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China's Changxin Memory Technologies posted $7.3 bn Q1 2026 revenue, a 700% jump, while US export controls tighten and a new Tencent DRAM deal signals rising competition in the global memory market.

Telegram's t.me domain was put on serverHold by the .me registry, removing it from global DNS and breaking all short‑link URLs, while the main app and website remain functional; no explanation has been given.

Q2 2026 saw a record 83 crypto hacks, costing $755 million; KelpDAO ($293 m) and Drift Protocol ($280 m) were the biggest, with bridge exploits causing nearly half the loss.

PixVerse closed a $439 million Series C extension, valuing the Singapore AI video startup at over $2 billion and bringing monthly active users to 15 million as it expands globally.

Nous Research closes a $75 million round at a $1.5 billion valuation, led by Robot Ventures and USV, to expand its open‑source Hermes AI agent and decentralized training infrastructure.

India halted WhatsApp’s username rollout over phishing risks; tests in Switzerland showed fraudulent reservation of official names, prompting Meta to promise safeguards.

Apple asked lower courts to pause the Epic Games App Store commission lawsuit while the Supreme Court reviews the case; Epic opposes, calling it a delay tactic. The case concerns Apple’s 27% fee after a 2021 ed

Spain's extreme heat highlights poor building insulation; SOPREMA touts XPS solutions to cut energy use up to 40%, while a Bosch study shows 34% favor aerotermia but knowledge gaps hinder uptake.

Flock Safety’s automated license‑plate readers are under fire in Kentucky and Los Angeles, sparking new state limits and calls to suspend deployment.

China's Shenzhou-23 trio tested a new orbital mass‑measurement device and conducted musculoskeletal and neuro‑ergonomic experiments aboard Tiangong as they near 50 days in space.

Halo Studios cancels the Project Ekur multiplayer game and confirms the Campaign Evolved remake will launch on 28 July 2026.

Australia's eSafety Office reports 2,200 sextortion complaints, mostly from young men, and finds major tech platforms lacking detection tools, prompting calls for a Digital Duty of Care.

Turkey’s Bayraktar Kızılelma UAV hit a sea target over 120 km away using two supersonic JET‑230 missiles, confirming its new air‑to‑ground capability.

Fusion industry investment tops $4.48 billion, a 69 % year‑on‑year rise, with U.S., China and Canadian firms leading private funding and two companies gearing up for public listings.

Ukraine’s 123rd Brigade used a naval drone to drop an armed ground robot onto the Russian‑held Kinburn Spit, marking the first combat mission of this kind and showcasing expanding autonomous warfare.

Bizum Pay went live in Spain on 14 July 2026, letting users pay in stores via NFC‑linked smartphones directly from their bank accounts, with low merchant fees and broad terminal support.

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella warns enterprises that AI use can leak proprietary data, proposing an AI‑specific patent system to protect IP.

Aidoptation gets EU approval for Level‑4 highway tests in Belgium, while the EU mandates driver‑monitoring cameras on all new cars from July 2026 to curb distraction‑related crashes.

Brazil’s Copersucar, CMA CGM and Bunker One completed the first ethanol fueling of a container ship at Santos, showcasing renewable marine fuel and Brazil’s biofuel potential.

IMGW issued orange alerts for Lublin and other Polish regions as heavy rain, hail and strong winds threaten flash floods on 14 July; satellite data may improve early warnings.

Artemis 2’s Orion flew behind the Moon, gathering images via a tightly commanded INCO system, while Italian‑German scientists modeled a lightweight permanent‑magnet shield that could block about 20 % of solar‑s

Bosch began sample production at its Roseville, California silicon‑carbide chip plant, backed by up to $225 million in U.S. CHIPS funding and a $2 billion total investment, with commercial output slated for the

Analysts expect next‑gen consoles PlayStation 6 and Xbox Project Helix to launch at $600‑800, with 2026 shipments falling 19.5% to 33.9 million and sales recovering to 37.4 million by 2030.

Warsaw was selected as the location for ESA’s first centre outside founding states, with Poland pledging €731 million in ESA funding and a 500 million‑zł space‑industry fund, aiming to start operations in 2027.

