2026-07-01

Cross-border payroll runs on $200B and zero shared infrastructure

Every year, more than $200 billion in employer-originated wages crosses international borders. The money moves through a patchwork of local banks, regional payroll vendors, and manual compliance processes. Anyone who managed international payments in 2005 would recognise the setup. The scale has changed. The plumbing has not. This is not a minor inefficiency. It is […]<br /> This story con [...]

2026-07-01

Getty Images is canceling its $3.7 billion Shutterstock merger due to UK restrictions

Getty Images has moved to terminate a $3.7 billion merger with rival Shutterstock due to restrictions imposed by UK regulators. [...]

2026-07-01

Hidden code in Claude Code secretly flagged Chinese users

Anthropic is removing a hidden monitoring feature from its programming tool, Claude Code, after it sparked outrage on social media.<br /> The article Hidden code in Claude Code secretly flagged Chinese users appeared first on The Decoder. [...]

2026-07-01

Claude Sonnet 5 continues Anthropic's pattern of hiding price increases behind unchanged token rates

Claude Sonnet 5 ranks fifth in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with 53 points and even beats the pricier Opus 4.8 on some agent-based tasks. But the model chews through about 40 percent more tokens per task than its predecessor, nearly doubling real costs despite identical list prices. Anthropic's hidden price hikes are becoming a pattern.<br /> The article Claude Sonnet 5 co [...]

2026-07-01

I test camera gear for a living — here are the 5 standout models for 2026 so far, from Sony, Lumix and more

I look back at the best cameras I've reviewed so far this year, and select my personal 5 favorites. [...]

2026-07-01

Amazon is spending billions on deploying engineers into customers looking to get started with AI

AWS' Forward Deployed Engineers will reside inside customer organizations to build and implement AI tools at scale. [...]

2026-07-01

Anthropic’s Fable 5 is back after US shutdown it called 'a misunderstanding'

Anthropic’s most advanced public Claude model is returning after a US government directive forced it offline — but the episode raises bigger questions about who controls access to frontier AI. [...]

2026-07-01

Nanoleaf’s new ceiling light isn’t a show-stopper like the Philips Skylight, but it wins on the smart home features front — and it’s more affordable

Nanoleaf's new ceiling light is small but ever so smart, and it's a lot cheaper than the new Philips Skylight. [...]

2026-07-01

Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warning

After Trump's claims, Tylenol usage dropped during pregnancies. [...]