Breaking news and updates from the world of technology.
A ULA Atlas V launch pushed Amazon's satellite broadband constellation past 390 operational satellites, enough for continuous initial coverage — with faster-cadence Vulcan and New Glenn launches next to close the gap with Starlink.
The Court of Justice of the European Union rejected Google's final appeal, closing an eight-year legal battle over anticompetitive Android bundling practices and confirming one of the largest antitrust penalties ever levied against a tech company.
Two 9.8-severity vulnerabilities in the Cursor AI code editor let attackers achieve full remote code execution through zero-click prompt injection — no developer interaction required. Both are patched in Cursor 3.0.
A 19-year-old dual US-Estonian citizen was extradited to Chicago to face charges tied to Scattered Spider, the hacking group blamed for the 2023 Caesars and MGM breaches and over $100 million in ransom payments.
Sony will stop making physical game discs for all new PlayStation titles starting January 2028, reflecting that 85% of PS game sales are now digital.
UBTech unveiled the UWORLD U1 Series in Shenzhen on July 1, 2026 — three models of full-size ultra-bionic humanoid robots built explicitly for mass production, with 13,361 pre-orders placed and pricing starting at 119,800 RMB (~$16,500 USD).
A UN independent scientific panel warned July 1 that AI capabilities are outpacing both scientific understanding and government policy, with the risk of catastrophic harm if the gap isn't closed.
The Trump administration has reversed its June 2026 export ban on Anthropic's two most powerful AI models, allowing worldwide access to resume after the company agreed to four binding security conditions.
President Lee Jae-myung unveiled a sweeping plan combining $520 billion in new chip fabs from Samsung and SK Hynix with $650 billion in AI data center buildout — the largest single-country technology commitment ever announced.
Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a deal with Anthropic that gives California state agencies, cities, and counties access to Claude at a 50% discount, making California the first US state to offer a frontier AI model through its official technology procurement portal.
A Wisconsin startup powered lightbulbs using electricity harvested directly from plasma in its WHAM fusion device on June 19 — the first public demonstration of direct energy conversion from fusion by a private company, achieving an estimated 90% conversion efficiency.
Google has made its Gemini Omni Flash model available to developers via API, bringing conversational AI video generation and editing to enterprise teams at 75% less than standard Veo 3.1 pricing.