2026-07-29

Vertiv beat earnings expectations and raised its outlook — but the stock sank

The data-infrastructure company's second-quarter sales of $3.27 billion fell short of analyst expectations even as adjusted earnings topped estimates [...]

2026-07-29

GE HealthCare stock soared after it beat earnings with help from tariff refunds

The medical device maker posted $561 million in net income, boosted by $129 million in tariff refunds and strong imaging and diagnostics sales [...]

2026-07-29

The FCC is banning imports of foreign-made humanoid robots over national security concerns

The ban targets new models of humanoid and quadruped robots, as well as power inverters, and follows a White House interagency national security determination [...]

2026-07-29

Eolian Breaks Ground on 1 GWh Battery Near Ohio Data Centers

Eolian said on July 29, 2026 that construction has started on Flint Grid, a 200-megawatt battery storage plant in Jersey Township, Licking County, Ohio, built to hold 5.3 hours of output, or roughly 1.06 gigawatt-hours of electricity. The site sits inside the New Albany data center and industrial corridor east of Columbus and ties into what the developer calls one of the region's most critica [...]

2026-07-29

Microsoft Faces UK Consumer Probe Over Copilot Price Rises

UK subscribers who watched their Microsoft 365 bill climb after Copilot turned up in Word and Outlook are now the subject of a formal consumer-law investigation. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority opened a case against Microsoft on July 27, 2026, made public two days later, over whether Personal and Family customers were given clear enough information about their options before their [...]

2026-07-29

I build self-driving trucks. Don’t build a self-driving company

AI is good enough to run your company, which is exactly why you shouldn’t let it. [...]

2026-07-29

Effective thought leadership starts with industry tension

Four tests can help determine whether a perspective is strong enough to shape how others think and act. [...]

2026-07-29

Bright Machines says its new hybrid robot cell could help solve a major AI infrastructure bottleneck

Bright Machines wants to solve one of the least glamorous but most consequential problems in the AI buildout: what happens to quality data when a human being has to touch the production line.The San Francisco-based manufacturer announced today the Hybrid BRC (Bright Robotic Cell), an expansion of its Bright Factory platform that lets human operators step inside a sensor-monitored robotic cell to p [...]

2026-07-29

China drafts cyberbullying rules that reach AI-generated abuse

China’s internet regulator has published draft rules to combat cyberbullying, and, according to Reuters, the measures are written to reach abuse generated with artificial intelligence. The Cyberspace Administration of China released the draft for public comment on 29 July, part of a widening effort to police what happens on the country’s platforms. The draft targets […]<br /> This stor [...]