• 4 minutes 59 seconds
    Apple is reportedly planning a visual refresh of the entry-level MacBook Pro next year

    Next spring could be a fiesta of new iPads, MacBooks and iPhones.

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    3 July 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 9 minutes 13 seconds
    Donald Trump bought a bunch of tech stock the same day he announced his AI Action Plan, Threads' ubiquitous Mr Beast spam is part of a massive crypto scam network, Cloudflare will filter out web crawlers that serve AI companies

    -Without a doubt, it was the most personally profitable period of any president's term in office, personally netting him a figure north of $2 billion.

    -According to an analysis from Zach Edwards, a staff security researcher at Infoblox, the person or group behind these accounts is running more than 10,000 malicious "crypto casino" websites.

    -Cloudflare has announced plans to automatically block mixed-use web crawlers that index websites for search engines and act as AI agents and trainers at the same time.

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    3 July 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 21 seconds
    Layoffs looming, Xbox union members argue for transparency and good-faith bargaining

    "We're done paying for executives' failures," one Xbox developer said.

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    2 July 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 8 minutes 35 seconds
    OpenAI reportedly wants all AI companies to give the US government a stake in their businesses, Amazon is ready to deploy the Leo satellite broadband service, and X is making a fresh push for live video with new creator payouts

    -OpenAI's Sam Altman has reportedly been in talks with the US government to ensure his company's path towards achieving its goals remains free of political hurdles.

    -A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket left for space in the early hours of July 2, bringing 29 Amazon Leo satellites with it.

    -X launched a live streaming command center called Live Studio, with tools creators need to go live more easily, along with new payouts to incentivize them.

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    2 July 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 5 minutes 38 seconds
    Google's Gmail Live AI feature is now available in beta

    You can use Gemini to quickly search your inbox with natural language.


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    1 July 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 7 minutes 33 seconds
    A UN report says policymakers are struggling to keep pace with AI development, Meta is putting rate limits on its smart glasses' Conversation Focus feature, and Netflix used AI to put Gene Wilder's voice into a new reality show

    -In its report, the panel discussed how quickly AI capabilities have evolved over the past few years. The complexity of tasks AI models can accomplish has been doubling every few months.

    -Conversation Focus, in particular, is only accessible at no cost for three hours per month. If you want to use it for longer than that, you'll have to pay for a $20-a-month Meta One Premium plan.

    -Netflix has worked with ElevenLabs to develop a recreation of Gene Wilder's voice for use in an upcoming unscripted reality show inspired by Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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    1 July 2026, 11:00 am
  • 5 minutes 57 seconds
    WhatsApp introduces usernames so you can chat without phone numbers

    You'll be able to reserve the username you want starting this week.

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    30 June 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 7 minutes 56 seconds
    Sensitive iPhone supplier details were part of last week's data leak, SCOTUS restricted use of geofence warrants, and Tidal will not pay people who upload it

    -Reuters reported that the documents posted on "the dark web" allegedly show information about both components and their suppliers for the iPhone 18 Pro.

    -The US Supreme Court just issued a ruling that limits geofence searches by law enforcement agencies, which could have major ramifications for privacy rights across the country.

    -Tidal is still allowing tracks made with AI on its platform, but will slap a tag on anything that's 100 percent AI-generated so its users are aware.

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    30 June 2026, 12:38 pm
  • 5 minutes 46 seconds
    Volkswagen reportedly plans to cut 100,000 jobs

    The workers' union plans to fight the cuts.

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    29 June 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 7 minutes 18 seconds
    Rocket Lab bought a satellite company to go up against Starlink and Leo, Google capped Meta's use of Gemini AI for coding and another reminder that you don't own digital content

    -Rocket Lab announced it's buying Iridium Communications in a deal worth $8 billion to compete with SpaceX's ever-growing Starlink network

    -According to the Financial Times, Google was forced to cap Meta's use of its Gemini AI model after Mark Zuckerberg's company exceeded its computing capacity.

    -Sony has notified customers in a handful of European countries that they'll soon lose access to some movies that they've purchased through the PlayStation Store due to the upcoming expiration of a licensing deal with Studio Canal.

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    29 June 2026, 12:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 43 seconds
    IBM says it has created the world's first sub-1 nanometer chip

    The company's new "nanostack" architecture could lead to far more efficient chips.

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    26 June 2026, 8:30 pm
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