2026-07-04

Tesla expands robotaxi service to small section of Miami

The company's robotaxi roadmap mentions future expansions to Orlando and Tampa. [...]

2026-07-04

Hong Kong now handles more than half of China’s chip imports

Hong Kong has become the main artery for high-tech goods flowing in and out of China, and its chip trade has hit record levels. The city accounted for more than half of China’s $239bn in semiconductor imports in the first five months of 2026, according to a Bloomberg review of official data. That share stood at […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-04

Starling Bank cuts 130 jobs as it bets on AI and looks beyond the UK

Starling Bank is cutting around 130 jobs, roughly 3% of its 4,000-strong workforce, as the London-based neobank restructures its banking and technology operations. Staff were told this week that the changes were intended to simplify how the company operates, reduce duplication, and accelerate product delivery. The cuts come as Starling pushes AI deeper into its […]<br /> This story continu [...]

2026-07-04

Australia’s child social media ban is failing, and the Senate just delayed the fix

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday condemned senators who blocked amendments to the country’s world-first social media ban for children, warning that the delay would give tech platforms time to destroy documents that could be used as evidence against them. The conservative Liberal Party and the minor Greens party referred the legislation to an eight-week Senate […]<br /& [...]

2026-07-04

I test 4K Blu-ray for a living and these are the 4 discs I'm most looking forward to testing in July 2026

July 2026 is packed with tons of new 4K Blu-ray releases: here are the top 4 I'm looking forward to testing. [...]

2026-07-04

How your smartwatch and AI might detect early signs of illness

Wearables are best at noticing breaks from your body's usual patterns. Those outliers can hint that something warrants further investigation with your doctor. [...]

2026-07-04

Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests

It’s a pretty good movie, but it needed to be a great movie to thrive in an oversaturated superhero market. [...]

2026-07-04

Open-source tool pxpipe hides text in PNGs to cut Claude Code and Fable 5 token costs up to 70%

The open-source tool pxpipe converts long text prompts for Claude Code into compact PNGs, exploiting the fact that Anthropic charges for images by pixel size, not text content. Developer Steven Chong reports cost savings of 59 to 70 percent, at the price of accuracy and speed.<br /> The article Open-source tool pxpipe hides text in PNGs to cut Claude Code and Fable 5 token costs up to 70% ap [...]

2026-07-04

How to watch Paraguay vs France: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time as Kylian Mbappe's FIFA World Cup 2026 favourites eye last-16 win

Here's how to watch Paraguay vs France for free online and from anywhere at the FIFA World Cup 2026, as Les Bleus aim to book their place in the last eight. [...]