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Small AI Models Gain Traction Around the World (slashdot.org)
2026-7-7 AI

Samsung estimates Q2 operating profit of ~$58.44B, a 19-fold jump from a year earlier and above a ~$57.02B estimate, and revenue up 129% YoY to ~$111.7B (www.reuters.com)
2026-7-7 Samsung

xAI rebrands to SpaceXAI and debuts a new logo (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-7-7

Anthropic researchers detail J-space, a small set of neural patterns in Claude that reveals internal thoughts that don't appear in the model's output (www.anthropic.com)
2026-7-7

Supreme Court Allows Texas To Require Age Verification For Mobile Apps (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-7 Mobile Texas

BonkDAO, which oversees the Bonk memecoin, says it was the target of a “malicious governance proposal” that resulted in a loss of $20M worth of Bonk tokens (www.theblock.co)
2026-7-7

South Korea's SK Hynix Launching $28 Billion US Listing To Ride Global AI Wave (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-7-7 Korea AI

Sources: Vista Equity and Quinti made a takeover bid for Criteo that values the French ad tech company at a 50%+ premium to its stock price in recent weeks (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-7 France Equity

Will America ban trans athletes in Democratic states? (www.rt.com)
2026-7-7 U.S. Ban

FIFA cancels US star's red-card ban after reported Trump call (www.rt.com)
2026-7-7 Trump Ban

Source: Thrive Capital spinoff Thrive Holdings seeks to raise around $2B from SoftBank, Altimeter, D1, and others, after previously raising $1B (www.theinformation.com)
2026-7-7

Fake IT support calls on Microsoft Teams push EtherRAT malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-7 Microsoft

Phishing poses as big-brand job interview to steal Google accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-7 Google Interview

Sources: CISA's Attack Surface Evaluation team is using Mythos to audit government code repositories and has already uncovered a large number of vulnerabilities (www.reuters.com)
2026-7-7

SCOTUS declines to block a Texas law requiring app stores and developers to verify the age of mobile device users, and for minors to obtain parental consent (www.reuters.com)
2026-7-7 Mobile Texas

Sources: the US considers housing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve at Commerce instead of Treasury amid concerns over Treasury's legal authority to manage it (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-7 Real Estate Bitcoin

Zombie 'Who Owns Unix?' Lawsuit Comes Alive Again (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-7-7

Vietnam arrests suspects behind HiAnime anime piracy service (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-7 Vietnam

Secret Claude Tracker Shocks Users After Anthropic's Anti-Surveillance Stance (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-7

Microsoft Lays Off Nearly 5,000 Employees Across Xbox, Commercial Sales (games.slashdot.org)
2026-7-7 Microsoft Xbox

Ukrainian drones target major Russian oil refinery (www.rt.com)
2026-7-7 Russia Drone Ukraine

‘Crimes against humanity': The CIA's sickest secret may finally be exposed (www.rt.com)
2026-7-7

Xbox appoints Helen Chiang as its first COO; Chiang was previously corporate vice president for the Minecraft Franchise and the studio head of Minecraft (gamesbeat.com)
2026-7-7 Xbox

Source: Xbox Game Pass currently has about 30M subscriptions; document: Microsoft had projected Game Pass subscriptions would reach around 77M this year (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-7 Microsoft Xbox

A term sheet shows Tencent is seeking to raise as much as $1.55B in a selldown of part of its stake in short-video app operator Kuaishou through a block trade (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-7 Tencent

Nintendo Switch 2 Is Getting a Replaceable Battery in Europe (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-7-7 Europe Nintendo Battery

Tencent releases Hy3, a 295B-parameter model that it says is competitive with GLM-5.1 and 5.2, under the Apache 2.0 license, following a preview launch in April (venturebeat.com)
2026-7-7 Tencent

Israel isn't leaving Lebanon and Syria may be next (www.rt.com)
2026-7-7 Israel Syria Lebanon

Indian ambassador names key steps for boosting trade with Russia (www.rt.com)
2026-7-7 Russia India

Royal Navy in worst state in centuries – retired admiral (www.rt.com)
2026-7-7

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