Intel's big bet on SambaNova appears to be paying off in a big way. This week, the AI chip startup shared benchmark results showing its latest generation of AI acceleration, which combines Nvidia GPUs…
New York can restrict sports gambling on prediction markets, US judge rules Kalshi tried to ignore gambling laws on its prediction market, NY governor says. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07…
Apple Says It Will Spend $30 Billion To Design US-Made Broadcom Chips https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/08/1744225/apple-says-it-will-spend-30-billion-to-design-us-made-broadcom-chips?utm_sour…
Lawsuit: Grok user made 7K child sex images; xAI only reported one gang rape prompt More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2…
US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers US military drone losses in Iran war spur Pentagon call for cheap replacements. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/u…
High-severity guest VM escape is 1 of 2 Linux vulnerabilities to surface this week Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/high-sev…
Redox OS Gets GTK3 Backend For Orbital Desktop, Fractional Scaling & USB Gamepads The open-source, Rust-based Redox OS platform had a very eventful June with many new features implemented and more sof…
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The memory chip crisis caused PC shipments to fall by 5 percent from last year in Q2 2026 as vendors struggled to secure supplies, and IDC warns smaller suppliers may be forced out of business if the …
Broadcom has accused Allstate Insurance of dodging a software license audit that the insurer claims only happened after it decided to stop using VMware and CA software. Those two Broadcom business uni…
Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space "The BOHR mission serves as a pathfinder for future nuclear-powered spacecraft." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/miam…
Thousands of routers bricked after government program concludes in Australia But the devices could "easily be reflashed." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/thousands-of-routers-bricked-after-gov…
'Knockoff' Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands On Amazon https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/08/1643256/knockoff-browser-extension-hides-sketchy-brands-on-amazon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
How much control do TikTok users really have over FYPs? The "not interested" feature is your friend, but users must intentionally and constantly curate their FYPs https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/…
Two teens learn the hard way not to do toy gun drivebys from a Waymo The robotaxi stopped, called 911, and waited for the San Mateo Police to show up. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/two-teens-le…
Apple Loses EU Fight Over App Store Gatekeeper Label https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/07/08/1638234/apple-loses-eu-fight-over-app-store-gatekeeper-label?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Google revamps Android AI dev benchmark, adds Fable 5 and other agents Android Bench is evolving, and developers can help guide that process. https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/07/google-revamps-andr…
If you misbehave in the back of a taxi, your driver might report you to authorities. And if there's no driver, you should also expect no quarter. Two San Mateo 15-year-olds this week had a run-in with…
It's bad enough that you used AI to write a research paper instead of composing it yourself. Now, you can take the extra step to hide the evidence of your sloth. A startup has decided academics need a…
LibreOffice 26.8 Beta Released For Improving This Free Software Office Suite The Document Foundation today announced the first beta release of the LibreOffice 26.8 open-source office suite set for its…
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OpenMandriva GitHub Disrupted & Nefarious Package Push In Sabotage Attempt The OpenMandriva project put out a statement today concerning an attempted distribution sabotage effort. Part of the OpenMand…
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