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Startup Battlefield Australia Returns: Final Days to Apply for the Global Stage
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Australia returns to Sydney this August, offering a direct path to the global stage at Disrupt 2026. Applications close on July 6.
Riverside Wants to Turn Your Podcast Into a Newsletter
Riverside is launching AI-powered newsletter tools to help creators repurpose podcast audio into written content. It's a direct move to keep creators within the platform's ecosystem.
Vint Cerf, Architect of the Internet, Is Finally Signing Off
Vint Cerf, the co-creator of the internet's core protocols, is retiring from Google after two decades. He warns that the future of AI agents depends on formal standards, not natural language.
Apple Preps New iPad and MacBook Pro Lineup for Early 2025
Apple is reportedly readying a new wave of hardware for early 2025, including four iPad Pro models and an entry-level MacBook Pro. The move aims to counter recent price hikes.
Meta’s Pivot: Turning Massive AI Data Centers Into a Cloud Business
Meta is reportedly preparing to sell its excess AI compute power to developers and enterprises. The move aims to monetize the company's massive infrastructure spend.
Apple’s 'Hide My Email' Privacy Tool Has a Critical Unmasking Bug
A security researcher claims a bug in Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature allows attackers to unmask real user addresses. The flaw has reportedly been known to Apple for over a year.
Honda’s Pivot: Why EV Batteries Are Heading to Data Centers Instead
Honda is shifting its U.S. battery production away from EVs and toward data center energy storage. The move comes as the automaker seeks to recover from a $15.7 billion write-down and a cooling consumer EV market.
Cloudflare’s New Default Setting Forces AI Giants to Pay for Content
Cloudflare is forcing AI companies to pay for content by blocking mixed-use crawlers by default. The move marks a major shift in the power dynamic between publishers and AI labs.
Amazon Commits $1 Billion to New AI 'Forward-Deployed' Engineering Unit
Amazon is committing $1 billion to a new team of forward-deployed engineers to help enterprises bridge the gap between AI models and production-ready agents. The move signals a major shift toward high-touch, on-site technical support in the cloud industry.
Anthropic’s Claude Science Bets on Workflow, Not Models, to Win Labs
Anthropic is moving beyond raw model capability with the launch of Claude Science, a new workbench for researchers. The tool aims to own the 'operating layer' of scientific discovery.
Threads Is Betting on Live Chats to Finally Outpace X
Threads is scaling its Live Chats feature with new moderation tools and translation support. The update aims to capture the real-time engagement that has long been X's primary advantage.