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2026-07-30

Crocs surpasses $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time and  raised its full-year outlook

The Crocs brand topped $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, but third-quarter guidance fell short of Wall Street targets [...]

qz

2026-07-30

ABC is calling the FCC's early license review an "unprecedented" intimidation campaign

The Walt Disney-owned network filed formal opposition Thursday, calling the agency's early license review a warning to all media companies [...]

qz

2026-07-30

Scale AI is tapping a former Google Cloud executive as its new CEO

Francis deSouza, who previously served as COO and president of security products at Google Cloud, takes over on Aug. 10 [...]

qz

2026-07-30

10 subscription costs people forget they're paying for

These are the subscription costs quietly draining bank accounts every month, from forgotten app trials to bundled streaming add-ons [...]

qz

2026-07-30

OpenAI is slashing prices on two AI models as businesses push back on costs

The cuts come as businesses grow wary of rising AI bills and cheaper Chinese models intensify competition [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-30

Ex-Anduril founders raise $30mn to build Europe’s synthetic battlefield for defence AI

A London startup building the training grounds for Europe’s autonomous weapons has come out of stealth with $30mn. It is one of the region’s largest defence-tech seed rounds this year. Agon is not building the weapons themselves. It is building the infrastructure that trains them: a synthetic combat arena for AI-powered drones, missiles and uncrewed […]<br /> This story continues at Th [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-30

NHS England admits its paperwork hid that Palantir staff can see identifiable patient data

NHS England has admitted that a key data-protection document misstated who could see patients’ medical records. It did not disclose the whole arrangement. Staff at Palantir, the US data-analytics firm, can view identifiable patient data inside part of the new Federated Data Platform. The admission followed a request from the National Data Guardian, the statutory […]<br /> This story cont [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-30

Wiz’s AI bug-hunter helped find a master key to every database in Azure Cosmos DB

Wiz researchers found a single credential that could unlock every database running on Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB. They named it the Cosmos Master Key. And the vulnerability hunter that helped find it was not entirely human. Microsoft has patched the flaw, disclosed on Thursday and dubbed CosmosEscape. It found no evidence anyone exploited it beyond […]<br /> This story continues at The [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-30

Everyone hated Friend’s AI necklace, so it came back at double the price

The AI necklace that a chunk of New York wanted gone is back, and this time it talks. Friend, the pendant that listens to your day and pipes up with commentary, has re-launched with a speaker so it can reply out loud. It also costs twice as much. The original Friend messaged you like a […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]