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Court doc: a US federal jury says Japanese chipmaker Kioxia owes Viasat $229M for infringing Viasat's flash-memory patent that helps devices use less energy (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Blake Brittain / Reuters : Court doc: a US federal jury says Japanese chipmaker Kioxia owes Viasat $229M for infringing Viasat's flash-memory patent that helps devices use less ene…

Japan manufacturers stay upbeat on chip demand, services hit by costs

Apple sues OpenAI, accusing it of stealing trade secrets for AI devices - mezha.net

Apple sues OpenAI, accusing it of stealing trade secrets for AI devices mezha.net…

India's Tata Consultancy Services plans up to 8,900 AI deployment engineers, seeks AI acquisitions - Reuters

India's Tata Consultancy Services plans up to 8,900 AI deployment engineers, seeks AI acquisitions Reuters…

Emergency! and the Legalization of Paramedic Services

News of the death of Randolph Mantooth, who played paramedic Johnny Gage on Emergency! reminded me of my UCLA colleague… The post Emergency! and the Legalization of Paramedic Servi…

Telstra outage: triple-zero calls affected by network glitches as regional train services slowly resume

Carrier says some still unable to connect to emergency hotline a day after mobile network went down Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news ema…

Australia news LIVE: Telstra outage affecting calls to Triple Zero, brings regional Victoria, NSW train services to a halt

Follow our rolling coverage of the latest news and developments from around Australia and the world.…

Four charged over scheme to smuggle gold from China in electronic devices

The multinational money laundering scheme allegedly allowed a syndicate to fraudulently obtain export VAT (Value Added Tax) refunds in China.…

Coinbase secures UK FCA authorization to offer investment services, enabling it to expand into derivatives and equities trading, its largest UK expansion yet (Brian Danga/The Block)

Brian Danga / The Block : Coinbase secures UK FCA authorization to offer investment services, enabling it to expand into derivatives and equities trading, its largest UK expansion …

Norm, which runs an AI law firm that provides AI-powered legal services to clients alongside human lawyers, raised $120M led by Khosla at a $1.2B valuation (Guinevere Grant/Bloomberg)

Guinevere Grant / Bloomberg : Norm, which runs an AI law firm that provides AI-powered legal services to clients alongside human lawyers, raised $120M led by Khosla at a $1.2B valu…

As Heat Suffocates Washington DC, Calls to Emergency Medical Services Climb

Near 100-degree temperatures were expected to continue as medical workers prepared for more heat-related illnesses during celebrations of the nation’s 250th anniversary.…

Sources: Apple is in negotiations to buy chips from CXMT and YMTC, two Chinese semiconductor makers on a Pentagon blacklist, for use in devices sold in China (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: Apple is in negotiations to buy chips from CXMT and YMTC, two Chinese semiconductor makers on a Pentagon blacklist, for use in devices sold in China — Apple In…

INTURAI SIGNS DEFINITIVE MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TALIUS GROUP - Morningstar

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

Someone built a functional Odradek from Death Stranding that actually tracks Bluetooth devices

Sadly, it can't help you carry lots of packages in one trip.…

IMARC Engineering Introduces End-to-End Factory Setup Services in India, Targeting Greenfield and Brownfield Manufacturing Investors

IMARC Engineering Introduces End-to-End Factory Setup Services in India, Targeting Greenfield and Brownfield Manufacturing Investors…

Obamacare recipients include more than 1M without Social Security numbers, Dr. Oz, RFK Jr. reveal: ‘Plagued by fraud’

Over 1 million people enrolled in Obamacare plans lack Social Security Numbers, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced with Centers for Medicare & Medi…

Streaming services must comply with a California law that bans playing ads louder than the content being watched from July 1, but its implementation is unclear (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica : Streaming services must comply with a California law that bans playing ads louder than the content being watched from July 1, but its implementatio…

Trump threatens ‘100% tariff’ on European countries that implement new digital services tax

President Donald Trump threatened European countries on Friday, warning them not to implement a new digital services tax or risk a “100% tariff” on all their exports to the United …

