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Rivian sues US government for full refund of Trump-era IEEPA tariffs
Electric Vehicles

Rivian sues US government for full refund of Trump-era IEEPA tariffs

Rivian filed suit in the US Court of International Trade seeking tens of millions in tariff refunds with interest, arguing the Supreme Court's February ruling striking down the tariffs hasn't guaranteed importers will actually get their money back.

TechCrunch
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Tesla's robotaxi paid miles fell 36% in Q2 as fleet growth stalls
Electric Vehicles

Tesla's robotaxi paid miles fell 36% in Q2 as fleet growth stalls

Tesla's unsupervised Robotaxi fleet shrank from 25 to 17 cars and paid miles dropped sharply, even as NHTSA logged 22 crashes since launch. Musk says the Cybercab still lacks enough of its own driving data to scale.

TechCrunch
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EU hits Google with its first Digital Markets Act fine: 890 million euros
Technology

EU hits Google with its first Digital Markets Act fine: 890 million euros

The European Commission fined Google 890 million euros ($1 billion) for self-preferencing its own services in Search and restricting how app developers steer users to cheaper purchase options on Google Play — the company's first penalty under the DMA, with a 60-day deadline to fix both violations.

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AMD's Helios rack lands Meta, OpenAI, Oracle and Microsoft as customers
Computers & Hardware

AMD's Helios rack lands Meta, OpenAI, Oracle and Microsoft as customers

At Advancing AI 2026 in San Francisco, AMD detailed its Helios rack-scale AI system built on MI455X GPUs and 2nm EPYC Venice CPUs, alongside gigawatt-scale commitments from Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and a 50,000-GPU Oracle supercluster. CEO Lisa Su pegged the AI silicon market at $1.4 trillion by 2030.

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Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra drops to 4.1mm, starts at $2,099
Mobile

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra drops to 4.1mm, starts at $2,099

Samsung unveiled a three-way foldable lineup at Galaxy Unpacked in London: a new Fold8 Ultra flagship with a titanium hinge and 4.1mm unfolded thickness, alongside a standard Fold8 and Flip8. Pre-orders are open now, with general availability August 7.

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Google reportedly building a chip with Gemini's architecture etched into silicon
Computers & Hardware

Google reportedly building a chip with Gemini's architecture etched into silicon

Google is developing 'Frozen v2,' a server chip that hardwires Gemini's model architecture directly into transistors, targeting 6 to 10 times more AI tokens per watt than its current TPUs. The Information reports the chip traces back to an idea from Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean.

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