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Apple Intelligence finally gets regulatory approval in China

Apple has received regulatory approval to launch its Apple Intelligence AI service in China, partnering with Baidu and Alibaba to meet local compliance requirements.

Microsoft patches record 570 Windows security bugs with two exploited zero days

Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday addressed a record-breaking 570 Windows security flaws, including three zero-day vulnerabilities with two actively exploited in the wild.

Vint Cerf is working on a plan to unleash AI agents on the open internet

Vint Cerf, widely known as a 'father of the internet' for his work on TCP/IP, is developing a plan to create a standard for identifying AI agents operating across the web. The effort aims to bring order to an increasingly autonomous AI landscape where bots interact with websites and services without clear identification.

Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for around $53.4B

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint offer to acquire PayPal at approximately $53.4 billion, backed by roughly $50 billion in committed bank financing.

Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches

A Windows zero-day vulnerability, dubbed HiveLegacy, was disclosed on the same day Microsoft released a record number of security patches. Security researchers describe HiveLegacy as a 'powerful primitive' that could potentially be exploited for additional malicious activities beyond the initially reported attack vector.

DeepSeek Is Preparing For IPO Filing as Soon as This Year

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is reportedly preparing for an IPO filing as soon as this year, just weeks after completing a $7 billion funding round.

SpaceX Calls for Improved Orbital Coordination After Starlink Near-Misses

SpaceX has issued a call for improved coordination among satellite operators following a series of close encounters involving its Starlink constellation. The company reported that several incidents resulted in conjunction distances measured at "tens of meters to hundreds of meters," describing these events as "way too close

Judge Questions Legality of $100K Early Access Fee for Truth Social Posts

A federal judge is currently examining whether former President Donald Trump can legally charge $100,000 for early access to posts on his Truth Social platform. The legal question centers on whether this paywall creates an unconstitutional barrier to the press. The case raises novel questions about press access to

ICE Explored Using Palantir's Deportation-Targeting Tool for Voter Fraud Investigations

Documents obtained by the legal advocacy organization Democracy Forward show that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) explored the possibility of incorporating voter roll data into Palantir's ELITE platform, a data analysis tool primarily used to identify targets for deportation. The ELITE (Enforcement Lifecycle Integrated Targeting Environment)