Four former DOGE staffers raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation for an AI military cyber startup
Four former DOGE staffers founded Cathedral, a military cybersecurity startup that raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation. Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital led the funding round and each took board seats.
Black Forest Labs launches FLUX 3 capable of generating images and 20-second video with audio — but in limited release to start
Black Forest Labs launched FLUX 3, a multimodal model generating images and video with audio up to 20 seconds from single prompts through jointly trained architecture rather than separate models. FLUX 3 Video and FLUX 3 Action entered gated Early Access requiring approval, with no current public API availability.
Jeff Bezos has been approached to buy a stake in Liverpool FC. Amazon already holds the Premier League TV rights.
A consortium led by Amit Bhatia has approached Jeff Bezos to buy a 30% stake in Liverpool FC for £1.35 billion. The offer would be made to current owner Fenway Sports Group, while Amazon already holds the club's Premier League television rights.
Travis Kalanick raised $1.7B for his robotics comeback, and Uber chipped in
Travis Kalanick raised $1.7 billion for Atoms, an industrial AI and robotics company, with Andreessen Horowitz leading the funding round. Ben Horowitz joined the company's board as part of the investment.
Multi-turn attacks broke AI models 88% of the time — single-turn testing missed it, Cisco AI security lead warns at VB Transform 2026
Multi-turn attacks broke through 15 flagship AI models 88.3% of the time when attackers adapted across conversations, while single-turn testing missed these vulnerabilities. Only 32% of enterprises surveyed give every agent its own scoped, managed identity, and 30% isolate high-risk agents in sandboxes.
AMD is investing $5 billion in Anthropic and deploying 2 gigawatts of Helios GPUs to run Claude
AMD is investing up to $5 billion in Anthropic and deploying up to 2 gigawatts of Instinct MI450 Series GPUs to run Claude. The first gigawatt of Helios rackscale solutions will begin deployment in the first half of 2027.
Reddit may cut Google off from its content, and it isn’t the only one
Reddit is considering blocking Google from accessing its content through web crawling. The company's stock price dropped approximately 9 percent following reports of these negotiations about restricting Google's access.
The agent security gap: 54% of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident, and most still let agents share credentials
More than half of 107 surveyed enterprises experienced confirmed AI agent security incidents or near-misses, with only about one-third assigning each agent its own scoped identity. Most agents still share credentials, only 30 percent isolate high-risk agents, and enterprises rely on security tools borrowed from model providers rather than purpose-built agent controls.
The AI context gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a trust problem, not a retrieval problem — and most are still building the fix
A majority of 57 percent of enterprises experienced their AI agents producing confident but incorrect answers traced to missing or inconsistent context over the past six months. Provider-native retrieval has overtaken dedicated vector databases as the default context source, while most enterprises are still building governed semantic layers to address trust issues in their retrieval-augmented generation systems.
Supercooled kidneys have been transplanted into pigs in a “landmark achievement”
Kidneys were successfully transplanted into pigs after being supercooled, marking a significant advancement in organ preservation technology. The supercooling process extends the viable timeframe for transplantation beyond the standard few hours typically available for organ transfer.
Tour de France worries emerge for Tadej Pogacar after illness sweeps through team
Richard Carapaz won stage 18 of the Tour de France at Orcières-Merlette in a breakaway victory. Illness has swept through Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates since Monday, forcing Brandon McNulty's abandonment with 21 kilometers remaining in Thursday's stage.
Xbox is testing ad-supported game streaming. Amazon is folding Luna into Prime Video. Both admit cloud gaming has not worked yet.
Xbox is testing ad-supported game streaming with a one-hour session limit for users who already own the games. Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video rather than operating it as a standalone product.
BlackRock Says Crypto Can Outrun the Quantum Threat — If It Moves Fast Enough
Cryptocurrency networks can outpace quantum computing threats if they implement upgrades quickly enough, according to BlackRock. The firm suggests Bitcoin and other crypto systems have sufficient time to adopt quantum-resistant technology before quantum computers pose a serious risk.
$981M Bitcoin ETF Streak Signals Institutional Re-Entry, $70K in Sight
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds received $981 million in inflows over seven consecutive days, indicating renewed institutional buying interest. Analysts identified seventy thousand dollars as the next potential price target for Bitcoin.
