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Swedish Court Orders Google To Pay Klarna Unit $2 Billion

A Swedish court ordered Google to pay Klarna subsidiary PriceRunner nearly $2 billion in an antitrust case linked to comparison-shopping search, while Google said it is reviewing legal options.

#antitrust #digital payments #Google

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Memory Prices Push US PC Shipments Down 7%

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Memory Prices Push US PC Shipments Down 7%

Omdia data cited by Tom Hardware showed US PC shipments fell to 15.8 million units in the first quarter of 2026, as memory and storage chip shortages hit entry-level laptops and pushed the market toward a forecast 14.4% contraction.

#memory chips #PC shipments #Omdia

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Cloudflare Sets September Deadline For Mixed-Use AI Crawlers

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Cloudflare Sets September Deadline For Mixed-Use AI Crawlers

Cloudflare plans to block mixed-use crawlers from ad-supported pages by default from September 15, 2026, unless site owners change the setting. The policy pushes AI companies to separate search access from agent and training uses while Cloudflare expands publisher payment tools.

#AI crawlers #publisher content #Cloudflare

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WhatsApp Usernames Hide Phone Numbers But Scam Risk Remains

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WhatsApp Usernames Hide Phone Numbers But Scam Risk Remains

WhatsApp is rolling out usernames and optional keys to reduce phone-number exposure, but security researchers warn that impersonation and social-engineering scams can move to handles, profile images and trusted-looking accounts.

#cybersecurity #WhatsApp #usernames

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Starlink Discounts Memphis Plans Around xAI Data Centre Dispute

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Starlink Discounts Memphis Plans Around xAI Data Centre Dispute

SpaceX is offering Starlink discounts near xAI’s Colossus data centres in Memphis and Southaven, while lawsuits and permit disputes keep attention on power, noise and pollution claims around the AI site.

#AI data centers #Starlink #SpaceX

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AMD Drops HBM For LPDDR5X In Versal Memory Package Shift

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AMD Drops HBM For LPDDR5X In Versal Memory Package Shift

AMD is moving its Versal Premium Gen 2 memory-on-package adaptive SoCs from HBM to LPDDR5X after HBM2e supply limits forced the earlier Versal HBM family toward discontinuation.

#AMD #Versal Premium Gen 2 #LPDDR5X

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MiCA Deadline Forces EU Crypto Firms To Choose Licences Or Exit

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MiCA Deadline Forces EU Crypto Firms To Choose Licences Or Exit

CoinDesk reported that the EU’s MiCA framework is now fully in force, requiring crypto firms serving the 27-nation bloc to hold a licence or stop operating. Industry lawyers and executives said the rulebook improves clarity, but warned that compliance costs could shrink roughly 3,000 registered providers to 300 or 400 licensed firms.

#crypto #crypto web3 #MiCA

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UAE Gives Social Platforms 12 Months To Enforce Under-15 Rules

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UAE Gives Social Platforms 12 Months To Enforce Under-15 Rules

The UAE says social media platforms must build effective age-verification controls after a Cabinet resolution restricting under-15 access. Technology companies have 12 months before penalties apply, and officials said age-verification data must be deleted immediately rather than stored by platforms.

#UAE digital policy #social media #age verification

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Robinhood Opens Arbitrum Chain As Stock Tokens Go Live In 120 Countries

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Robinhood Opens Arbitrum Chain As Stock Tokens Go Live In 120 Countries

CoinDesk reported that Robinhood has launched the public mainnet for Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 blockchain built on Arbitrum, and made Stock Tokens available through Robinhood Wallet in more than 120 countries. The company also introduced Robinhood Earn with an estimated 7% yield on USDG, but jurisdictional availability and control settings remain central limits.

#crypto web3 #Robinhood Chain #tokenised stocks

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Nvidia Names $500 Billion US AI Infrastructure Plan But Leaves Timing Open

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Nvidia Names $500 Billion US AI Infrastructure Plan But Leaves Timing Open

Nvidia says it and partners including TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron, Corning, Lumentum, Coherent and Amkor plan up to $500 billion of US AI infrastructure production. The account comes from Nvidia's own company blog; it names factories, suppliers and job figures, but gives no full production timetable for the programme.

#AI infrastructure #Blackwell #Nvidia

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Springboards Tests Qwen 3 Model Against Repetitive LLM Answers

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Springboards Tests Qwen 3 Model Against Repetitive LLM Answers

Australian startup Springboards has built Flint on Alibaba’s Qwen 3 to produce more varied answers to open-ended prompts. MIT Technology Review’s article pairs the company’s claim with a NeurIPS-winning homogeneity paper and user cautions that the prototype still fails under pressure.

#large language models #Qwen 3 #Springboards

July 2, 2026Read More →

AWS Announces $1 Billion Forward-Deployed AI Engineering Unit

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AWS Announces $1 Billion Forward-Deployed AI Engineering Unit

AWS has announced a $1 billion Forward Deployed Engineering organisation that will send small engineering pods into customer environments for about 45 days. TheStreet reported that early users include the Allen Institute, Cox Automotive, the NBA, the NFL, Ricoh and Southwest Airlines.

#AWS #enterprise AI #forward deployed engineering

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