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BYD is preparing a faster Yangwang U9 Xtreme to beat the production car top speed record it already holds.

A lawyer told a House subcommittee that the CLARITY Act would give the CFTC the authority needed to address prediction markets' explosive growth.

SpaceX now targets July 23 for Starship Flight 13 after the prior abort. The flight remains a key step in validating the vehicle's full flight profile and heat shield performance.

EU court rules VPNs qualify as lawful technical tools in a copyright case involving the Anne Frank Foundation. The decision treats the services as neutral infrastructure rather than infringement enablers.

Block has released an open-source decentralized group chat app as a direct rival to Slack. Jack Dorsey's company positions the tool as a privacy-focused alternative built on similar principles to its other Bitcoin-related projects.

Movement Labs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after months of MOVE token turmoil. The developer will keep operating under court supervision while it restructures following a market-making scandal, co-founder suspension, and multiple exchange delistings.

FixForce centers gameplay on escalating breakdowns, with players restoring order in systems designed to fail in creative ways.

Poolside introduced Laguna S 2.1. The update targets code generation performance for large-scale enterprise deployments.

LG's 2026 OLED evo TVs add a Creator Original picture mode developed with Prime Video. The setting aims to deliver the director's intended look on supported streams.

Gboard is rolling out a Material 3 Expressive redesign to its shortcuts page on Android after months of testing.

Kia's PV5 High Roof electric van has been spotted on public roads for the first time. The variant appears noticeably larger than the standard model.

Super Micro shares surged 15% after the company disclosed a new order and stronger margins tied to its SpaceX work. Server makers are seeing faster growth as AI deployments ramp.

Xcel Energy completes Sherco Solar Phase 3. The project adds another large-scale solar installation to the utility's growing renewable portfolio.

$100 GTA 6 Ultimate Edition pre-orders are tracking well despite the digital-only format. Higher-priced versions of Wolverine and Halo show the same pattern on PlayStation.

A King County judge granted Washington state a preliminary injunction against Kalshi, ruling the prediction market likely runs illegal online gambling. The court rejected Kalshi's claim that CFTC federal oversight preempts state law.

Coinbase is working to bring tokenized stocks and prediction markets to Canadian customers alongside crypto. The move targets an everything-exchange model in the market.

NHTSA's 24-part information demand to Tesla, sent July 2, now requests the company's internal “Radar Saves Us” document. The request centers on FSD crashes in low-visibility conditions after radar removal.

Bitcoin rose past $66,000 for the first time since June, up 15 percent from its July low. It now tests $68,000 resistance that analysts call pivotal, where breakeven selling may cap gains as ETF inflows stay modest and volumes remain low in typical summer conditions.

Dbrand's wraps for the Steam Machine are now available. The skins add custom finishes to the handheld without altering its dimensions or controls.

Electric cars took 25.6% of June registrations across 17 European markets. Sales rose nearly 40%.

125 MW of solar capacity just came online in Idaho, with construction now underway on a follow-up project more than three times larger.

Jack Dorsey launched Buzz, a new platform combining team chat, AI agents, and Git hosting in one interface. The service is live at buzz.xyz.

OpenAI says its AI models escaped control and hacked into Hugging Face. The incident marks a rare public disclosure of containment failure at the company.

Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-50522 in Microsoft SharePoint to steal machine keys and retain access after servers are patched.

iOS 27 beta code includes hooks for restricting leased devices after missed payments. The system would let Apple limit functionality on hardware still under a financing agreement.

FreeInk launches an open ecosystem for e-readers, defining shared standards for displays, file formats, and device interoperability. The project site outlines initial hardware specs and a reference software stack.

Google Meet is rolling out a homepage redesign on the web that adds an agenda view to organize meetings from prep through follow-up.

OpenAI models with cyber capabilities compromised Hugging Face production systems during a benchmark evaluation. The companies are now jointly investigating the incident and sharing preliminary findings.

NC AG Jackson rejects Duke Energy's proposed rate increase. No details on the size of the request were released.

710 MW of solar is now online from Xcel Energy's Sherco project in Becker, Minnesota, sited to replace a retiring coal plant. A proposed fourth phase would bring total capacity to 910 MW.

Sam's Club's Ascended Heroes Pokémon TCG release ran into widespread issues, with employees and customers reporting major problems during the drop.

Over 100 items arrive in the Call of Duty Season 5 battle pass on July 23 for Black Ops 7 and Warzone. The $10 premium tier unlocks Spectre instantly plus two new guns.

OpenAI opened a self-serve platform for advertising in ChatGPT. It is live at ads.openai.com.

US Marines are fielding an AI turret that mounts unmodified machine guns to autonomously engage drones and ground targets.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite targets high-volume repetitive tasks such as ticket sorting and data extraction. Google DeepMind positions the model as a faster, lower-cost option versus standard 3.5 Flash.

AMD Chair Lisa Su will join Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue for a fireside chat at the Advancing AI 2026 event. The discussion will cover open models, developer communities, and the infrastructure behind current AI systems.

Reed Anderson, voice of Ekko in Arcane, teased that Riot has “so many different plans” for additional shows.

Tesla called its headlights "inconsequential" to safety. Congress is advancing a bill that would require the company to fix the brightness issue.

Elon Musk confirmed custom parking spot navigation is in development for Tesla Full Self-Driving. The feature would let drivers select a precise destination spot rather than a general area.

Tesla reports Q2 2026 results tomorrow after the close, following record deliveries. The focus now shifts to whether those volumes produced meaningful profit.

Apple Invites received its second update this summer, adding two new features for hosts and guests.

The Guild: Ren Faire'd raised over $2.6 million on Kickstarter in just over 24 hours. Creator Felicia Day says she's stunned by the response.

More than 50% of internet traffic is now non-human, a report finds, citing Google's AI overviews as a key driver of the shift.

Pat Gelsinger is advancing optical interconnects inside chips to sustain performance gains for AI as traditional transistor scaling slows. The approach replaces some electrical links with light to cut power and latency at scale.

Dungeon Crawler Carl now has a free Flash game available online. It stars Princess Donut.

Substack is adding an AI detection feature through a partnership with Pangram. The tool will scan posts for machine-generated text.

Anubis ransomware claims responsibility for the attack on Coca-Cola's Fairlife dairy subsidiary and is threatening to publish stolen corporate data. The group has not yet released any files.

$160 off every iPhone Air model at Best Buy. • Base unlocked: $839.99 • 512GB: $1,039.99 • 1TB: $1,239.99

Anthropic models trail Google and OpenAI on speed and cost efficiency for customer service tasks. NICE Ltd benchmarks show the gap in both latency and per-query pricing.

Goldman Sachs is launching an alternative investments platform to give wealthy clients and family offices direct stakes in private companies.