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The EU just fined Google $1 billion for favoring its own services in search and Play Store
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
The European Commission has announced two new fines against Google totaling $1 billion. The EU's executive body penalized the Alphabet corporation for violating rules contained in the Digital Markets Act, which imposes tighter regulations on organizations designated as "gatekeepers" in specific markets, such as online search.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Lego brings The X-Files to life with 1,478-piece set including Mulder and Scully minifigs
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
Lego went all out with its reveal, teaming up with actress Gillian Anderson to create a cinematic promo. Anderson portrayed Special Agent Dana Scully opposite David Duchovny as Fox Mulder in the series, which ran for nine seasons between 1993 and 2002 during its original run. The franchise later spawned...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple's rumored leasing program could restrict apps, lock down iPhones if you miss payments
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
The code, discovered by 9to5Mac, describes a system called App Managed Features. It would allow an authorized financing provider's app to enroll an iPhone and regularly check whether the contract remains in good standing.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A new brain-computer implant is helping blind seniors see again, and it just got approved in Europe
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
Science describes PRIMA as an "investigational" retinal implant designed to combat vision loss caused by GA and AMD. For the time being, the device is commercially available only in the European market. The implant is actually part of a more complex system that includes both a subretinal photovoltaic chip and...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Xbox backwards compatibility now available on PC, starting with four original Xbox games
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
Four games from the original Xbox are now available on PC for the first time via the Xbox app on Windows 11. More titles are on the horizon, but Microsoft has not specified which games will be added or when they will arrive.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Framework nearly doubles Laptop 13 Pro memory prices overnight after suppliers demand more than twice as much
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
Framework's 32GB module has jumped from $439 to $800, an increase of 82%, while the 64GB option has risen from $849 to a brutal $1,600, up 88%. Linus Sebastian's favorite laptop company is keeping the 16GB module at $239 for now, but warns that price will also increase once its remaining lower-cost stock runs out.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
OpenAI says its AI models went rogue and hacked another company
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
OpenAI has confirmed that a combination of its large language models broke out of an isolated testing environment and went on to hack into rival AI company Hugging Face while trying to cheat on an internal benchmark. No person directed the attack.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Google records its first negative free cash flow since going public as its AI spending explodes
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
Google said its free cash flow – the cash it had remaining after paying for operations and investments – for the three months to the end of June was at negative $5.9 billion. The revelation, combined with the announcement that it would be spending even more money on AI hardware...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nvidia reveals Vera CPU details, claims its custom Olympus cores outperform AMD Epyc Turin
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
Part of Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform, the Arm-based Vera CPU is designed to perform complex reasoning, facilitate tool execution, generate code, and plan tasks for AI agents. Developed as a multi-purpose chip, it can also handle scientific data processing and reinforcement learning, which demand more CPU power than typical AI...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Gig economy workers and Amazon staff are increasingly dependent on food stamps and Medicaid, says federal report
Posted on Thursday July 23, 2026
The GAO report, which was commissioned by Senator Bernie Sanders, shows that the number of Amazon workers relying on food stamps and Medicaid tripled between the start of the Covid pandemic in February 2020 and September 2025.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »