced Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold in a post on his Substack. The renders, if accurate, show that the new foldable will look fairly similar to last year’s model – it has a tall … Read more
Your ‘Sexual Wellness’ Pills Order Info From Hims Got Shared With Meta, Says FTC
Regulators accuse the telehealth company of sharing sensitive health information with advertising platforms including Meta and Snap despite promising users privacy.
How Yahoo enhances search retargeting using Amazon Bedrock
Connecting user search intent with relevant ad experiences across channels is a longstanding challenge in digital advertising. Advertisers need sophisticated ways to reach audiences based on their demonstrated interests and behaviors, particularly their search activity, which is one of the strongest signals of user intent. Traditional keyword expansion approaches often struggle with outdated vocabulary, limited … Read more
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Sells Bitmine While Adding to Coinbase and Circle Holdings
Ark Invest sold shares of Bitmine, Robinhood, Bullish, and Block during Wednesday’s pullback in crypto equities, while continuing to add to Coinbase and Circle.
Friend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price
Do you remember Friend? The Friend that launched an AI pendant, spent $1.8 million of its $2.5 million to acquire friend.com, and plastered the NYC subway with ads promoting artificial companionship? Yeah well, if you didn’t remember, Friend is back. And now, it’s twice the price. Introducing friend. pic.twitter.com/T5vUCj7iqv – friend (@friend) July 30, 2026 … Read more
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Bitcoin stable as Fed fave PCE inflation sees first monthly drop in six years
Bitcoin and US stocks enjoyed a relief bounce as the South Korea semiconductor rout eased and US PCE inflation data conforms to year-on-year expectations.
Inference meta-monitoring for Amazon SageMaker AI endpoints with Amazon Quick
Without the ability to track machine learning (ML) model prediction quality, organizations only realize they have issues when their customers complain or when they conduct spot checks, which jeopardizes customer trust. This post introduces inference meta-monitoring for Amazon SageMaker AI endpoints. It provides a governance layer that sits above production ML inference pipelines to continuously … Read more
Okta buys AI security startup Permiso; source says for about $200M
The deal gives Okta identity threat detection capabilities as enterprises seek to secure AI agents and other non-human identities across cloud environments.
Ondo Finance weighs acquisition worth up to $500 million
The tokenized-assets firm is considering an acquisition valued at $250 million to $500 million as consolidation accelerates across crypto infrastructure.
Introducing explicit prompt caching for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Amazon Bedrock
This post is co-written with Chris Dickens from OpenAI. OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock. With GPT-5.6 on Amazon Bedrock, you get the newest generation of OpenAI frontier models with pay-per-token pricing, AWS security and governance controls, and usage that counts toward your existing AWS commitments. The family … Read more
Tesla made its 10 millionth EV
The milestone means Tesla is halfway to accomplishing one of the four core product goals Elon Musk has to hit to unlock his full $1 trillion pay package.
Building for Shipaton 2026? Share Your Journey on HackerNoon and Compete for an Extra $2,500
Most hackathons end with a prototype and a presentation. Shipaton 2026 is doing things a little differently by challenging builders to go one step further: release a real app to real users. From August 1 through September 30, developers, founders, designers, and student builders worldwide are challenged to launch a brand-new mobile app on the … Read more
Prompt Engineering Is No More – Strategic Thinking Has Returned
When it came to using Large Language Models (LLMs), it used to be all about prompt engineering, which was seen as the silver bullet to obtain the best possible answers with the help of generative AI. The limitations of this belief became apparent soon enough, and one began to turn to what has been termed … Read more
Migrate your prompts to new models and optimize them on Amazon Bedrock
The problem: Prompt engineering at scale is still painful Migrating prompts to new models on Amazon Bedrock, or optimizing them for your current model, is still one of the most manual parts of building a generative AI application. Say you have built a deployed generative AI application. It works. Your prompts are tuned, your outputs … Read more
Hyperscale Data sells 100 BTC to fund Michigan AI data center
The Bitcoin miner is using part of its treasury and a BTC-backed credit facility to fund an AI campus tied to a potential multi-billion-dollar infrastructure contract.
Tokenized gold passes DeFi stress test, but less than 2% is used as collateral
A RedStone report found tokenized bullion held up during gold’s sharp sell-off, but DeFi lending adoption remains limited despite surging market growth and trading volumes.
Best Buy is selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090’s MSRP
Best Buy has raised the price of the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC to $2,099 – the first time a major US retailer is directly selling an RTX 5080 for more than the $1,999 MSRP of the RTX 5090, VideoCardz reports. The ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC now costs 40 percent more than its … Read more
When will fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems go public?
There are fresh signs that fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems will list in the next two to three years.
Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Minnesota to Kill the US’s First AI Nudification Law
The company argues the law’s definition of “nudification” is so broad it would make shirtless men and swimwear photos illegal—and wants a federal court to stop it before Saturday.
Meta says AI is making it easier to build new apps — and more are coming
Meta says AI is making it dramatically easier to build and launch new consumer apps, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg telling investors the company has more new consumer products on the way following a recent wave of releases for Facebook Groups, Marketplace sellers, Instagram, and gaming.
Netflix lands global streaming deal for ‘The Walking Dead’
Netflix just signed a massive new licensing agreement worth $500 million to bring The Walking Dead Universe to international markets.
Australia Sues Telegram for $38M Over ‘Pro-Terror’ Videos
The eSafety Commissioner accused the social media platform of failing to detect material relating to the Christchurch and Buffalo attacks.