President Trump threatens to impose a 100% tariff on any country that imposes a digital services tax on US companies (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC : President Trump threatens to impose a 100% tariff on any country that imposes a digital services tax on US companies — President Donald Trump on Friday th…

Binance to stop providing services to European clients after failing to obtain license: Financial Times

All crypto companies have to obtain a license under the bloc's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation by July 1, or risk penalties.…

Binance stops services to EU clients after failing to obtain MiCA licence

Binance's EU service halt highlights regulatory challenges, potentially reshaping crypto market dynamics and prompting strategic shifts in Europe. The post Binance stops services t…

Streaming services like Tubi are recruiting creators like Hollywood once recruited actors

Tubi shares what they crave from creators at Vidcon 2026.…

Trump administration pledges $150M in aid, deploys Navy warships after deadly Venezuela earthquakes

Trump administration pledges $150 million in aid and deploys U.S. Navy warships to Venezuela after deadly earthquakes kill at least 235 people.…

Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world

Backed by Mayfield and Aramco Ventures, Vishal Sikka’s new venture brings together veterans from SAP, Infosys, and VianAI.…

STAT+: FDA’s breakthrough pipeline fills up with generative AI devices

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: FDA drops enforcement against Whoop, more AI devices get FDA 'breakthrough' label, and more.…

The best Prime Day deals under $100 include Apple, Fitbit, and Ninja devices on a budget

You don't have to spend a fortune to score during Prime Day. Here are the best Prime Day deals under $100.…

Late Night Dunks on Trump for Hiring Greenwater Services

Jimmy Fallon poked fun at the name of the business under fire for turning the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool bright green: “Nailed it.”…

Doc: SpaceX says the EU's plan to reserve satellite spectrum for European operators risks disrupting connectivity, including for emergency services in Ukraine (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Doc: SpaceX says the EU's plan to reserve satellite spectrum for European operators risks disrupting connectivity, including for emergency services in Ukraine — E…

Nation-state hackers are increasingly using preinstalled software on low-cost home devices to create residential proxy networks and mask cyberattack traffic (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal : Nation-state hackers are increasingly using preinstalled software on low-cost home devices to create residential proxy networks and mask cyb…

Metrics

Services Catalog Click here to view the FY26 Services Catalog The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, unit of measure, and service level indicators for each NSSC…

Italy's competition regulator opens a probe into Apple under the DMA over the interoperability of iOS and iPadOS with alternative cloud services (Cristina Carlevaro/Reuters)

Cristina Carlevaro / Reuters : Italy's competition regulator opens a probe into Apple under the DMA over the interoperability of iOS and iPadOS with alternative cloud services — It…

Once Were Once Vices Were Always Felonious Habits: 58 Child Predators Arrested in Marion County, FL

This operation is such a classic South Florida sheriff story, I can't begin to tell you.…

Safety audit: Boat services to Papikonda Hills halted for a week

Boat services to Papikonda Hills suspended for a week due to safety audit following a tourist incident on the Godavari river.…

US tightens licensing requirements for certain medical device exports to N. Korea

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department has published a list of medical devices requiring "specific authorization" for export to North Korea, a F...…

Transfer of Kerala's Director of Health Services kicks up a row

Kerala's Director of Health Services, Dr. Reena, faces controversy over her abrupt transfer amid ongoing public health crises.…

Best VPN for School Wi-Fi in 2026: Unblock Streaming Services and Bypass Censorship Restrictions

The best VPNs for school let you unblock websites and help keep your browsing private.…

American Made Expands Focus to Adult Guardianship and Protective Services Reform

The American Made Foundation and American Made Action announced this week that they are expanding their advocacy efforts to include adult guardianship and adult protective services…

Hungary plans to decriminalize crypto trading in a reversal of restrictions, which prompted Revolut and others to suspend services, under former PM Viktor Orban (Zoltan Simon/Bloomberg)

Zoltan Simon / Bloomberg : Hungary plans to decriminalize crypto trading in a reversal of restrictions, which prompted Revolut and others to suspend services, under former PM Vikto…

