Technology

BlackRock is raising $12bn to build Meta a data centre it will own, lend to, and rent out
Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do
Utility companies are promising to spare us from AI’s energy bill
A gas-rich outback station could host a $28bn off-grid AI data centre
UK businesses have tripled their AI adoption. Most are still barely scratching the surface.
Instagram is finally giving your old posts a soundtrack do-over
Substack now lets you check if a post was written by AI
Samsung reportedly in talks to back Mistral at €20bn valuation
Xteink’s tiny e-reader finally gets the upgrades it was missing
Noetra’s CEO calls his robot AI startup a ‘last chance’ for Japan
Origin Energy investigates potential breach of customer data
Bloomsbury among publishers in line for payout from Anthropic’s $1.5bn copyright settlement
Nvidia supplier Wistron opens $700m Texas factory to build Grace Blackwell superchips
University of Tennessee sues Anthropic over neural network patents
Big Tech’s AI spending is catching up with its cash flow
TikTok’s US security chief to face the House China committee on September 15
China’s AI talent shortage has tech giants recruiting teenagers
OpenAI says AI models autonomously pulled off a major hack, but only a Chinese AI helped recovery
Tesla’s Summer Update adds smarter Grok, personalized navigation, and Caraoke scoring
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: How to watch
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system
TSMC might set up a price hike that could come straight for your next phone, laptop, or tablet
Samsung’s free storage doubling for preorders is gone in Austria, and the replacement isn’t as sweet
OpenAI Confirms Its AI Broke Out of a Sandbox and Breached Hugging Face
Apple fixes Hide My Email bug that exposed users’ real email addresses
Intel confirms more layoffs in its data center unit as stock rallies on turnaround momentum
Samsung is reportedly preparing for the biggest foldable battle yet
Poolside releases Laguna S 2.1, the open-weight coding model pitched as the West’s answer to DeepSeek and Qwen
Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one
Gritt raises $32M for AI robots that bolt onto existing construction equipment to build solar farms faster
Sila raises $300M to fast-track gigascale anode production and shore up US battery supply chains
Peak Design’s modular Field Bracket has a finder tag built-in
GM beats Q2 earnings and announces gas-powered Cadillacs as nearly $11 billion EV retreat nears completion
Nearly every Kindle is steeply discounted at Best Buy
Apple’s rumored ‘Upgrade’ program brings lease-to-own pricing for iPhones, Macs, and iPads
The biggest data-centre deal in history just closed, then got $5bn bigger
London robotics startup Humanoid raises $152M Series A, with Bosch set to manufacture its wheeled robots at scale
Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live
Intel Foundry lands its first named outside customer: Fortinet
Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge
Apple is reportedly teaming up with Klarna to let you pay off new devices over time
Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron
Eight NATO allies launch HALO, a plan to link military satellites into one networked mega-constellation
Google shipped three cheap Gemini models and a Mythos rival, but not the one that matters
Volkswagen’s new e-bike has a rearview camera, radar, and fighter-pilot smart glasses
Instagram will let users endlessly swap the audio on old posts
Tesla Robotaxis go to Florida
Sony sued Udio again over 30,000 songs, and turned its rivals’ AI deals into a weapon
Nvidia says Vera Rubin is in full production, with OpenAI set to deploy at scale in Q3

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