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Last updated July 11, 2026
eBay beta testing video ads in Promoted Listings Priority cost-per-click placements starting in Australia
Meta shutting down Horizon Worlds on VR headsets in June, pivoting its metaverse platform to mobile only
You.com co-founder and CTO Bryan McCann leaves to join Anthropic
OpenAI signs deal to sell AI models to U.S. defense and government agencies through Amazon Web Services
Elon Musk and the SEC in talks to settle lawsuit over late disclosure of Twitter stake before $44B acquisition
Arizona files first-ever criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing it of running an illegal gambling business
Appeals court lets Perplexity AI’s Comet shopping bots stay on Amazon while legal challenge plays out
Pentagon begins replacing Anthropic’s AI tools in military operations with alternative models
Amazon plans to cut USPS package volume by at least two-thirds by September after contract talks collapse
Microsoft merges Copilot consumer and commercial teams, freeing AI chief Mustafa Suleyman to focus on superintelligence
Trump administration argues the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was lawful in a court filing opposing the company’s lawsuit
NVIDIA prepares China-compatible version of Groq inference chips, expected to ship in May
Argentina bans Polymarket and orders app removal from Apple and Google stores, becoming 34th country to restrict access
Google faces class action lawsuits alleging it shared user data with Chinese-affiliated companies in violation of federal bulk data rules
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI for copyright infringement over scraping of nearly 100,000 articles
Australia’s online safety regulator warns X that child abuse material is more accessible on the platform than any other mainstream service
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang projects $1 trillion in chip revenue through 2027 as agentic AI demand surges
OpenAI in talks to form $10B joint venture with TPG, Brookfield, and Bain to accelerate enterprise AI adoption
Pacvue adds Reddit ad inventory to its retail media platform as brands eye AI-driven product discovery
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