July 07, 2026

Netflix invented binge-watching. Now it may have outgrown it.: A new report suggests Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for Season 2. The bigger issue may be that binge-watching itself is no longer the advantage it once was. Read More

This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car: Bidbus, which lets dealerships bid on used cars, has raised $15 million in a Series A round that was led by early-stage mobility fund Ibex Investors. Read More

AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation: AI law startup Norm has raised a $120 million Series C round led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the startup at $1.2 billion.  Read More

General Compute raised $15m to build the worlds first ASIC cloud. By removing the GPU bottleneck, it runs frontier LLMs up to 16x faster than standard GPU clouds. ASIC silicon is also far more energy efficient, so it deploys in air-cooled data centers, making growth and expansion dramatically easier.

The 'first' AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human: An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn't quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week's headlines suggested. Read More

US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom: SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Friday. Read More

If you use Google, you're training its AI. Here's how to opt out.: Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, including media such as “images, files, and audio and video recordings,” to improve its AI models. Read More

The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine: Forterra has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones in Ukraine. Read More

Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites: The U.S. Army has fixed two of its websites that were hacked to display messages calling President Trump a "pedophile" and a "thief." Read More

Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales: Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest. Read More

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July 06, 2026

If you use Google, you're training its AI. Here's how to opt out.: PSA: A change to Google's privacy settings let it train its AI on more of your data. Here's how to opt out. Read More

Amazon competitor Bookshop.org says Kobo eReader support will happen this year after all: Bookship.org seemed to delay this anticipated partnership again, but tells TechCrunch that it has settled business terms and is working on integration. Read More

Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI: A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor. Read More

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Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created: In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam. Read More

Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists, and a ransomware gang last year: The hacking operations disclosed in a Canadian spy agency's annual report underscores some pressing national security threats facing the country and its top allies. Read More

Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales: Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest. Read More

Trump memecoin investors lost $3.8 billion, analysis finds: Nearly 1 million people have lost a total of $3.8 billion after buying President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, while Trump made $636 million. Read More

This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn't promising a robot in your home anytime soon: While other humanoid startups chase sky-high valuations, Agility Robotics is betting its future on execution — and a SPAC. Read More

Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups: Station F, a Paris-based startup hub founded by French billionaire Xavier Niel, is gearing up for a new edition of its F/ai accelerator program in a bid to strengthen its positioning as a stepping stone for promising AI startups. Read More

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