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AnMed Cyberattack Shutters Nearly 80 Facilities Across Two States

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Galaxy S27 Ultra Leaks Point to Biggest Battery Jump Since 2020

Certification data and supply chain leaks suggest the Galaxy S27 Ultra will pair a battery near 5,800 mAh with a four-model Samsung lineup due in early 2027.

27 Jul 2026 ·5 min read
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Starship Heat Shield Survives Toughest Reentry Test as SpaceX Eyes Reuse

SpaceX says Starship's thirteenth flight returned all the heat shield data it wanted after a punishing reentry ended in a soft Indian Ocean splashdown.

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Samsung and SK Hynix Rally After $950 Billion AI Chip Supply Pacts

Seoul's chipmakers rebounded Monday after unveiling roughly $950 billion in long-term AI chip supply pacts with Nvidia, Broadcom, Microsoft and other US buyers.

26 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
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GitHub Bug Bounty Overhaul Halves Public Payouts as AI Junk Piles Up

GitHub's two-tier bug bounty overhaul takes effect, halving public payouts and moving top rewards to vetted researchers as AI-generated junk reports surge.

26 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Alphabet, photographed at the European Commission in Brussels in 2023. Photo: Lukasz Kobus, European Commission / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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Alphabet Lifts Capital Spending Plan to $205 Billion, Stock Slides

Alphabet raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to as much as $205 billion after Google Cloud grew 82 percent, and investors punished the stock anyway.

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Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K3 Weights, the Largest Open Model Yet

Moonshot AI has published the full 2.8-trillion-parameter weights of Kimi K3, the largest open model release in history and a direct challenge to US labs.

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Meta Bets on Its Own Silicon With September Launch of Iris Chip

An internal Meta memo reviewed by Reuters places the custom Iris data-center chip into production in September, a step meant to loosen the company's dependence on Nvidia and support a doubling of compute capacity by 2027.

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Trillion Dollar Chip Rout Collides With Record Profits as Wall Street Doubts the AI Trade

Chip equities lost about $1.3 trillion in value during the first fortnight of July even as Samsung reported a nineteenfold profit surge, and the disconnect now hands TSMC and ASML the burden of proof.

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Microsoft Guts Xbox and Cuts 4,800 Jobs in Its Annual July Reset

Microsoft eliminated roughly 4,800 roles on July 6, hitting Xbox hardest and preparing to spin off four gaming studios, CNBC reported, as the company channels resources into artificial intelligence.

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