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Samsung just made another deal. The company announced a partnership with Amazon Music that puts the streaming app on millions of new Galaxy phones and tablets straight from the factory. Users get the software whether they want it or not. Some will call it convenience. Others see it as more bloat. The news broke Tuesday.

The British government has proposed new measures that would restrict social media access for teenagers during nighttime hours while also targeting the addictive design features of popular apps. According to a report from The Next Web, officials are considering legislation that could impose a social media curfew on users under 16 and force platforms to

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook delivered a pointed message on July 15. She stands ready to push interest rates higher. The reason? Persistent price pressures that refuse to fade. Her remarks, prepared for the Exchequer Club in Washington, mark a clear evolution in thinking. Just a year ago risks tilted toward a softening labor market.

AI systems promise much. They deliver fast answers and automate tasks once reserved for humans. Yet many projects stumble before they reach full production. Failures often arrive not with crashes but with outputs that look right on the surface while hiding errors beneath. Israel Parada laid this out plainly in a recent piece for Communications

OnePlus built its name on bold claims. Flagship killers. Never settle. The brand once disrupted the premium Android market with high-spec phones at prices that undercut Samsung and others. But those days appear over in much of the world. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the company will cease operations in the U.S. and Europe as early

Former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati left the company in early 2025 to launch Thinking Machines Lab. She brought along a cluster of top researchers. The new venture quickly raised $2 billion in seed funding and reached a $12 billion valuation within months. Now the startup has released Inkling. This open-weights model arrives as

China’s trade surplus narrowed in the first half of 2026. Imports grew faster than exports. The gap shrank by 4.7 percent. This development caught many observers off guard. It hints at changes beneath the surface of the world’s second-largest economy. Official data released mid-July confirmed the trend. Lü Daliang, spokesperson for China’s General Administration of

FreeBSD developers just struck the final blow against lingering GNU code in their base system. The change came quietly last week. It closes a chapter that stretches back more than three decades. As of a recent commit in the development tree, the last piece of software licensed under the GNU General Public License has vanished

PayPal shares jumped 17% after news broke that Stripe and private equity firm Advent International had jointly offered more than $53 billion to buy the payments pioneer. The proposal, for $60.50 a share, landed earlier this month. It carries a 28% premium to PayPal’s prior close. Yet the target has yet to respond. And the

Apple just updated its advertising rules. The change, buried in a policy document effective July 14, signals a deliberate break from the model that made Google Maps a powerhouse for local search monetization. Businesses bidding for spots in Apple Maps will face tighter limits. No ads for plumbers, electricians or roofers. Crypto ATM operators stay