2026-07-17

Google workers rallied outside headquarters demanding layoff protections

The Alphabet Workers Union delivered a petition signed by 4,500 employees to CEO Sundar Pichai and three other senior executives [...]

2026-07-17

Travelers' profit surged as catastrophe losses fell and investment income climbed

The insurer's net income rose to $2.21 billion in the second quarter, driven by a sharp drop in storm-related losses and a 14% gain in investment income [...]

2026-07-17

China's Moonshot AI launched its largest model ever — and rival AI stocks plunged

Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model, outperformed several leading U.S. systems on some benchmarks while pricing below top-tier American rivals [...]

2026-07-17

EU defangs a key pillar of its climate policy to allow more pollution

Europe's latest updates to its climate policy aren't great news for the planet. [...]

2026-07-17

Apple vs. Open AI Explained: The Battle for AI Gadgets Begins With a Juicy Lawsuit

Ah, so that's why we didn't hear about ChatGPT at WWDC this year. [...]

2026-07-17

Siri AI vs. Old Siri on Apple Watch: It Wasn't Even Close

The WatchOS 27 public beta is here, and Apple's revamped assistant finally does what Siri should have been doing all along. [...]

2026-07-17

The Chat Control gambit: The EU's 'undemocratic' revival of chat scanning may have long term consequences for digital privacy

Temporary CSAM chat scanning got the green light in Europe, three months after Parliament voted it down. Opponents now warn it could pave the way for lasting legislation that's unfit to protect our privacy. [...]

2026-07-17

Coca-Cola shuts down Fairlife dairy production lines following ransomware attack

Coca-Cola confirms ransomware attack on Fairlife in an 8-K form filed with the SEC. [...]

2026-07-17

'The SaaS apocalypse is overrated': How Workday and other software provders plan to survive AI

Experts warn that an extinction event is coming for SaaS, thanks to AI disintermediation. Here's why some vendors remain skeptical. [...]