The FTC's John Deere settlement is the biggest US right-to-repair win yet, a warning about software lock-in in every device you own.

The NYT, Daily News, and others accuse OpenAI of hiding evidence in their copyright suit, asking a judge for sanctions in a case that could reshape journalism.

Mark Zuckerberg confirms Meta is exploring selling AI compute, a move that would take on AWS and Azure and threaten neoclouds like CoreWeave.

AI data-centre developers are eyeing tribal land for its space, water, and power, splitting Native communities between economic opportunity and "data colonialism" fears.

Jeff Bezos is raising ~$10bn for Blue Origin at a $130bn valuation, ending 26 years of self-funding as the space race outgrows even his wealth.

Google's new "how this ad was made" label flags AI-made ads across Search, YouTube, and Discover, but for third-party ads, disclosure is self-declared.

New Jersey wants driverless cars to carry lidar plus cameras. Tesla's camera-only Robotaxi would be shut out unless it changes hardware.

Omdia says the PC market fell 3.6% in Q2 2026 and sub-$400 phone shipments will drop 22%, as AI's hunger for memory chips pushes device prices up.

Nikesh Arora says AI token costs need to drop as much as 90% for mass enterprise adoption, calling OpenAI's 54% efficiency gain just "a good start." ...

AI super PACs backed by OpenAI and a16z are flooding the 2026 midterms to block state AI rules and punish lawmakers who push them.

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 is public after a Trump administration review, the first US frontier model cleared for release through a government access process.

Anthropic appointed former Fed chair Ben Bernanke to its Long-Term Benefit Trust, a heavyweight for a governance structure critics still question.