KAIST professor Lee Sang‑yeop proposes an AI‑driven, phased roadmap to commercialize biomanufacturing of succinic acid and biodegradable plastics, aiming to cut costs and shift from oil‑based chemicals to a bio

Apple's macOS 27 Golden Gate beta is now public, offering performance upgrades and a new Safari, while supporting only Apple Silicon Macs and ending support for Intel models.

A Ryanair Boeing 737’s window shattered after take‑off, nearly ejecting a Serbian passenger; the aircraft returned to Thessaloniki and the NTSB is now leading the investigation.

SoftBank becomes Sierra’s exclusive partner to roll out AI‑driven customer service in Japan, beginning with Linemo and later expanding to Y!mobile and other brands.

Samsung SDI’s UPS batteries passed UL’s indoor fire test, showing no fire spread or explosion and earning the first global certification of its kind, bolstering safety credentials for AI data‑center and ESS use

Washington D.C.’s proposed robotaxi law imposes steep fees and taxes, prompting Uber to oppose the bill as favoring Waymo, while Waymo backs it for safe autonomous deployment.

Broadcast latency means radio can hear Spain’s World Cup goal seconds before TV or streaming, with FM/AM near‑instant, TV 5‑20 s and streaming up to 50 s delayed.

Hubble and James Webb data reveal Omega Centauri's first stellar‑mass black hole, oMEGACat BH‑2, with a 4.46‑solar‑mass black hole and a 94‑year orbital period, refining black‑hole formation models.

Brazilian gamer Ordo_Liberal won a court order forcing Microsoft to restore his Xbox account, return his games, and pay $400 in damages.

Rwanda’s eKash payment system is now fully interoperable, enabling fee‑capped transfers up to RWF 10 million between banks and mobile wallets via existing digital channels from 14 July 2026.

Google will launch Pixel 11 with a 2nm Tensor G6 chip in August 2026, potentially beating iPhone 18. Amazon product pages leaked specs, colors and minor inconsistencies.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said Base’s content‑coin experiments failed and the layer‑2 will now prioritize on‑chain trading, payments and AI, after TVL fell and Coinbase revenue slipped.

Samsung Electronics won eight Red Dot Design Awards 2026, including two Best‑of‑the‑Best for its AI‑driven consumable‑design system and kids robots Drimo/Minimo, showcasing AI‑personalised experiences.

Kashmir is expanding digital and communication skills—citing UNESCO, OECD and market trends—to prepare its workforce for remote, AI‑driven workplaces.

Ghana and Nigeria launch digital training programmes: Ghana targets 2,000 youths with Microsoft‑certified IT courses, while Nigeria's YEDIS equips rural women with AI skills to improve agro‑food productivity.

Waze’s update adds AI‑based Motorcycle Mode, a less‑chatty voice option, personalized routing and Gemini‑powered voice search and reporting, now live in several Latin American and Asian countries.

Apple’s iOS 26.6 beta adds a “Malicious Message Detected” warning for risky iMessages, offering users options to defer, share with Apple, or ignore, with a public release expected late July 2026.

DHS’s HSIN network was breached after two false‑positive alerts; hackers installed backdoors and stole credential files, prompting a breach declaration and an ongoing investigation.

Snowflake pledges $6 billion to AWS in a multi‑year deal to boost enterprise AI, expanding generative and agentic AI tools, joint go‑to‑market efforts and use of AWS Graviton compute.

Slovak Telekom was named Slovakia’s top‑rated mobile and 5G network in Ookla’s latest test and, with TU Košice and SOVA Digital, launched a private 5G SA campus for industrial logistics, supporting up to 1 M d

OpenAI's GPT‑5.6 prompting guide recommends outcome‑first prompts, adds a text.verbosity parameter and tool‑calling support, claiming 10‑15% better performance and up to 66% token reduction.

Mato Grosso do Sul's government launched the 'MS Inova Mais Municípios' program, partnering with Sebrae to embed innovation in all 79 municipalities and support sustainable development.

A new CRISPRi atlas maps effects of 11,692 gene knockdowns in human iPSCs, revealing regulators like ZBTB41 and RNF7 and providing an open‑access tool for stem‑cell research and AI modeling.

UK researchers found 25 new small debris fragments in geostationary orbit, posing a lasting collision risk to costly communication and observation satellites.

Fintech founder Tom Blomfield leaves Y Combinator to join AI firm Anthropic on its compute team, as the company ramps up massive compute capacity and prepares an IPO.