Deezer launches an AI music detection tool for users of 20 services, including Spotify and Apple Music, after no company licensed its AI detection tech (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge : Deezer launches an AI music detection tool for users of 20 services, including Spotify and Apple Music, after no company licensed its AI detection te…

We can’t deliver ‘like-for-like-services’ for people kicked off the NDIS, states warn Albanese government

Coalition also criticises swift timeline for proposed NDIS changes with Melissa McIntosh saying ‘we cannot forget that there are human lives at the other end’ Follow our Australia …

Deezer launches an AI music detector for other streaming services

Deezer will now scan your playlists on other streaming platforms to detect AI-generated music. Deezer was the first of the big streaming services to start labeling AI-generated mus…

Best Early Amazon Prime Day phone deals: Over 20% on Samsung and Google devices

Amazon Prime Day is still weeks away, but top phone deals from Samsung, Google, and Motorola are already live.…

Information Services Group: Profits Improve, But Defensive Moats Limit Upside

Information Service Group pivots to AI advisory with improving profits, but weak growth persists.…

Signal says UK plan to scan devices for nude images 'endangers us all'

Encrypted messaging app warns device-level checks could be repurposed for censorship…

Nvidia says South Korea's Naver will use its technology to build AI factories at "gigawatt scale" to meet rising global demand for AI services and physical AI (Heekyong Yang/Reuters)

Heekyong Yang / Reuters : Nvidia says South Korea's Naver will use its technology to build AI factories at “gigawatt scale” to meet rising global demand for AI services and physica…

Mayor Of Bethlehem Pennsylvania Blasts Ex-Cop Sean Reifel For Leaving Duty To Star In ‘Love Island USA’

'We paid thousands of taxpayer dollars to send him to the police academy'…

Washington father arrested after allegedly killing 4-year-old son and burying body under house: reports

The father admitted to striking the 4-year-old on the head and killing him.…

Federal Judge Strikes Down USCIS Benefit Freeze Policies

In a new ruling released on Friday, a federal judge held that the Trump administration agency that oversees lawful U.S. immigration must stop enforcing several policies that paused…

$1.15 Trillion In Defense Spending Approved By House Armed Services Committee

'Battleships, nukes and accountability'…

‘Moderate’ California Governor Candidate Weaponized the Law Against Conservatives on Abortion, Transgender Ideology

To hear the legacy media tell it, the sensible “middle-of-the-road” and “centrist” Xavier Becerra is likely to proceed to the runoff in the California governor race, and while he m…

Highly reviewed speaker can be hacked over the air to infect connected devices

Seller of the Sound Blaster Katana V2X doesn't consider the behavior a vulnerability.…

The Surgeon General's Screen Warning Is Not Science

The screen time advisory reveals why we don’t need a surgeon general.…

'Taxpayer-Funded Drum Circles': Biden-Era Policy Gives Native American Shamans Medicaid Dollars To Treat California Drug Addicts With Rituals, Dances

The federal government's Medicaid program is paying Native American shamans in California $826 a day to perform ancient rituals such as drum circles and spiritual dances to treat d…

UK's top crime agency hamstrung by legacy IT, watchdog warns

Regulator says NCA's aging tech drags down productivity, forces officers to juggle hardware and do manual workarounds…

Police raid open-concept massage parlours, 5 arrested for allegedly offering sexual services

The police raids took place ahead of new rules coming into effect in the second half of the year, when open-concept massage operators will have to be licensed.…

Three founders. One small island nation. A company most people on Wall Street had never heard of.

A market shift few anticipated.…

The White House Just Made Medicaid Work Requirements Even Worse

On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its interim final rule on Medicaid work requirements, mandating that everyone who seeks Medicaid support has to p…

Three studies used by RFK Jr and allies to justify controversial vaccine policies changes facing new scrutiny

Scientists praise moves to investigate, retract or remove controversial studies. The authors stand by their work Three scientific papers that raised questions about vaccine safety …

Photoexcitation flips 2D moiré devices from metals to insulators in ultrafast test

Quantum materials, materials with properties that are governed by the laws of quantum mechanics describing many-body interactions, have proved promising for the development of vari…

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