Figma acquires AI coding startup Bud
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9 July 2026, 15:55 PM Tech & Startup
How to stop Google from using your photos to train AI
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8 July 2026, 15:32 PM Tech & Startup
Perplexity to use Nvidia's CPU for agent workloads
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8 July 2026, 14:36 PM Tech & Startup
Meta launches Muse Image, new AI image model
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8 July 2026, 14:08 PM Tech & Startup
DeepSeek to develop its own AI chip: report
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7 July 2026, 17:26 PM Tech & Startup
Anthropic’s Mythos used to scan US government code: report
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7 July 2026, 15:17 PM Tech & Startup
Australia’s under-16 social media ban fails first age check hurdle, study finds
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7 July 2026, 15:02 PM Tech & Startup
Even Realities raises $150m to expand privacy-first smart glasses business
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6 July 2026, 19:39 PM Tech & Startup
AI agents use 136x more power than chatbots, study finds
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6 July 2026, 14:49 PM Tech & Startup

Un-erasable: This open-access digital archive is preserving evidence of war from Gaza

ArchiveGenocide brings together tens of thousands of videos and photographs, as researchers race to protect potentially important material from deletion, censorship and digital decay
10 July 2026, 20:16 PM

Figma acquires AI coding startup Bud

Figma, the cloud-based design and collaboration platform, has acquired the team behind AI-powered coding platform Bud, formerly known as Orchids.
9 July 2026, 15:55 PM

How to stop Google from using your photos to train AI

Google now defaults to training its AI on your Lens images and voice data. Here is how to change your privacy settings and opt out.
8 July 2026, 15:32 PM

Perplexity to use Nvidia's CPU for agent workloads

Perplexity AI, the startup behind the AI search engine Perplexity, is adopting Nvidia's new Vera central processing unit (CPU), with an executive describing it as a "dead-on fit" for the AI startup's core workloads, Reuters recently reported.
8 July 2026, 14:36 PM

Meta launches Muse Image, new AI image model

Meta has introduced Muse Image, a new artificial intelligence model that generates and edits images from text prompts, the company recently announced.
8 July 2026, 14:08 PM

DeepSeek to develop its own AI chip: report

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is developing its own artificial intelligence chip, a move that could lessen its dependence on Nvidia and Huawei hardware, according to three people familiar with the matter cited in a recent Reuters report.
7 July 2026, 17:26 PM

Anthropic’s Mythos used to scan US government code: report

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is using Anthropic's powerful Mythos artificial intelligence model to scan government software for hidden weaknesses, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as per a recent report.
7 July 2026, 15:17 PM

Australia’s under-16 social media ban fails first age check hurdle, study finds

A team of software testers found that Australian social media platforms did not request age proof for any of 50 accounts that declared themselves to be 16, a result that leaves the country’s world-first under-16 ban “ineffective” at the most basic screening stage, according to a study seen by Reuters.
7 July 2026, 15:02 PM

Even Realities raises $150m to expand privacy-first smart glasses business

Even Realities, a Shenzhen-based smart glasses startup, has raised $150 million in a pre-Series B funding round led by Meituan, with participation from existing investor Tencent, valuing the company at $1 billion and making it a unicorn. 
6 July 2026, 19:39 PM

AI agents use 136x more power than chatbots, study finds

A KAIST study reveals AI agents use up to 136.5x more power than chatbots, averaging 348.41 Wh per request and threatening global grids.
6 July 2026, 14:49 PM

Meta claims its next AI model matches OpenAI's GPT-5.5: report

Meta's next artificial intelligence model has reached performance levels matching OpenAI's GPT-5.5, according to internal remarks by Alexandr Wang, the company's superintelligence chief, as per a recent report by Business Insider.
6 July 2026, 13:45 PM

Alibaba bans Claude Code amid Anthropic feud: report

Alibaba has instructed employees to stop using Anthropic’s Claude Code at work, according to a person familiar with the matter, as per a recent report by Reuters.
5 July 2026, 20:22 PM

US World Cup victory could put a football on the Moon

The administrator of NASA has said the agency could send an official football and a signed United States men's national team jersey to the Moon if the US wins the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
5 July 2026, 18:19 PM

NASA launches rescue mission to save ageing Swift space telescope

A spacecraft launched by NASA is attempting to rescue an ageing space observatory whose orbit has been lowered by solar activity, putting it at risk of re-entering Earth's atmosphere as early as this year.
5 July 2026, 17:51 PM

AI agent progress has lagged, Zuckerberg says to employees

Mark Zuckerberg has told Meta employees that the company's push into AI agents has not accelerated as quickly as expected, according to a recording of an internal town hall heard by Reuters.
5 July 2026, 15:04 PM

Meta debuts AI-powered gaming app Pocket

Meta has quietly launched a new application called Pocket, an AI-powered platform that allows users to create and share small interactive apps and games using text prompts.
3 July 2026, 20:28 PM

Ashton Kutcher to launch a new VC firm with Morgan Beller

Actor and investor Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures, the venture capital firm he co-founded with Guy Oseary, to establish a new investment firm with venture capitalist Morgan Beller, according to a recent report by The Wall Street Journal.
2 July 2026, 16:51 PM

Apple targets early 2027 launches for iPad Pro and MacBook Pro: report

Apple is planning to release a new generation of iPad Pro tablets and a new MacBook Pro during the first half of 2027, according to a recent report by Bloomberg.
2 July 2026, 16:33 PM

The “Father of the Internet” is stepping down from Google 

Vinton Cerf, one of the architects of the modern internet and widely known as the "Father of the Internet", is set to retire from Google next week after more than two decades as the company's vice president and chief internet evangelist.
1 July 2026, 18:28 PM

US lifts restrictions on Anthropic’s most powerful AI models

Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems are set to return to public access this week after Washington lifted a short-lived export ban imposed over fears the technology could be weaponised.
1 July 2026, 13:35 PM