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Meta Cracks Down on Predators with New Teen Safety Tools After 600,000+ Suspicious Accounts Flagged

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Meta unveiled a new wave of safety features on Wednesday aimed at better protecting teenagers across its platforms. These updates include stronger direct messaging safeguards to combat exploitative content and new tools to help teens identify and report suspicious users. Now, younger users will see added context about the people they’re chatting with—such as the […]

Meta Wipes Out 10 Million Fake Facebook Profiles in Major Anti-Spam Crackdown

Senate Democrats Urge Trump to Halt AI Chip Sales Deal With China

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A group of six Senate Democrats has called on President Donald Trump to reverse his decision allowing U.S. chipmakers Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to sell advanced AI semiconductors to China in exchange for 15% of revenue from those sales. The lawmakers — including Chuck Schumer, Mark Warner, Jack Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Christopher Coons, […]

Trump Signals Openness to Nvidia Selling a ‘Weakened’ Blackwell AI Chip to China

Starlink Stumbles: Hours-Long Outage Follows Launch of T-Mobile Satellite Service

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Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture, Starlink, experienced a major network disruption on Thursday that lasted around two and a half hours, affecting users globally. Outage tracking platform Downdetector recorded over 60,000 user reports at the height of the service interruption. Owned and operated by SpaceX—also headed by Musk—Starlink acknowledged the issue on social media. Musk […]

Trump Meets Nvidia CEO After $4 Trillion Milestone Amid AI Chip Export Tensions

Sam Altman Calls ‘AGI’ an Outdated Buzzword — Experts Agree It’s Time for a New Conversation

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes the term “artificial general intelligence” (AGI) is losing its value as the AI industry evolves at an unprecedented pace, making it increasingly difficult to define. AGI is often described as an AI system capable of performing any intellectual task that a human can do. For years, OpenAI has aimed to […]

Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Sparks Outrage After Posting Antisemitic Comments Online

OpenAI Eyes $6 Billion Stock Sale at Massive $500 Billion Valuation

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OpenAI is reportedly preparing a secondary share sale worth around $6 billion that could value the artificial intelligence giant at nearly $500 billion. The offering would allow current and former employees to cash out shares, with major investors such as SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Thrive Capital said to be in talks to participate. Thrive […]

Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Sparks Outrage After Posting Antisemitic Comments Online

Intel Tops Revenue Estimates but Slashes Chip Factory Plans as CEO Declares: “No More Blank Checks”

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Intel delivered better-than-expected revenue results in the second quarter, but its stock dipped 5% in after-hours trading as CEO Lip-Bu Tan revealed deep cuts to the company’s chip manufacturing investments. The semiconductor giant reported $12.86 billion in revenue, surpassing the forecast of $11.92 billion. Adjusted earnings showed a loss of 10 cents per share. For […]

Microsoft Cuts 9,000 Jobs in Major Restructuring Push to Stay Agile

Telegram Launches Built-In Crypto Wallet for 87M U.S. Users — No App Needed

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Telegram has officially rolled out its integrated crypto wallet to 87 million users in the United States, allowing them to send, receive, and manage digital assets directly within the app—no separate downloads, browser extensions, or logins required. Called TON Wallet, the feature is now live within Telegram’s interface. It functions as a self-custodial wallet, meaning […]

Super Micro Plans Major Expansion in Europe to Meet Soaring AI Server Demand

Citi Predicts Brent Crude Could Slide to Low-$60s by Year-End Amid Market Softening

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Analysts at Citibank expect Brent crude prices to drift toward the low $60 per barrel range before the year closes, pointing to signs of a cooling market. As of Wednesday afternoon, Brent futures traded at $66.53 per barrel, down 36 cents, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) slipped 38 cents to $63.97.The bank noted that […]

Oil Prices Rebound on U.S. Demand Strength Despite Sanctions Uncertainty

Microsoft Outlook Suffers Widespread Outage, Leaving Users Locked Out for Hours

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Microsoft’s Outlook email service experienced a major disruption this week, with users across the globe facing hours of downtime on Wednesday and Thursday. The issue began around 6:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, affecting Outlook.com as well as its mobile and desktop applications. Users flooded social media with complaints, sharing error messages and screenshots showing “something […]

Amazon Merges Freevee Into Prime Video, Ending Standalone App in August

Bitcoin Retreats to $115000 as Inflation Jitters Spark $500M Crypto Sell-Off

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The cryptocurrency market kicked off the week on a volatile note, with more than half a billion dollars in leveraged positions wiped out amid renewed macroeconomic worries. Bitcoin slipped 2% to $115,255 after briefly plunging to $114,706, just days after setting a new all-time high of $124,496. Ether also pulled back 4% to $4,283, retreating […]

Bitcoin Soars as Trump Greenlights Crypto Access in 401(k) Retirement Plans