Amazon shares climbed 5% on Monday, pushing the company's market value above $3 trillion for the first time, as continued AI-driven cloud demand sustained a post-earnings rally into a third consecutive session.
The ExfilSquad data extortion group has claimed responsibility for a breach of the U.K.'s Police National Legal Database, alleging it stole 135,000 contact records belonging to police officers, staff, and criminal justice professionals.
The Trump DOJ has asked a federal court to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI over unpermitted gas turbines in Mississippi, arguing citizens should not be able to enforce environmental laws against conduct the executive branch chooses not to prosecute.
SpaceX reports its first quarterly earnings as a public company on Tuesday with shares down more than 50% from their post-IPO high, amid short-seller gains of roughly $8.3 billion and looming lock-up expirations that could release a flood of new shares.
June, a startup founded by former Salesforce executives, exited stealth Monday with $20 million in pre-seed funding led by Marc Benioff's Time Ventures to help large enterprises automate the complex process of deploying AI tools within existing corporate systems.
Apple's MacBook Air is now facing supply constraints tied to the global memory chip shortage, with delivery times slipping into late August and September as AI infrastructure spending by major tech companies strains semiconductor availability.
Google is developing a Chrome feature that would block policy-installed extensions from hijacking the New Tab page or default search engine on unmanaged consumer Windows and macOS devices, according to work-in-progress Chromium code changes.
Amazon shares climbed 5% on Monday, pushing the company's market value above $3 trillion for the first time, as continued AI-driven cloud demand sustained a post-earnings rally into a third consecutive session.
SpaceX reports its first quarterly earnings as a public company on Tuesday with shares down more than 50% from their post-IPO high, amid short-seller gains of roughly $8.3 billion and looming lock-up expirations that could release a flood of new shares.
Apple has launched a U.S. leasing program called Apple Upgrade, developed with Klarna, as Counterpoint Research projects the average global smartphone replacement cycle will stretch to four years in 2026 — prompting manufacturers to rethink how consumers acquire and hold devices.
June, a startup founded by former Salesforce executives, exited stealth Monday with $20 million in pre-seed funding led by Marc Benioff's Time Ventures to help large enterprises automate the complex process of deploying AI tools within existing corporate systems.
Apple's MacBook Air is now facing supply constraints tied to the global memory chip shortage, with delivery times slipping into late August and September as AI infrastructure spending by major tech companies strains semiconductor availability.
Apple is expected to debut its first foldable iPhone alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models next month, with IDC predicting it will capture 34 percent of the foldable market by value in its first year, potentially pulling the long-niche category toward the mainstream.
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