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BYD, Nio, and other Chinese carmakers are rushing to design and increase the use of locally developed chips with AI functions in a bid for chip self-sufficiency (Financial Times)

BYD, Nio, and other Chinese carmakers are rushing ...

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South Korean government data: the country's exports grew 70.9% YoY in June to $102.25B, an all-time monthly high, anchored by a record $44.82B in chip shipments (Steven Borowiec/Nikkei Asia)

South Korean government data: the country's export...

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LeapXpert, which lets companies and sports franchises monitor staff business chats via apps like WhatsApp for compliance, raised $180M led by Riverwood Capital (Lucinda Shen/Axios)

LeapXpert, which lets companies and sports franchi...

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Chinese robot maker UBTech launches U1, a line of humanoid robots for personal companionship with lifelike silicone skin and emotional AI, priced from $17,650 (Minxiao Chang/South China Morning Post)

Chinese robot maker UBTech launches U1, a line of ...

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Leaked Apple supplier docs show iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max may use Qualcomm modems in the US and Apple's own C2 chips elsewhere, A20 Pro packaging tech, and more (Marko Zivkovic/AppleInsider)

Leaked Apple supplier docs show iPhone 18 Pro and ...

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Japan commits up to $6.16B over five years to Noetra, a consortium led by SoftBank, Honda, NEC, and Sony, to develop a domestic AI foundation model by 2027 (Nikkei Asia)

Japan commits up to $6.16B over five years to Noet...

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Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who has served as Google's VP and Chief Internet Evangelist since 2005, plans to step down from his role next week and retire (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)

Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who has served as Goog...

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Tim Cook and EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen held "constructive" talks; sources say they discussed how Apple can launch Siri AI in the EU while avoiding fines (Financial Times)

Tim Cook and EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen held "c...

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Anthropic says Fable 5 will be available via usage credits for Claude users from July 7, and is working with partners to draft an AI jailbreak severity standard (Anthropic)

Anthropic says Fable 5 will be available via usage...

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Getty Images announces plans to end its Shutterstock merger after the UK CMA conditioned approval of the deal on Shutterstock selling its editorial business (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal)

Getty Images announces plans to end its Shuttersto...

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FOIA docs: White House officials used auto-deleting Signal chats even after Trump advised against its use in April 2025, raising federal recordkeeping concerns (The Atlantic)

FOIA docs: White House officials used auto-deletin...

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SpaceX cuts monthly Starlink prices in half in the Memphis area, as it endures blowback and legal challenges from opponents of its Colossus data centers (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

SpaceX cuts monthly Starlink prices in half in the...

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Lime raised $174M in its US IPO, selling 6.68M shares at $25 each, at the midpoint of the marketed range, giving Lime a market value of $1.6B (Bloomberg)

Lime raised $174M in its US IPO, selling 6.68M sha...

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Vimeo owner Bending Spoons raised $1.68B by selling 58M shares at $29 each, valuing it at ~$18.4B, in one of the largest US IPOs by a European company in 2026 (Subrat Patnaik/Bloomberg)

Vimeo owner Bending Spoons raised $1.68B by sellin...

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Pie, a startup that uses AI to optimize marketing for brick-and-mortar small businesses, emerges from stealth with a $19.5M Series A led by Lightspeed (Lisa Bonos/Inc)

Pie, a startup that uses AI to optimize marketing ...

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Anthropic says the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 and that it will begin restoring access Wednesday (@anthropicai)

Anthropic says the Department of Commerce has lift...

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Sources: Microsoft plans to announce job cuts next week affecting less than 2.5% of its 220,000-person workforce, including roles in sales, consulting, and Xbox (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)

Sources: Microsoft plans to announce job cuts next...

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Sources: the Trump administration plans to lift export restrictions on Anthropic's Fable 5 as early as Tuesday evening, making it available to all general users (Politico)

Sources: the Trump administration plans to lift ex...

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