July 18, 2025

Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot: Cursor-maker Anysphere is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in an effort to compete with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot. Read More

A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people's phone locations: The new SS7 bypass-attack tricks phone operators into disclosing a cell subscriber's location, in some cases down to a few hundred meters. Read More

DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results: DuckDuckGo's new search feature comes as the internet is being flooded with AI-generated slop. Read More

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Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users: Since Monday morning, Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Code's GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan.  Users are only told "Claude usage limit reached," and […] Read More

Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films: Netflix said it used gen AI for the first time for a scene in an Argentinean show called El Atonata. Read More

SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals: SpaceX has been moving at breakneck pace, rapid progress comes at a cost. Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost six times higher than the average, data reveals. Read More

Meta refuses to sign EU's AI code of practice: Meta will not sign the EU's new rules, calling the implementation "over-reach" Read More

CaaStle founder charged with fraud, turns herself in: The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment against her, charging her with wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and lying to financial institutions. Read More

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With her app Smash, Kesha can be whoever she wants — even a tech CEO: Kesha is building an app called Smash, which is a way for musicians to find one another, make music together, and establish clear, artist-friendly contracts among collaborators. Read More

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July 18, 2025

Perplexity sees India as a shortcut in its race against OpenAI: Perplexity is quietly expanding into India to catch up to its rivals as AI adoption soars in the South Asian country. Read More

Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users: Since Monday morning, Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Code's GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan. Read More

Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films: For the first time, Netflix used generative AI to make a scene in a show, and it says the move helped it save time and cut costs. Read More

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Meta refuses to sign EU's AI code of practice: Meta's chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan said the company will not sign the EU's new code of practice for its AI Act, calling the implementation "over-reach" Read More

Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch: Only eight months after its launch, Sweden's Lovable has raised a $200 million Series A round led by Accel at a $1.8 billion valuation. Read More

OpenAI launches a general purpose agent in ChatGPT: OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT agent, which the company claims to be its most capable AI agent product yet. Read More

Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction: Former Waymo engineers have launched an autonomous vehicle startup with $80 million in venture funds. Read More

Call of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans: The video game giant banned an unknown number of cheaters that were using one of the oldest-running cheats. Read More

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'Utopian' city California Forever announces huge tech manufacturing park : Solano Foundry is a 2,100-acre manufacturing park that can host 40 million square feet of advanced tech manufacturing space. Read More

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