Claude will watermark AI text. Here’s how it works
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Gemini app surpasses 1 billion monthly active users, Google says
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Anthropic to watermark Claude-generated text
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Meta’s new open-source AI runs locally without the cloud
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TikTok to close Nashville office, laying off 250 employees
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Cloudflare unveils Kitesurf, browser designed for AI agents
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AI presentation startup NextSlide acquired by OpenAI
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Dual-battery code in iOS 27 fuels foldable iPhone speculation 

Apple may be preparing to launch its first foldable iPhone, according to a recent report by Macworld that says newly discovered code in the latest iOS 27 developer beta contains fresh references to a device with two internal batteries.
23 July 2026

Samsung unveils Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8, and Flip8

Samsung just announced three new foldable phones: the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold8, and Galaxy Z Flip8. All three run Android 17 with One UI 9 and integrate Galaxy AI features across their respective form factors.
22 July 2026

US and China to discuss AI policy in upcoming talks: report

The United States and China plan to hold talks on artificial intelligence in September, according to a report by Reuters that cited people familar with the matter.
22 July 2026

US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI companies over alleged intellectual property theft

The Trump administration has threatened to sanction Chinese artificial intelligence companies if investigations confirm that their open-source models have been built using stolen intellectual property from American AI developers, marking a potential new front in the ongoing technology war between the two countries.
22 July 2026

Anthropic's $1.5bn copyright settlement approved, but AI training legal battles continue

A US federal judge has given final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of a class action copyright lawsuit brought by authors and publishers, allowing the company to begin paying out compensation, though the ruling does little to settle the broader legal question of whether using copyrighted works to train AI models is lawful.
22 July 2026

Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in smartphone-based vehicle inspection startup

Sheryl Sandberg has led a $10 million funding round into Self Inspection, a San Diego-based startup that uses AI and smartphone cameras to assess vehicle damage, in a deal that also drew strategic backing from tyre distributor US AutoForce and automotive lender Westlake Financial.
22 July 2026

Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes unicorn just over a year after launch

Emergent, an Indian startup building AI-powered coding tools for entrepreneurs and small businesses, has raised $130 million in a Series C funding round at a post-money valuation of $1.5 billion, becoming a unicorn just over a year after it was founded in June 2025.
22 July 2026

Stripe and Advent submit joint $53.4bn bid to acquire PayPal

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have submitted a joint offer to acquire PayPal in a deal valued at approximately $53.4 billion, according to Reuters, with the bid backed by around $50 billion in committed bank financing. Under the proposed terms, Stripe and Advent would each hold an equal stake in the company if the acquisition proceeds.
22 July 2026

Uber agrees $14.8bn deal to acquire Foodpanda owner Delivery Hero

Uber has agreed to acquire Berlin-based food delivery company Delivery Hero in an all-stock deal valued at $14.8 billion, a transaction that would nearly double the ride-hailing giant's global footprint and create one of the world's largest delivery platforms outside China.
22 July 2026

Hackers exploiting critical WordPress vulnerabilities affecting tens of millions of sites

Hackers are actively breaking into websites running outdated versions of WordPress, following the discovery and public disclosure of two critical security flaws that together allow attackers to take full remote control of a vulnerable site.
22 July 2026

Instagram lets users replace music on old posts

Instagram has launched a new feature called Replace Audio that allows users to swap out the music on published feed posts and carousels at any time, without needing to delete and re-upload the content.
22 July 2026

The Odyssey director Christopher Nolan says AI is a 'Trojan horse'

Christopher Nolan has described artificial intelligence as a Trojan horse whose dangers are entirely visible to those accepting it, and said he finds the depth of public scepticism around the technology encouraging.
22 July 2026

China develops more than half of the world's humanoid robots: report

China has developed more than 400 humanoid robot models, accounting for more than half of the global total, according to a report citing the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
22 July 2026

NVIDIA unveils AI tool to detect deepfake videos in real time

NVIDIA has launched a new artificial intelligence-powered tool designed to detect AI-generated or manipulated videos in real time.
21 July 2026

The world is waiting to hear Bangladesh's digital inclusion story

In an interview with The Daily Star, Julian said Bangladesh has already built an extensive mobile network, with almost universal 4G population coverage, but still trails several countries in South and Southeast Asia in smartphone adoption, mobile broadband usage and digital innovation.
21 July 2026

Suno scraped millions of songs from YouTube, Deezer and Genius: report

A hacking incident has reportedly revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) music company Suno trained its models using millions of songs and lyrics scraped from online platforms, including YouTube Music, Deezer and Genius.
20 July 2026

Steam games used to steal $220K in crypto, FBI arrests one 

US federal authorities have arrested a 21-year-old Florida man accused of participating in a scheme that allegedly used malware hidden inside video games distributed through Steam to steal more than $220,000 worth of cryptocurrency from users.
20 July 2026

How cooling vests are changing football

As football grows faster and more physically demanding, one opponent continues to test even the world's best athletes: heat. 
19 July 2026

Apple regains title of world's most valuable company from Nvidia

Apple has overtaken Nvidia to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company on July 17.
18 July 2026

Apple files trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and two former Apple employees, alleging that the artificial intelligence (AI) company used confidential hardware information to accelerate development of its first consumer device.
15 July 2026