Cloudflare is helping OpenAI crawl the web it once helped publishers protect
July 10, 2026
Cloudflare says it wants to protect publishers from aggressive AI crawlers. Now it is helping OpenAI discover and index web content more efficiently.
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Microsoft Aurora 1.5 uses AI to forecast hurricanes and extreme weather
July 10, 2026
Microsoft Aurora 1.5 expands the company’s open Earth-system AI model with hourly forecasts, ensemble predictions and 22 additional weather variables.
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Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
July 10, 2026
Apple claims OpenAI benefited from confidential hardware information taken by former employees as it built its consumer device operation.
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AT&T and Ericsson turn 5G towers into a drone detection network
July 10, 2026
AT&T and Ericsson have demonstrated how existing 5G towers can detect, locate, and track drones in real time near a major stadium.
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Baseus PicoGo Air squeezes 5,000mAh into a 6.9mm magnetic power bank
July 10, 2026
Baseus says its new PicoGo Air is the thinnest power bank in the PicoGo series, squeezing a 5,000mAh battery into a body measuring just 6.9mm thick.
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Nearly half of small businesses would choose AI over a new employee
July 9, 2026
AI adoption is climbing among small businesses, but a new Thryv survey reveals a troubling shift as 46 percent say they would choose software over hiring a person.
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Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 but nobody asked for more Zuckerberg AI
July 9, 2026
Meta has launched Muse Spark 1.1 with stronger coding, computer-use, and agentic capabilities. It may be impressive, but convincing consumers to trust another Zuckerberg AI could be nearly impossible.
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One developer just pulled off the impossible by getting Linux running on the Atari Jaguar
July 9, 2026
The Atari Jaguar may have been one of gaming’s biggest commercial failures, but it has earned an unlikely new achievement. Developer cakehonolulu has successfully ported uClinux to the 1993 console, overcoming its tiny 2MB of RAM, lack of an MMU, and other hardware challenges to boot Linux on real hardware.
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July 9, 2026
OpenAI has made GPT-5.6 the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot, giving Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Copilot Chat, and Cowork access to its latest flagship AI.
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OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 as ChatGPT becomes an actual work agent
July 9, 2026
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.6 alongside ChatGPT Work, an AI agent that can complete long-running projects, create documents and websites, automate workflows, and interact with your apps and files.
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This Panasonic indoor pizza oven is the kitchen gadget every pizza-loving nerd will want
July 9, 2026
Panasonic wants pizza-loving nerds to clear some counter space with the new FlashXpress Indoor Pizza Oven Plus, a high-heat appliance that cooks restaurant-style pizza in minutes.
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Crypto is getting hacked more often but attackers are stealing less
July 9, 2026
Crypto suffered a record 207 hacks in the first half of 2026, yet total losses fell below $1 billion. New data suggests stronger security is reducing the financial impact of attacks.
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