• Apple overtakes Nvidia to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company, two years after it lost the crown, closing at a $4.9T market cap on Monday (Kalley Huang/New York Times)
• A profile of Justin Sun, who made his fortune in the early phases of crypto, advised for Trump family's WLF, then sued WLF alleging fraud and breach of contract (Jen Wieczner/New York Magazine)
• Cursor introduces Cursor Start, a ~$7 monthly subscription exclusive to India, its third-largest market, priced below its standard $20 Pro monthly subscription (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
• How Chinese platforms like ActID and New Claw are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads, often using vague licensing terms (Rest of World)
• South Korea's KOSPI drops 11%+, weighed down by chip stocks amid concerns over China's AI progress and the AI spending boom; Samsung falls 11%+ and SK Hynix 12% (Bloomberg)
• ChatGPT appears to block direct requests to copy an author's style, instead offering to capture the overall "feeling", amid its legal battles with book authors (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)
• Several digital-asset treasury firms have pivoted to AI amid a slump in crypto prices, but their poor stock performance suggests the strategy is not working (Monique Mulima/Bloomberg)
• Apple releases updates for iOS, macOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS with a huge number of security fixes; macOS Tahoe 26.6 alone addresses 155 CVEs (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
• Claude chats appeared in Google and Bing results, despite Anthropic's robots.txt saying not to crawl them, likely because the pages lacked a "noindex" tag (Maddy Varner/Wired)
• Dario Amodei says Anthropic has "never" backed an open-weights model ban, lists reasons top chips shouldn't be sold to China, and calls for global model testing (Anthropic)
• Cadence reports Q2 revenue up 24.2% YoY to $1.58B and raises its annual revenue forecast to between $6.26B and $6.34B vs. $6.21B est.; CDNS up 4%+ after hours (Reuters)
• A federal judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking Minnesota from enforcing a newly enacted law that banned prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket (Nate Raymond/Reuters)
• French carrier Orange and infrastructure investor Morrison agree to create a data center platform in France targeting 400 MW, backed by a €3B investment program (Molly Schuetz/Bloomberg)
• X rolls out X Money to US Premium and Premium+ subscribers, combining a deposit account with up to 6% APY, free instant transfers on X, and a Visa debit card (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
• The US National Vulnerabilities Database recorded 45,207 software security flaws so far in 2026, on pace to roughly double the tally of flaws recorded in 2025 (Patrick Howell O'Neill/Bloomberg)
| • An Extreme Solar Storm May Be Even More Devastating Than Previously Imagined
• Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
• Ulta Promo Codes: Up to 50% Off in July 2026
• B&H Photo Promo Codes and Deals This July 2026
• AirDoctor Coupon Codes: 40% Off | July 2026
• Google Workspace Promo Codes: 14% Off for July
• Birdfy Discount Codes: 15% Off Sitewide
• Priceline Promo Codes & Coupons: 10% Off July
• Booking.com Promo Codes: 20% Off | July 2026
• Corsair Discount Code: Up to 50% Off for July 2026
• Ray-Ban Promo Codes: Save 50% in July 2026
• Uber Eats Promo Codes: $15 Off│July 2026
• 25% Off Adidas Promo Code | July 2026
• Herman Miller Promo Codes: 40% Off July 2026
• Altra Running Promo Codes: 10% Off July 2026
• Newegg Promo Codes and Coupons for July 2026
• 30% Off Samsung Promo Code | July 2026
• Pura Promo Codes: $20 Off July 2026
• France Records Its First-Ever Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud Amid Record-Smashing Fires
• New Firefighting Technologies Could Help Battle Blazes Like Those in France and Spain
• DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
• Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results
• Inside the Wild Rescue Mission That Took 4 Beluga Whales to Chicago
• The 10 Best WIRED-Tested Handheld Vacuums of 2026
• Wellness Influencers Are Pushing ‘Natural’ and Unproven Alternatives to Adderall
• 3 Best Smart Ring Models: Oura, RingConn, and Samsung (2026)
• This Is Donald Trump’s AI Brain Trust
• Best Laptops for College Students (2026): MacBooks and Beyond
• Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed
• Soundcore Nebula P1i Projector Review: New Design, Classic Pitfalls
• It’s Becoming Clear Why Black Holes Never Run Out of Fuel
• The Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads, Tested on the Trail (2026)
• All the Ways You Can Make Reading on Your Phone Easier
• The Solution to the Power Grid's Woes Might Just Be Sitting in Your Driveway
• The Best Motorola Phones, From Razr to Moto G (2026)
• The Best Subscription-Free Home Security Cameras I’ve Tried
• Best GoPro Camera (2026): Compact, Budget, Accessories
• Cricut Explore 5 vs. Siser Romeo: Choosing the Right Smart Cutting Machine (2026)
• 3 Clever Things You Can Do With an Old Amazon Kindle
• Why Leatherology Makes Some of the Best Totes for Work (2026)
• The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days
• Best Laptops (2026): My Top Recommendations After Testing Hundreds
• ‘The Odyssey’ Was Made for Imax 70mm. Good Luck Watching It That Way
• GoPro Mission 1 Pro Review: The Best Action Camera You Can Buy
• Contagious Cancer Found in North American Catfish
• How Many Electrolytes Should You Be Taking, and Can You Have Too Many?
• One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires
• Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine
• The 2026 El Niño Is on Track to Be the Strongest on Record
• China-US AI Race Escalates, OpenAI Models Break Free, and Why You Should Check Your Car Alarm
| • ChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' styles
• 2027 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Electric first drive: A long-range triumph with a few cabin quirks
• X Money begins limited US rollout
• Spotify experienced another major outage
• iOS 26.6, macOS 26.6 and the rest are out, addressing security fixes
• Google Pixel 11 launch event: Everything we expect as price increase rumors grow
• What's the difference between USB 3.0 & 2.0 and which should you use?
• Amazon wants to deploy 5,105 satellites for its direct-to-mobile service
• YouTube Premium will soon include Peacock at no extra cost
• Is your iPhone stuck in SOS mode? Here's how to fix it
• Best wireless headphones for 2026
• All Threads users can now DM Meta AI
• Xbox is down, and users even temporarily had trouble playing disc-based games
• How to Clear The Cache On Your Roku TV
• Another Far Cry game is in the works
• Why is the Apple Watch SE 3 so much cheaper than the rest of the lineup?
• Nike's new Hyperslides heat and vibrate your feet to help you recover after workouts
• You can customize your Samsung Galaxy Watch with this free design tool
• Canon EOS R6 V review: A pro vlogging camera at a mirrorless price
• NVIDIA launches 'Open Secure AI Alliance' initiative to improve cyber defense
|