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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Quietly Cuts Jobs in Its AGI Unit Even as It Pours $200 Billion Into AI Infrastructure

23 July 2026

Amazon cut jobs in its AGI unit — the team behind Nova AI models — even as it spends $200 billion on AI. Here’s what these cuts reveal about Amazon’s AI strategy shift.

OpenAI’s AI Models Broke Free From Human Control, Hacked Hugging Face — ‘A Warning Shot’

23 July 2026

Kimi K3 model concept graphic showing 2.8 trillion parameters and multimodal capabilities

China’s 2.8T Open-Source AI Model Kimi K3 Nears Fable 5, Tops Arena Coding Rank

17 July 2026

Siri AI Spotlight integration on macOS 27 Golden Gate search bar interface

Apple OS 27: Siri AI public beta, watchOS 27 drops 3 models, Intel Macs lose support

16 July 2026

OpenAI GPT-5.6 model family launch featuring Sol, Terra and Luna with token efficiency and pricing details

OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol cuts token waste 54% — Luna starts at $1 per million tokens

11 July 2026

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signing the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (SB 315) into law on July 6, 2026, in Chicago.

Illinois Signs First-in-Nation AI Law Mandating Third-Party Safety Audits for $500M+ Developers

8 July 2026

Hardware

Sony FX5 Launches at $4,898 With 5K Open Gate, Internal X-OCN RAW and Three Base ISOs — Ships August

Hardware News Technology

Amd Ships Official Fsr 4.1 Upscaling For Radeon Rx 7000 Rdna 3 Gpus, A Month Ahead Of Schedule

AI Hardware News Technology

Microsoft MAI Models at Build 2026 Beat GPT-5.5 at 10× Lower Cost as Nadella Says “The Time Has Come”

Robotics

Representative Image. Kawasaki Hydrogen Robot. Photo Source: Kawasaki Group Channel

News, Robotics, Technology

Kawasaki Hydrogen Robot CORLEO Uses AI and Legs to Go Where ATVs Stall

Robotics

Chinese Company Unitree B2-W First Rideable Robot Dog: 120kg Load, Climbs Waterfalls, 50km Range

Robotics

Robot RAIBO 2 Finishes 42 km Marathon in 4 Hours, Surpassing Human Averages on a Single Charge

News, Robotics

Rock-Paper-Scissors Bot Rocky Defies Human Wins in Mark Rober’s $10,000 Gaming Challenge

News, Robotics, Technology

Xpeng Unveils Iron: 178 cm, 70 kg Humanoid Robot with 40-Core AI Chip and 200 Degrees of Freedom

Torso by Clone | Bimanual Android with Artificial Muscles. Photo Source: Clone (YouTube)

News, Robotics, Technology

Robot with Water-Powered Muscles: Clone Robotics’ Humanoid Torso Uses AI-Driven Hydraulics for Realistic Movement in Medical and Industrial Applications

Hardware News Technology

Nvidia RTX Spark Lands and Jensen Huang Calls Marvell the “Next Trillion-Dollar Company” at Computex 2026

Business Hardware News Technology

Nvidia “Largely Conceded” China’s AI Chip Market to Huawei as H200 Deals Stall and AMD Moves In

Hardware News

Motherboard Sales Drop Up to 37% as AI Drains RAM Supply — Asus, ASRock, Gigabyte and MSI Slash 2026 Targets

Hardware News Technology

Nvidia RTX 60 Series Leak: 2× Path Tracing, 16 GB on RTX 6070, Rubin 3nm — But Not Before 2027

Gadgets

Sony FX5 Launches at $4,898 With 5K Open Gate, Internal X-OCN RAW and Three Base ISOs — Ships August

GigaNectar Team

23 July 2026

Sony’s FX5 Cinema Line camera arrives at $4,898 with 5K Open Gate recording, internal 16-bit X-OCN RAW, and 15+ stops dynamic range. Ships mid-August 2026 with AI-powered BIONZ XR2 processor.

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 Arrives at $699 With 5,000-Nit Screen and Scuba Diving Support

GigaNectar Team

23 July 2026

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra2 lands at $699 with a 5,000-nit display, dive computer features and the first Snapdragon Wear Elite chip in a Galaxy Watch. Watch9 starts at $379.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8 Now Official: Prices Start at $1,199 With Bigger Batteries

GigaNectar Team

23 July 2026

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8 are official — starting at $2,099, $1,899 and $1,199. Pre-orders open now with August 7 availability. All three cost $100 more than last year.