Tech

LeapXpert, which lets companies and sports franchises monitor staff business chats via apps like WhatsApp for compliance, raised $180M led by Riverwood Capital (www.axios.com)
2026-7-1 WhatsApp

BYD, Nio, and other Chinese carmakers are rushing to design and increase the use of locally developed chips with AI functions in a bid for chip self-sufficiency (www.ft.com)
2026-7-1 China AI

Japan commits up to $6.16B over five years to Noetra, a consortium led by SoftBank, Honda, NEC, and Sony, to develop a domestic AI foundation model by 2027 (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-7-1 Japan AI Honda Sony

Trump Drops Restrictions On Anthropic's Mythos and Fable Models (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-1 Trump

Chinese robot maker UBTech launches U1, a line of humanoid robots for personal companionship with lifelike silicone skin and emotional AI, priced from $17,650 (www.scmp.com)
2026-7-1 China AI Robot

Leaked Apple supplier docs show iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max may use Qualcomm modems in the US and Apple's own C2 chips elsewhere, A20 Pro packaging tech, and more (appleinsider.com)
2026-7-1 iPhone Apple

Tim Cook and EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen held “constructive” talks; sources say they discussed how Apple can launch Siri AI in the EU while avoiding fines (www.ft.com)
2026-7-1 AI Apple Tim Cook

Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who has served as Google's VP and Chief Internet Evangelist since 2005, plans to step down from his role next week and retire (techcrunch.com)
2026-7-1 Google

New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-1

Anthropic says Fable 5 will be available via usage credits for Claude users from July 7, and is working with partners to draft an AI jailbreak severity standard (www.anthropic.com)
2026-7-1 AI

Getty Images announces plans to end its Shutterstock merger after the UK CMA conditioned approval of the deal on Shutterstock selling its editorial business (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-1

FOIA docs: White House officials used auto-deleting Signal chats even after Trump advised against its use in April 2025, raising federal recordkeeping concerns (www.theatlantic.com)
2026-7-1 Trump

SpaceX cuts monthly Starlink prices in half in the Memphis area, as it endures blowback and legal challenges from opponents of its Colossus data centers (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-1 SpaceX

Lime raised $174M in its US IPO, selling 6.68M shares at $25 each, at the midpoint of the marketed range, giving Lime a market value of $1.6B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-1 IPO

Vimeo owner Bending Spoons raised $1.68B by selling 58M shares at $29 each, valuing it at ~$18.4B, in one of the largest US IPOs by a European company in 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-1 Europe IPO

Pie, a startup that uses AI to optimize marketing for brick-and-mortar small businesses, emerges from stealth with a $19.5M Series A led by Lightspeed (www.inc.com)
2026-7-1 Startup AI

Anthropic to restore Claude Fable access on Wednesday (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-1

Anthropic says the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 and that it will begin restoring access Wednesday (x.com)
2026-7-1

Sources: Microsoft plans to announce job cuts next week affecting less than 2.5% of its 220,000-person workforce, including roles in sales, consulting, and Xbox (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-7-1 Microsoft Xbox

Sources: Kalshi agreed to pay $20M to sponsor the World Cup knockouts, after initially balking at FIFA's $150M asking price, alongside ADI Predictstreet (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-1

Sources: the Trump administration plans to lift export restrictions on Anthropic's Fable 5 as early as Tuesday evening, making it available to all general users (www.politico.com)
2026-7-1 Trump

Anthropic rolls out Sonnet 5 with near-Opus 4.8 performance at a lower price (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-1

Amazon Blames Piracy Apps With Malware For Killing New Fire Stick Sideloading (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-1 Amazon

Almost 1,700 UK investors sue Binance and Changpeng Zhao for at least £150M, alleging Binance sold them risky derivative products without regulatory approval (www.reuters.com)
2026-7-1

Google Pulls the Plug On Tenor API, Killing GIF Pickers Around the Web (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-7-1 Google

Filing: President Trump reports $1.4B+ in income from his family's crypto ventures in 2025, including $500M+ from WLF and $635M from the sale of his $TRUMP coin (www.reuters.com)
2026-7-1 Trump

Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-1

Sources: TikTok settles a lawsuit before a second California trial over social media harm to minors for an undisclosed sum; Meta and Snap remain defendants (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-1 California

Microsoft accelerates quantum-safe roadmap as risks grow (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-1 Microsoft Quantum

New BioShocking attack manipulates AI browser into data theft (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-1 AI Browser

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