Breaking news and updates from the world of technology.
Alibaba is barring staff from using Anthropic's Claude Code starting July 10, citing a hidden tracking mechanism that flagged Chinese users to Anthropic's servers.
Senator Mark Warner is calling for a joint DHS-DOJ investigation after hackers breached the Homeland Security Information Network, a platform used by federal, state, and local law enforcement to coordinate on major events including the FIFA World Cup.
Tesla's second-quarter deliveries jumped 25% year-over-year, marking its first quarterly growth after two straight years of decline, with European demand offsetting continued softness in North America.
At an internal town hall on July 2, Meta's CEO admitted agentic AI development 'hasn't really accelerated in the way we expected' over the last four months, despite a company-wide restructuring built entirely around that bet.
Microsoft's new Frontier Company will plant 6,000 engineering and industry experts inside enterprise clients to co-design, deploy, and continuously improve AI systems tied to measurable business outcomes.
A ULA Atlas V launch pushed Amazon's satellite broadband constellation past 390 operational satellites, enough for continuous initial coverage — with faster-cadence Vulcan and New Glenn launches next to close the gap with Starlink.
The Court of Justice of the European Union rejected Google's final appeal, closing an eight-year legal battle over anticompetitive Android bundling practices and confirming one of the largest antitrust penalties ever levied against a tech company.
Two 9.8-severity vulnerabilities in the Cursor AI code editor let attackers achieve full remote code execution through zero-click prompt injection — no developer interaction required. Both are patched in Cursor 3.0.
A 19-year-old dual US-Estonian citizen was extradited to Chicago to face charges tied to Scattered Spider, the hacking group blamed for the 2023 Caesars and MGM breaches and over $100 million in ransom payments.
Sony will stop making physical game discs for all new PlayStation titles starting January 2028, reflecting that 85% of PS game sales are now digital.
UBTech unveiled the UWORLD U1 Series in Shenzhen on July 1, 2026 — three models of full-size ultra-bionic humanoid robots built explicitly for mass production, with 13,361 pre-orders placed and pricing starting at 119,800 RMB (~$16,500 USD).
A UN independent scientific panel warned July 1 that AI capabilities are outpacing both scientific understanding and government policy, with the risk of catastrophic harm if the gap isn't closed.