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China's Xi calls for step up of global effort in AI, as US curbs squeeze China's tech access

NPR - Jul 17, 2026 3:26am EDT

Catfishing victim gets payout for Tinder, TikTok and Instagram profiles

Elha Mai Weston posed as the teenager to strike up romantic conversations on social media.

BBC News - Jul 17, 2026 2:55am EDT

NTP server that traveled back in time caused massive Aussie mobile outage

Telstra skipped a patch, didn’t record changes, had no idea it was an accident waiting to happen

Register UK - Jul 17, 2026 2:37am EDT

Americans Are Angry About Data Centers; Politicians Are Feeling The Pressure

Deccan Chronicle - Jul 17, 2026 2:35am EDT

SoftBank sinks 8% as Asia chip stocks track Wall Street AI sell-off

Japanese AI-linked stocks tumbled as a fresh rout in U.S. semiconductor shares spread across Asia after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's outlook failed to reassure investors.

CNBC - Jul 16, 2026 10:50pm EDT

SpaceX aborts Starship test flight, sending stock lower

Elon Musk said it would make another attempt "hopefully in a few days." SpaceX completed the maiden test flight of its Starship V3 rocket in May.

CNBC - Jul 16, 2026 7:39pm EDT

SpaceX calls off Starship test flight due to startup issue with engines - The Starship's engines shut down during ignition.

ABC News - Jul 16, 2026 7:18pm EDT

Microsoft cancels Patch Tuesday for some Dell users over surprise shutdowns, overheating devices

Mega hardware vendor reports problems - but Windows maker isn't yet naming affected models

Register UK - Jul 16, 2026 6:54pm EDT

Thousands of Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom in petition to CEO

Guardian UK - Jul 16, 2026 6:50pm EDT

Alphabet shares fall on report its most powerful AI model Gemini 3.5 Pro is delayed

Alphabet announced the Gemini 3.5 Pro AI in May, saying it was being used internally but wouldn't be ready for a broader rollout until the following month.

CNBC - Jul 16, 2026 6:19pm EDT

HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs

Resellers threatened to ditch HP printing supplies for counterfeits.

Ars Technica - Jul 16, 2026 6:05pm EDT

It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android

Google says these changes could endanger user privacy and security.

Ars Technica - Jul 16, 2026 4:46pm EDT

LegacyHive: 'Bone-shattering' zero-day from Microsoft's serial tormentor not the haymaker that was promised

Experts say it’s a useful post-compromise tool, for those with the brain cells required to put it together

Register UK - Jul 16, 2026 4:30pm EDT

Nobody Is Getting the Data-Center Water Question Right

The Atlantic - Jul 16, 2026 4:22pm EDT

TSMC's $265B US fab pledge is the outline of a concept of a plan

Beware of fab makers bearing press releases

Register UK - Jul 16, 2026 4:10pm EDT

Canva billionaire has found her next big challenge: democracy

Canva receives 4 million pieces of user feedback a year and develops features from many. Melanie Perkins wants to know why government can’t do the same.

Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 16, 2026 4:07pm EDT

Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man that helped him do it?

Guardian UK - Jul 16, 2026 3:02pm EDT

Amazon Web Services' most vocal customer now runs EC2

Retail foundation leader Dave Treadwell takes over as senior leader and 19-year vet Dave Brown departs for pastures unknown

Register UK - Jul 16, 2026 2:02pm EDT

India's First Private Orbital Rocket Vikram-1 to Launch on July 18

Deccan Chronicle - Jul 16, 2026 1:35pm EDT

Officials probe whether White House teleprompter operator profited off Trump's words

NPR - Jul 16, 2026 1:31pm EDT

Google DeepMind Is Preparing For AI's Biggest Risk. Biosecurity Is Becoming A New Battleground.

Google is expanding access to select AI tools for governments and researchers as scrutiny of biological risks associated with advanced models continues to grow.

International Business Times - Jul 16, 2026 1:17pm EDT

Patchpocalypse Now: Microsoft tops last month's record with 622 Patch Tuesday CVEs

Remember when last month's 206 CVEs seemed eye-watering? Yeah, those were the days

Register UK - Jul 16, 2026 11:41am EDT

Nvidia-backed Fireworks hits $17.5 billion valuation as companies pursue cheaper AI models

Fireworks once relied heavily on revenue from coding startup Cursor, but has diversified in the past year as more companies reach for lower-cost AI models.

CNBC - Jul 16, 2026 10:51am EDT

AWS sustainability claims don't hold water, lawsuit alleges

Ex-staffer accuses Amazon's Virginia datacenters of quietly guzzling H20 all year round, despite 'water positive' PR push

Register UK - Jul 16, 2026 10:02am EDT