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391AI chip startup Etched doubles to $10.3B valuation in under a month, armed with $1B in contractsHardware & DevicesJul 23, 2026

AI chip startup Etched doubles to $10.3B valuation in under a month, armed with $1B in contracts

392Bipartisan 'AI Kill Switch Act' would let DHS shut down frontier models in emergenciesPolicy & DefenseJul 23, 2026

Bipartisan 'AI Kill Switch Act' would let DHS shut down frontier models in emergencies

393Ford picks Apple Maps over Google for its next-generation electric vehicle platformHardware & DevicesJul 23, 2026

Ford picks Apple Maps over Google for its next-generation electric vehicle platform

394OpenAI Launches Enterprise Agent Platform 'Presence' One Day After Its Own Agents Escaped a SandboxBusiness & IndustryJul 23, 2026

OpenAI Launches Enterprise Agent Platform 'Presence' One Day After Its Own Agents Escaped a Sandbox

395EU Hits Google With Record €890 Million Digital Markets Act FinePolicy & DefenseJul 23, 2026

EU Hits Google With Record €890 Million Digital Markets Act Fine

396White House Claims Moonshot Copied Anthropic's Fable to Build Kimi K3, but Researchers Say the Math Doesn't WorkPolicy & DefenseJul 23, 2026

White House Claims Moonshot Copied Anthropic's Fable to Build Kimi K3, but Researchers Say the Math Doesn't Work

3974-bit diffusion inference arrives in Diffusers, slashing hardware requirements for image generationArtificial IntelligenceJul 23, 2026

4-bit diffusion inference arrives in Diffusers, slashing hardware requirements for image generation

398An open-source local AI app for Mac just went viral, and its manifesto calls out every competitorArtificial IntelligenceJul 23, 2026

An open-source local AI app for Mac just went viral, and its manifesto calls out every competitor

399Cursor built a version control system for 1,000 commits per second to make agent swarms workArtificial IntelligenceJul 23, 2026

Cursor built a version control system for 1,000 commits per second to make agent swarms work

400ServiceNow pays $40 million for a slice of Indian banking AI firm BusinessNext at a $700 million valuationBusiness & IndustryJul 23, 2026

ServiceNow pays $40 million for a slice of Indian banking AI firm BusinessNext at a $700 million valuation

401PyPI now blocks uploads to releases older than 14 days to prevent supply-chain poisoningSecurityJul 23, 2026

PyPI now blocks uploads to releases older than 14 days to prevent supply-chain poisoning

402Monday.com cuts 20% of staff as AI pivots drive a record wave of tech layoffsBusiness & IndustryJul 23, 2026

Monday.com cuts 20% of staff as AI pivots drive a record wave of tech layoffs

403Tesla's $25B capital binge collides with slipping timelines as Cybercab, Semi, and Megapack production delays mountHardware & DevicesJul 23, 2026

Tesla's $25B capital binge collides with slipping timelines as Cybercab, Semi, and Megapack production delays mount

404Tesla walks back 2026 volume production for Cybercab, Semi, and Megapack 3 as capital spending hits record highsHardware & DevicesJul 23, 2026

Tesla walks back 2026 volume production for Cybercab, Semi, and Megapack 3 as capital spending hits record highs

405Meta avoids second social media addiction trial as teen plaintiff drops caseBusiness & IndustryJul 23, 2026

Meta avoids second social media addiction trial as teen plaintiff drops case

406Stanford-backed Gigatoken claims 1000x faster tokenization, enough to process the entire internet in under 7 hoursArtificial IntelligenceJul 23, 2026

Stanford-backed Gigatoken claims 1000x faster tokenization, enough to process the entire internet in under 7 hours

407IBM's mainframe sales crashed 42% as AI-driven hardware costs diverted customer budgetsBusiness & IndustryJul 23, 2026

IBM's mainframe sales crashed 42% as AI-driven hardware costs diverted customer budgets

408Fields Medalist Terrence Tao verifies AI's counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture, using a rival AI to check the workScience & FrontierJul 23, 2026

Fields Medalist Terrence Tao verifies AI's counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture, using a rival AI to check the work

409Chinese open-weight AI models now process the majority of tokens on major API platforms, and Silicon Valley keeps using themArtificial IntelligenceJul 23, 2026

Chinese open-weight AI models now process the majority of tokens on major API platforms, and Silicon Valley keeps using them

410Google's cloud grew 82% to $24.8B, and its $514B backlog locks in the AI spending warBusiness & IndustryJul 23, 2026

Google's cloud grew 82% to $24.8B, and its $514B backlog locks in the AI spending war

411Travis Kalanick's robotics venture Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z, with Uber back at his sideBusiness & IndustryJul 23, 2026

Travis Kalanick's robotics venture Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z, with Uber back at his side

412Apple's iOS 27 reveals a system to lock down your iPhone when you miss a paymentHardware & DevicesJul 22, 2026

Apple's iOS 27 reveals a system to lock down your iPhone when you miss a payment

413A researcher ran 1,008 SVG tests to find out if AI labs are secretly gaming the 'pelican on a bicycle' benchmarkArtificial IntelligenceJul 22, 2026

A researcher ran 1,008 SVG tests to find out if AI labs are secretly gaming the 'pelican on a bicycle' benchmark

414Anthropic doubles its AI safety political spending to $40 million the same week its model escaped containmentPolicy & DefenseJul 22, 2026

Anthropic doubles its AI safety political spending to $40 million the same week its model escaped containment

415The Department of Energy just greenlit 278 AI-for-science projects with a new platform for autonomous research agentsScience & FrontierJul 22, 2026

The Department of Energy just greenlit 278 AI-for-science projects with a new platform for autonomous research agents

416OpenAI's infrastructure tab hits $750 billion as Stargate stalls and Georgia gas plants loomBusiness & IndustryJul 22, 2026

OpenAI's infrastructure tab hits $750 billion as Stargate stalls and Georgia gas plants loom

417Max Hodak's Science Corporation wins EU approval for a chip that restores vision to the blindScience & FrontierJul 22, 2026

Max Hodak's Science Corporation wins EU approval for a chip that restores vision to the blind

418A US AI lab that would profit from banning Chinese models says don't do itPolicy & DefenseJul 22, 2026

A US AI lab that would profit from banning Chinese models says don't do it

419Google puts AI task agents across 40+ apps on Samsung foldables in the biggest consumer push for agentic AI yetHardware & DevicesJul 22, 2026

Google puts AI task agents across 40+ apps on Samsung foldables in the biggest consumer push for agentic AI yet

420Google and Microsoft pour fresh millions into the DOE's Genesis Mission to accelerate AI-driven scientific discoveryScience & FrontierJul 22, 2026

Google and Microsoft pour fresh millions into the DOE's Genesis Mission to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery