Tech
AI Summary
- The race for AI dominance intensifies with major players like Microsoft and Google rapidly deploying new models and search integrations, while open-weight models spark debate over control and potential misuse, as highlighted by the Hugging Face breach.
- The burgeoning satellite internet market sees new competition, with Amazon aiming to challenge SpaceX's lead with a new mobile phone network, even as Cursor expands its India presence ahead of a potential SpaceX acquisition.
- Fusion energy research receives a significant boost with Thea Energy securing a federal grant for magnet development, underscoring ongoing efforts to explore next-generation power sources.
- Cybersecurity remains a critical concern, with Microsoft introducing a dedicated AI model and agentic system, while a crypto scam linked to Apple's App Store highlights the persistent threats in the digital landscape.
- The streaming wars continue, with Peacock forging new bundling deals, notably with YouTube, as platforms experiment with strategies to retain and attract subscribers in a crowded market.
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TechCrunch
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Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing
an hour ago
by Jagmeet Singh
Startups, AI, SpaceX, cursorCursor says India is now its third-largest market globally and plans to expand local hiring and enterprise sales.
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei responds: doesn’t oppose open-weight models, but fears Chinese AI
5 hours ago
by Julie Bort
AI, TC, AnthropicAnthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei made his views clear about open-weight models and China's growing AI capabilities.
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Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive
8 hours ago
by Julie Bort
AI, Enterprise, Microsoft, Satya NadellaCompanies without their own models — or without a layer of AI infrastructure known as AI gateways to separate their prompts from the model itself — will be in trouble, Nadella says.
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Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors
9 hours ago
by Tim De Chant
Climate, nuclear fusion, fusion power, Thea EnergyFusion power startup Thea Energy snagged a $20 million award from ARPA-E to scale production of its high-temperature superconducting magnets.
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As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube
9 hours ago
by Lauren Forristal
Media & Entertainment, peacock, YouTubeThe deal means content will be integrated into the YouTube experience, allowing viewers to discover and watch Peacock content without leaving the platform.
Hacker News
- Our position on open-weights models 8 hours ago
- Using an open model feels surprisingly good 3 hours ago
- A $500 RL fine-tune of a 9B open model beat frontier models on catalog review 3 hours ago
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The Verge
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X Money is launching in the US starting today
8 hours ago
by Stevie Bonifield
Business, Elon Musk, News, Social Media, Tech, Twitter - XX Money, a core part of Elon Musk's mission to turn X into an " everything app ," is rolling out starting today, 9to5Mac reports. The payment platform offers a digital wallet and peer-to-peer payments similar to Venmo, along with a metal Visa card users can emblazon with their X username. Other perks include Apple Wallet support and free money transfers on X. It also advertises "up to" a 6 percent APY, but only Premium Plus subscribers are eligible for it - standard Premium subscribers have to deposit a certain amount of money to get a "boosted" 6 percent APY.
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Razer’s analog Huntsman V3 Pro is over 20 percent off
8 hours ago
by Brad Bourque
Deals, Gadgets, Gaming, PC Gaming, Verge ShoppingThe Razer Huntsman V3 Pro features doubleshot PBT keycaps. Gaming keyboards have evolved over the years to add RGB LEDs, extra knobs, and buttons with screens, but one feature has remained fairly consistent: the mechanical switch. That’s slowly changing, with brands introducing adjustable optical switches that are more customizable and have a faster response time. Razer’s Huntsman V3 Pro TKL is a compact, wired option on sale at Amazon for $124.99 (usually $159.99). Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL Where to Buy: $159.99 $124.99 at Amazon Optical switches constantly read the height of each key, opening up a wealth of new
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Xbox’s huge outage even blocked games on disc
10 hours ago
by Jay Peters
Entertainment, Gaming, News, XboxAn extended Xbox outage that began Sunday evening didn't just cause issues for people trying to play digital games - it blocked people from playing their disc-based games, too. Xbox's status page initially reported the outage on Sunday at about 11PM ET, and it also prevented people from logging in, launching apps, or finding games on the Xbox store. This morning, the page also noted that users "may have problems" playing their digital and disc games , which posts on social media confirmed. During that time, my colleague Richard Lawler was able to launch digital games he owned, but trying
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Nanoleaf’s colorful pegboard and shelf kit is half off
10 hours ago
by Sheena Vasani
Deals, Gadgets, Smart Home, Tech, Verge ShoppingNanoleaf's Blocks Combo XL Smarter Kit comes with nine color-changing LED panels. | Image: Nanoleaf Nanoleaf’s Blocks Combo XL Smarter Kit is a fun back-to-school buy that can add pops of customizable light and storage to your wall. It combines colorful smart lighting panels with a low-profile shelf and pegboard, and right now you can buy the kit for half off at $99.99 from Nanoleaf , which marks a new low price. Nanoleaf Blocks Combo XL Smarter Kit Where to Buy: $249.99 $99.99 at Nanoleaf The kit can hold up to 6.6 pounds and 3.3 pounds, respectively, making them handy
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Why China is giving away its best AI models
13 hours ago
by Robert Hart
AI, ReportPeople visit the booth of Kimi, an LLM developed by the Chinese startup Moonshot, during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, July 20th. | Image: LONG WEI/ Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images Silicon Valley has spent much of the past week on red alert, digesting the arrival of Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 , a Chinese AI model that can allegedly beat some of the best systems built by US companies at a fraction of the cost. Its performance alone would have been enough to intensify the rivalry between the US and China . But Moonshot's plan to release
Wired
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France Records Its First-Ever Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud Amid Record-Smashing Fires
7 hours ago
by Brian Kahn
Science, Science / Environment, The, Unfriendly, SkiesExtreme fire conditions on the ground have created unprecedented conditions in the atmosphere.
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New Firefighting Technologies Could Help Battle Blazes Like Those in France and Spain
9 hours ago
by Fernanda González
Science, Science / Environment, Turn, Down, the, HeatClimate change is upping the odds of major wildfires, creating a need for new tools to combat them.
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DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
9 hours ago
by Noah Shachtman
Security, Security / National Security, Politics / Policy, Peace, OutThe outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results
10 hours ago
by Maddy Varner
Security, Security / Privacy, Battle, ‘Bots.txtThe screwup shows how tricky it can be to stop web crawlers from making ostensibly private conversations with AI chatbots entirely too public.
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Inside the Wild Rescue Mission That Took 4 Beluga Whales to Chicago
14 hours ago
by Kate Knibbs
Science, In, DepthBeluga whales were in danger of getting euthanized after a Canadian theme park went bust. WIRED spoke with some of the scientists behind the groundbreaking rescue mission.