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Federal lobbying disclosures: Anthropic spent $1.97M in Q2, up 26% QoQ, and OpenAI spent $1.2M, up 18%; Meta remained the largest spender at $5.99M, down 15%

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Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro

On Tuesday, Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber. Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google’s “workhorse model” that promises improved capabilities in coding, knowledge work, and multimodal performance while reducing token usage by up to 17%, making it cheaper than its

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Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

The $3,000 per book payment could be the ‘largest known copyright recovery in history.’ by Emma Roth Jul 21, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC Image: The Verge Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was

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Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live

Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Twitch is giving parents more control over how their children are using the streaming platform, including the ability to block them from broadcasting entirely. Parental

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German authorities lead takedown of Kratos phishing platform

Kratos phishing-as-a-service kit loses its battle with international law enforcement Alleged developer arrested in Indonesia after more than 200 servers slain German authorities say they have neutralized the main infrastructure supporting the Kratos phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) kit following an operation supported by the US and Indonesia. Officers from Frankfurt am Main&

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Oracle faces $100M annual bill to back Wisconsin datacenter power promises

AI AND ML Regulator refuses to budge on $7B guarantee for nearly 1 GW campus being developed with Vantage and OpenAI Oracle says that it could face more than $100 million a year in financing costs to guarantee the power commitments behind a nearly 1 GW datacenter campus it is

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I don't like giving five stars, but HEDD's HEDDphone D1 wired headphones are unequivocally the best over-ears I’ve ever tested

As Berlin-based audio brand HEDD’s fourth set of over-ear headphones, the HEDDphone D1 continue an impressive run of cleverly-designed pro-grade audio fare — this time, though, with its gaze levelled squarely at the mid-range market.These over-ear, open-back headphones achieve remarkable sonic quality for their price, thanks in large part

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Android Auto Tests Its Own Speedometer in Google Maps

The Android Auto version of Google Maps has begun incorporating a live speedometer for a small group of beta users, suggesting a broader rollout is on its way. The long-requested feature appears directly in the Maps UI on the car's screen and shows the vehicle's current

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Atlassian: Research shows organizations should approach AI at the team level, not the individual level, to achieve true ROI

Presented by Atlassian Most companies are approaching AI adoption backwards by optimizing how individuals use AI instead of how teams work together, said Dr. Molly Sands, head of the Teamwork Lab at Atlassian, during a fireside chat with VentureBeat senior technology contributor Sam Witteveen at VB Transform 2026. Sands leads

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X rebuilt its neglected Android app from scratch, and the bug reports are already rolling in

Android users have long got the rougher version of X. After nearly a year of work, the company has stopped patching the old app and rebuilt it from scratch. The new version ships as a normal update through the Play Store, X said, so there is no separate app to

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Apple is launching a Klarna-backed device leasing program called Apple Upgrade on July 28

TL;DR Apple is launching Apple Upgrade on July 28, a Klarna-backed leasing program for iPhones, Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches that replaces its current financing. Apple is preparing to launch Apple Upgrade, a device leasing program backed by Klarna that will mark one of the biggest changes to how

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Researchers escaped four top AI coding agents’ sandboxes without ever breaking them

The tools are Cursor, OpenAI’s Codex, Google’s Gemini CLI, and Antigravity. Over several months, Pillar Security found ways for each agent to cross its security boundary while staying, technically, inside the box. The escape that isn’t one The trick is neat. These sandboxes trust the agent inside

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Federal lobbying disclosures: Anthropic spent $1.97M in Q2, up 26% QoQ, and OpenAI spent $1.2M, up 18%; Meta remained the largest spender at $5.99M, down 15%

Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro

Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live

German authorities lead takedown of Kratos phishing platform

Oracle faces $100M annual bill to back Wisconsin datacenter power promises

I don't like giving five stars, but HEDD's HEDDphone D1 wired headphones are unequivocally the best over-ears I’ve ever tested

Android Auto Tests Its Own Speedometer in Google Maps

Atlassian: Research shows organizations should approach AI at the team level, not the individual level, to achieve true ROI

X rebuilt its neglected Android app from scratch, and the bug reports are already rolling in

Apple is launching a Klarna-backed device leasing program called Apple Upgrade on July 28

Researchers escaped four top AI coding agents’ sandboxes without ever breaking them