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A livestream of Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event (Samsung on YouTube)
AMD and Anthropic sign an AI server deal worth tens of billions; Anthropic will buy up to 2GW of MI450 chips from H1 2027, and AMD will invest $5B in Anthropic (Wall Street Journal)
OpenAI's Hugging Face breach is the first known example of a misaligned AI escaping containment and carrying out a hack on a third party, a clear warning shot (Shakeel Hashim/Transformer)
Jensen Huang says "these Chinese models are excellent", "open-source models that are excellent should be used", and "free AI should be great for hardware" (Zachary Basu/Axios)
Glow, a cybersecurity startup that uses AI agents to monitor software and developer tools, emerges from stealth with a $180M Series A at a $1.2B valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
UK publisher Bloomsbury says it is among the beneficiaries of the $1.5B Anthropic settlement; 14,087 of its titles are covered, with ~$3K in compensation each (Anushka Chourasia/Reuters)
Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak's Science Corp gets EU approval for Prima, a bionic eye that treats age-related macular degeneration using an implant and glasses (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
Tencent's Hong Kong-listed shares fall ~7%, the most since April 2025, as investors worry over "rumors" of weaker earnings on August 12, and NetEase drops 5%+ (Bloomberg)
Anthropic commits another $20M to Public First Action, after giving $20M earlier in 2026; PFA says it is a counterweight to a16z-backed Leading the Future (Wall Street Journal)
Dune: since January 2021, wallets funded via US-regulated exchanges accounted for ~50% of all traceable trading volume on Polymarket's US-banned global platform (Bloomberg)
TSMC forecasts "several years" of margin dilution as overseas fab projects ramp up; the company has announced $200B in investment into US manufacturing (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
Chinese AI models account for ~60% of token usage by US companies on OpenRouter, making restrictions harder to impose without disrupting US users and businesses (Nectar Gan/Bloomberg)
Sources: Samsung may invest up to €1B in Mistral as part of a broader round valuing it at ~€20B, after previously backing the AI startup through its venture arm (Financial Times)
Memo: the White House OSTP plans to redirect federal research funding from universities to individual scientists and AI use, reshaping ~$200B in annual spending (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
Sources: Reddit, Politico, and others mull cutting Google's access to their content for AI as traffic drops; Reddit signed a $60M/year deal with Google in 2024 (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)

Wired

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Is the All-New Range Rover GT Stepping on Jaguar’s Tail?
OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face
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This Former Intel CEO Wants to Jumpstart Moore’s Law With Light
A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots
The Light Flip Is the Stylish Dumb Flip Phone of Your Dreams
Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers
The Great Peptide Cash Grab Has Begun
Halliday’s New Smart Glasses Skip the Camera
8 Best Smartwatches (2026): Apple, Google, and Hybrid Watches
The Best Smart Home Accessories to Boost Your Curb Appeal (2026)
Abdul El-Sayed Is an Epidemiologist Running for Senate. His State Is a Public Health Disaster
‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech
Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read
A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now
The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens
Etsy Is In Its Flop Era, and Sellers Are Fleeing
The Galaxy Card Is Samsung’s Answer to the Apple Card
The FDA Says It Didn't Apologize to Supplier Linked to Diarrhea Outbreak, Actually
Fans Flocked to World Cup Host Cities—Causing 80 Percent of the Tournament’s Emissions
Even Mild Sleep Deprivation May Lead to Weight Gain
The 35 Best Board Games for Family Game Night
A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home (2026)
An Ebike Company Was Sued for Misleading Info on Safety. It Points to a Big Problem
Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’
The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code
How to Disable Music Videos in Spotify
Best Power Banks (2026): My Picks After Testing Over 100
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The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet Just Took a Big Step Forward
FIFA’s World Cup Halftime Show Puts American-Style Spectacle on the World Stage
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Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You
The Best Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras
How Google’s New Gemini Rates Work and How to Track Your Usage
FIFA Doesn’t Have a Plan to Deal With Climate Change
Balmuda NatureWind Studio Review: A Better Breeze
The Best Tech for Back to School
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SteelSeries Coupon Codes: 15% Off in July 2026
AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees
What Cities From Chicago to Washington, DC, Look Like Under a Blanket of Wildfire Smoke

Engadget

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' fourth season takes big swings
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: Live updates from the Z Fold 8 and Flip 8 launch event
OpenAI admits its models hacked Hugging Face on their own
France will ban social media for children under 15
2026 LG OLED evo TVs are getting a new Creator Original picture mode
Substack is adding an AI detection feature
Apple has reportedly fixed its Hide My Email vulnerability
Playstation Plus is saying goodbye to these games in August 2026
We tested dozens of free CarPlay apps, here are the best ones
Threads is getting new parental control features
The Xteink X4 Pro is a tiny ereader with more features than you might expect
Apple may unveil a new device subscription service as soon as next week
Amazon is making a Robocop TV show with the showrunner from Lodge 49
Here's what that trash can with an X icon means on your electronics
How to connect your Ring doorbell camera to your smart TV
Meta Horizon+ subscriptions now include Xbox Game Pass starter edition
Lego just unveiled a 1,500-piece X-Files set, complete with Mulder, Scully and a grey alien
This Spotify setting makes your music feel DJ mixed
Garmin finally made a screenless fitness tracker
Samsung aims to help you make more sense of health data with a new AI-powered assistant

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