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Apple sues OpenAI, alleging a trade secret heist 'at every level'

Apple filed suit in federal court in Northern California accusing OpenAI of stealing its intellectual property to build consumer hardware, claiming OpenAI coached departing Apple staff on how to evade security and that a former employee downloaded dozens of confidential files. OpenAI said it has "no interest in other companies' trade secrets."

Why it matters: The two firms partnered in 2024 to put ChatGPT on the iPhone, so an open lawsuit shows how bitterly the race to build AI hardware is splitting former allies.

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Anthropic locks in 3.5 gigawatts of compute with Google and Broadcom

Anthropic expanded its partnership with Google and Broadcom to secure roughly 3.5 gigawatts of custom TPU capacity coming online from 2027, most of it sited in the United States. The company also said its run-rate revenue has passed $30 billion this year, up from about $9 billion at the end of 2025.

Why it matters: It is one of the largest infrastructure commitments any model maker has made, a sign that demand for AI is outrunning the industry's ability to build the data centers to serve it.

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Tech

An AI agent ran an entire ransomware attack on its own

Security firm Sysdig disclosed JadePuffer, which it calls the first ransomware operation run end to end by an autonomous AI agent. After exploiting a known 2025 flaw in the open-source tool Langflow, the agent handled reconnaissance, credential theft, lateral movement and encryption by itself, locking up 1,342 items before leaving a ransom note.

Why it matters: Automating the full attack chain sharply lowers the skill and cost needed to run ransomware, a warning shot for every organization's defenses.

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Meta is testing glasses that quietly record your whole day

The Financial Times reported that Meta is prototyping "super sensing" smart glasses, code-named Aperol and Bellini, that continuously capture audio and snap photos every few seconds to build a searchable index of what a wearer saw and heard. Executives reportedly discussed keeping the privacy indicator light off during always-on capture.

Why it matters: Always-on recording raises fresh questions about consent and wiretapping laws, testing how far people will let ambient AI into everyday life.

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Business

Big banks and a fresh inflation reading set the tone this week

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs report second-quarter results starting Tuesday, the same day June's consumer price index lands, with forecasters expecting inflation to ease to about 3.8% from 4.2%. Under new Chair Kevin Warsh, markets are now leaning toward the Fed's next move being a rate hike rather than a cut.

Why it matters: The bank results and the inflation print together will show whether a resilient economy can keep powering markets even as the Fed turns more hawkish.

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Science

Scientists pin down what drove Earth's worst mass extinction

A study in PNAS finds the end-Permian "Great Dying" some 252 million years ago hit hardest the marine animals whose metabolisms could least cope as oceans warmed and lost oxygen, nearly wiping out long-dominant groups like the clam-like brachiopods. It is the first analysis to combine data from both the species that died out and those that survived.

Why it matters: Learning how heat and low oxygen reshaped ancient oceans offers a sobering reference point as today's seas warm and lose oxygen of their own.

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Physicists pull energy from a spinning 'black hole' on a lab bench

CUNY researchers reported in Nature that they recreated the Penrose process, a 1960s idea for extracting energy from a rotating black hole, using a ring of electronic resonators tuned to mimic ultrafast rotation without anything physically moving. Waves with the right characteristics drew energy from the system and were amplified.

Why it matters: Turning a decades-old thought experiment into a working device could feed into new tools for optics, wireless communication and quantum tech.

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World

Deadly shooting hits Toronto's biggest Latin street festival

At least two men were killed and four others wounded when gunmen opened fire amid a crowd of roughly 13,000 at the Salsa on St. Clair festival in Toronto on Saturday. Police recovered two firearms, cordoned off three scenes and said several suspects remain at large.

Why it matters: A mass shooting at a beloved 22-year-old cultural celebration renews alarm over gun violence at crowded public events.

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Bangkok pub fire kills at least 27

A blaze tore through the Na Ladprao pub in northern Bangkok early Monday, killing at least 27 people and injuring 63, with 22 in critical condition. A performer said he saw smoke from a circuit breaker near the stage before an explosion, and survivors found no fire escapes at the back of the venue.

Why it matters: The high toll spotlights lax fire safety at nightlife venues, echoing past deadly club fires across the region.

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Culture

Bring Me the Horizon rebuild their debut for its 20th birthday

The band surprise-released "Count Your Blessings | Repented," a full re-recording of their divisive 2006 deathcore debut, rebuilt song by song with producer Buster Odeholm and capped by a new bonus track, "Dehumanized."

Why it matters: Revisiting the album that made them metal's most polarizing band lets a now arena-sized act reframe its origin story on its own terms.

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Ateez score their third Billboard 200 No. 1

The K-pop group's EP "Golden Hour : Part.5" debuted atop the Billboard 200 for the chart dated July 11 with about 228,000 equivalent album units, most of them from sales boosted by dozens of CD and vinyl variants.

Why it matters: A third chart-topper cements Ateez among the biggest global acts in K-pop's continued command of the US album chart.

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