NPR Economy
China's Q2 GDP growth hits 4.3%, the weakest since 2022 lockdowns, as export boom masks weak domestic spending and a property slump.
ZDNet
Gemini can plan your vacation in minutes, but it might also ignore your requests and push Google products on you.
TechCrunch
Sam Altman calls Elon Musk's space data center plans a short-term sell, and experts - plus SpaceX's own IPO docs - agree it's a 2030s thing at best.
The Guardian
Microsoft, Amazon, and Google's emissions hit 119m mTCO₂e - one-third of France's - as AI datacentre construction boom undoes years of climate progress.
TechCrunch
Reed Jobs, son of Steve, is busy building Yosemite, an oncology VC firm that uses philanthropy, AI, and a healthy dose of ambition to tackle cancer - and he really doesn't want to talk about his last name.
The Verge
Anthropic's Claude chatbot gets a 'reflect' feature for year-in-review, because nothing says 'original thinking' like having an AI analyze how much you rely on it.
The Verge
Anthropic brings Claude Cowork to mobile and web, because your desktop was feeling lonely, and doubles usage limits until August 5th.
ZDNet
I gave ChatGPT the keys to my bank accounts, and it's now my go-to finance app - because nothing says 'responsible adulting' like letting an AI manage your money.
The Verge
UTA's creator division co-heads dish on building media empires, dodging the 'influencer cliff,' and why they're not losing sleep over AI - at least not yet.
TechCrunch
Meta quietly drops Pocket, an AI app for vibe-coding mini-games, because apparently the world needed another way to generate stuff without lifting a finger.
TechCrunch
AWS is spending a billion of its own dollars to embed engineers in client companies, because apparently AI is still too hard to set up without a babysitter.
BBC Business
BAT cuts 9,000 jobs to become 'AI-focused' while lamenting that regulators and cheap Chinese vapes are ruining its pivot from lung cancer to nicotine addiction.
ZDNet
Google's new Gemini Flows can finally sort your Gmail with AI, but the 2,000-email monthly cap means heavy users will hit a wall faster than they can say 'unsubscribe.'
UN News
Global South innovators have clever fixes for malaria and other big problems, but funding keeps skipping them like a bad playlist.
BBC Business
SpaceX's $2.2 trillion valuation makes Musk the first trillionaire, prompting a podcast dive into whether America is betting the farm on AI and space dreams.
The Atlantic
Panel on Iran deal discovers that drones and AI are the new cool kids on the battlefield, making traditional military power look as obsolete as a fax machine.
UN News
UNESCO kicks off a global consultation to make tech platforms and AI pay for journalism they've been using for free, with a deadline of July 30.
The Good Times
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