Nvidia rival Etched doubles its value to $10.3B in seven months
Etched, an AI chip startup focused on inference, raised $300 million in Series C funding, doubling its valuation to $10.3 billion in seven months. The company specializes in single-purpose chips designed to outperform Nvidia's general-purpose processors at inference tasks.
‘Eyes forward now’: George Russell upbeat after Mercedes solve engine problem
Mercedes identified an electrical energy deployment fault affecting George Russell's car across three races since the Austrian Grand Prix. The problem particularly impacted Spa and Silverstone, high-energy circuits where Russell lacked electrical power exiting corners.
Goldman Sachs Backs the Clarity Act, Splitting Wall Street Over Crypto Rules
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon endorsed the Clarity Act, a Senate Republican crypto market-structure bill. The banking industry remains divided over the legislation due to concerns about stablecoin yield provisions and ethics issues.
Maiden Rocket Launch ‘a Grand Success’ for India’s First Private Spaceflight Company
A four-stage Vikram-1 rocket capable of carrying over 770 pounds of payload completed its maiden flight successfully. Skyroot Aerospace, based in Hyderabad, achieved this feat four years after India became the third nation with a privately designed rocket reaching space.
Crews Move Artemis IV Liquid Hydrogen Tank
A 130-foot-tall liquid hydrogen tank for Artemis IV was transported from production to a test building at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on May 15, 2026. The tank will become part of the core stage component.
Circle Partners with Kakao and Toss Bank to Enable Stablecoin Payment Solutions in South Korea
Circle will test stablecoin payment solutions in South Korea through partnerships with Kakao Group and Toss Bank. The collaborations focus on developing blockchain-powered payment systems designed for the Korean market.
NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars
MAVEN found that Mars auroras form through the same mechanism that creates Earth auroras, involving charged particles circulating in the atmosphere. The research, published in Nature Communications, reveals this particle acceleration process occurs at both planets.
Coinbase Builds Post-Quantum Custody System, Funds Bitcoin’s Crypto Upgrade
Coinbase developed a post-quantum custody system to protect against potential future quantum computing threats to Bitcoin's cryptography. The company also provided funding for Bitcoin's cryptographic upgrade without specifying an exact timeline for the quantum threat.
Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Rally Loses Steam as Historical Resistance Comes Into Play
Bitcoin has rallied back to a historical resistance level where previous selling pressure has emerged. The upcoming trading sessions will determine whether the recovery continues or faces rejection at this resistance zone.
Farage, Harborne and the £5M Gift: How UK Crypto Money Reshaped Reform
Christopher Harborne, a Tether stakeholder, donated £30 million in cryptocurrency to UK political causes, triggering dual investigations and a conflict-of-interest scandal involving Britcoin lobbying. The donations sparked regulatory scrutiny and raised questions about cryptocurrency's influence on UK political reform efforts.
Kazakhstan Moves to Build a National Crypto Reserve Funded by Bitcoin Miners
Kazakhstan established a national crypto reserve funded by bitcoin miners through a presidential decree signed July 7 and government resolution approved July 18. The initiative aims to bring the country's large mining industry into a regulated, state-supervised system.
Judge rejects Zelle bid to dismiss lawsuit over fraud losses
A judge rejected Zelle operator Early Warning Services' motion to dismiss a fraud lawsuit filed by New York's attorney general. The suit accuses the payments service of failing to protect users from fraud losses.
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Closes Out Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is returning to Earth after eight months aboard the International Space Station, his first mission. During his assignment, Williams participated in cancer research, materials production for electronics, and completed two spacewalks in the vacuum of space.
Orcas filmed smashing giant sunfish into thousands of pieces
Orcas in the Gulf of California were documented dismantling a dead sunfish by gripping it with their fins while charging into it at high speed. The behavior, observed in two separate encounters, resulted in the carcass being blasted into thousands of pieces.
Crypto Derivatives Exchange BitMEX To Shut Down in September
BitMEX, a crypto derivatives exchange, will shut down in September. The exchange has instructed users to withdraw their funds as soon as possible.
BlackRock, Coinbase, Strategy Among Nine Firms Launching the Bitcoin Security Consortium, Pledging $15 Million To BTC Security Development
Nine firms launched the Bitcoin Security Consortium with a $15 million pledge to support Bitcoin security research and development. The initiative focuses on Bitcoin security resilience, including quantum readiness preparation.