Alibaba has banned its employees from using Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI-powered coding agent, after security researchers discovered that the tool contained hidden code designed to identify Chinese users. The ban, effective 10 July, follows weeks of escalating conflict between the two companies over allegations that Alibaba stole Anthropic’s AI capabilities through industrial-scale distillation. “As Claude Code was […]

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The trade that defined the first half of 2026, buying anything with proximity to a GPU, broke apart in the holiday-shortened week before Independence Day. The PHLX Semiconductor Index, which had surged more than 80% in the first half, sank 6.3% on Wednesday and 5.4% on Thursday, a two-session decline of roughly 12%. While chip stocks […]

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Dream, the Israeli AI cybersecurity startup that tripled its valuation to $3 billion this year, is expanding into Latin America. The company is targeting governments aligned with Washington in a region where cyber attacks are reportedly growing 25% annually and national defences rank among the weakest in the world. The expansion is notable for what […]

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Diablo 4's composers talk about finding new sounds for the base game and Lord of Hatred expansion

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Meta getting into the cloud business has been inevitable for a long time, as it seeks to diversify beyond ad revenue and monetize its AI buildout  —  Their need to diversify the business meets the AI build out concerns...  Meta has a problem.  Well, two of them, actually.