Researchers disclosed two new Microsoft 365 threats on July 9: the Helix data-extortion group, which uses voice phishing and SharePoint exfiltration, and the Forg365 phishing-as-a-service platform, which integrates AI-assisted lure generation with adversary-in-the-middle and device-code attack methods.
Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1 with aggressive developer pricing, OpenAI broadly released its GPT-5.6 series with a 54% efficiency claim, and Anthropic introduced a usage-analytics feature for Claude — all on the same day.
The two largest AI political action committees have spent at least $44 million on 2026 midterm candidates through the end of June, drawing from a combined war chest of more than $200 million as the industry positions itself to shape the first national AI legislation.
SpaceX closed at $148 on Wednesday, below its $150 debut price for a second straight session, even as analysts initiated coverage with bullish targets and pointed to orbital data centers as a key long-term growth driver.
Meta Platforms announced plans to build a 1 gigawatt data center in Alberta, Canada — its first major facility in the country — at an estimated cost of $9 billion, as the company races to expand AI infrastructure capacity.
The European Commission adopted a nine-measure cybersecurity and AI action plan on July 7, aiming to reduce the bloc's dependence on foreign frontier AI systems after U.S. export restrictions temporarily cut off EU customers from models including OpenAI's GPT-5.6.
Apple has committed more than $30 billion to Broadcom in a multi-year chipmaking deal, its largest U.S. manufacturing agreement to date, targeting the production of more than 15 billion domestically made chips through 2031.
SpaceX closed at $148 on Wednesday, below its $150 debut price for a second straight session, even as analysts initiated coverage with bullish targets and pointed to orbital data centers as a key long-term growth driver.
Apple has committed more than $30 billion to Broadcom in a multi-year chipmaking deal, its largest U.S. manufacturing agreement to date, targeting the production of more than 15 billion domestically made chips through 2031.
Netflix, Disney, and Alphabet's YouTube are each preparing to bid for U.S. broadcast rights to the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cup, with media executives budgeting between $1.5 billion and $2 billion per tournament as FIFA considers bundling English- and Spanish-language rights into a single package.
Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1 with aggressive developer pricing, OpenAI broadly released its GPT-5.6 series with a 54% efficiency claim, and Anthropic introduced a usage-analytics feature for Claude — all on the same day.
Meta Platforms announced plans to build a 1 gigawatt data center in Alberta, Canada — its first major facility in the country — at an estimated cost of $9 billion, as the company races to expand AI infrastructure capacity.
The European Commission adopted a nine-measure cybersecurity and AI action plan on July 7, aiming to reduce the bloc's dependence on foreign frontier AI systems after U.S. export restrictions temporarily cut off EU customers from models including OpenAI's GPT-5.6.
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