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The Senate Commerce Committee advanced bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at toughening a ban on Chinese automakers from the U.S. market, even as Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warned that it could unintentionally bar Mercedes-Benz from selling vehicles in the country. Cruz said

Tesla posted its financial statement for the second quarter of the year this afternoon. Earlier in July, we learned that the American automaker had had a good quarter in terms of sales, growing 25 percent year over year. Fans hoping that sales increase would result in a plenty pr

Dell sent us four Pro laptops this cycle, covering two sizes, two product tiers, and both AMD and Intel platforms. The two Pro 5 models approach the business-laptop formula from different directions: the Pro 5 16 AMD uses a larger chassis, replaceable DDR5 memory, and the Ryzen A

WEKA Launches NeuralMesh 6 and WEKApod as AI Inference Pushes Infrastructure Limits WEKA has introduced two new AI infrastructure products: NeuralMesh 6, which the company calls its... The integration of AI into scientific and engineering workflows will kickstart an unprecedented

The Scoop Intel is looking for a partner to help it run its Ohio fab project, the massive chip-making operation for US memory production that has been mired in years-long delays and setbacks. South Korean memory giant SK Hynix is among those being considered to work with Intel in

The U.S. House advanced legislation on Wednesday that would stop members of Congress from buying individual stocks while in office, taking the first meaningful action on an issue that has dogged lawmakers for years. The bill passed on a vote of 232-198, with more than a dozen Dem

Shares of Reddit slid 8% on Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported the company has discussed shutting off Google's access to its content for artificial intelligence use. Reddit stock is down roughly 25% year-to-date. The two companies struck a deal in 2024 to allow the

Framework nearly doubles memory pricing for 32GB, 64GB Laptop 13 Pro overnight — CEO says absorbing LPCAMM2 supplier hikes would put 'our ability to operate at real financial risk' The company is making adjustments to some existing pre-orders. Framework is adjusting the pricing f

Steve Hilton has lived many lives: a key strategist to former British Prime Minister David Cameron, a populist Fox News host, and — after renouncing his UK citizenship — the Republican nominee in California’s gubernatorial race. Max and Ben ask him about a career that has intertw

U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent doubled down on his warnings to Chinese AI companies on Wednesday, saying that sanctions remain on the table after a White House official accused Moonshot of improperly distilling Anthropic’s Fable model. Model distillation is a common AI tra

Sports media host and “Casuals” podcast creator Katie Nolan joined Mixed Signals live at Cannes to talk about navigating two decades of upheaval in sports media. Max and Ben ask Katie why she turned down gambling advertising when it was everywhere, how politics keeps inserting it

Inter Miami under investigation after signing Casemiro - Published Major League Soccer says it is investigating allegations of tampering by Inter Miami after the club signed Brazil midfielder Casemiro. On Wednesday, Miami announced they had signed the 34-year-old - who left Manch

Tesla is no longer planning to reach “volume production” of three of its newest products — the Cybercab, the Tesla Semi, and its Megapack 3 commercial energy-storage solution — in 2026, according to a second-quarter shareholder letter published Wednesday. The company also removed

Presidents and other federal officials would be banned from issuing or sponsoring cryptocurrency and other digital assets under newly updated legislation the Senate is considering. Republicans on Wednesday re-released a measure — known as the Clarity Act, major legislation to gov

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A day after Snap tentatively settled with the plaintiff in a social media addiction lawsuit, leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant, the case has been dropped. In a statement, Meta said the plaintiff chose to drop his case against Meta without receiving any payment. TikTok

For years, Microsoft has leaned heavily into extensive backward compatibility across multiple generations of Xbox hardware as a major selling point for its consoles. Today, that effort expands past the console ecosystem, making select original Xbox titles officially playable (and

For the last 10 years, I've worked as a recruiter at Google, Uber and The New York Times. At the end of an interview, when I ask "What questions do you have for me?" I have already decided how I feel about your skills. At this point, I want to understand how you think. Most peopl

David Droga is the vice chair of Accenture Song and the most decorated creative in Cannes Lions history. He joins Mixed Signals to talk about what it actually takes to sell a CMO on a bold idea (and why the boldest of ideas are sometimes the easiest to sell). Max and Ben ask Davi

The Federal Communications Commission today voted to eliminate a Biden-era rule that required Internet service providers to list all of their so-called “passthrough” fees on easily accessible broadband price labels. Instead of advertising accurate prices, ISPs like to advertise a

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A senior U.S. Secret Service official said Wednesday that the "threat environment" for the agency's protectees, who include President Donald Trump, "is the highest we've ever seen." "What we're seeing now is something I've never seen before," said the senior official, who spoke t

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Amazon is laying off some employees in its unit focused on artificial general intelligence, the company confirmed Wednesday, as it continues to cut jobs while pouring money into AI. The company declined to disclose how many staffers were affected, or which parts of the AGI organi

Amazon is laying off some employees in its unit focused on artificial general intelligence, the company confirmed Wednesday, as it continues to cut jobs while pouring money into AI. The company declined to disclose how many staffers were affected, or which parts of the AGI organi

Off the Wire Press Releases Nearly 300 projects selected from historic RFA response spanning all 50 states to accelerate breakthroughs in energy, discovery science, and national security. WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the first pr

Off the Wire Press Releases The lab will also advance 32 additional projects through various partnerships July 22, 2026 — DOE announced the awards July 22 at the Genesis Mission Summit in Washington, D.C. The Genesis Mission is a historic national initiative led by DOE, which is

Off the Wire Press Releases The projects will advance fusion, nuclear energy, national security and science capabilities July 22, 2026 — Seven Los Alamos National Laboratory projects have been selected for funding under the Genesis Mission, a national initiative led by the U.S. D

SoundCloud announced Wednesday that it has acquired Nina Protocol, a decentralized music platform that enabled independent artists to sell music directly to fans while keeping 100% of their revenue. The financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It’s also unclear whether any

European Union antitrust regulators said on Wednesday they had signed off on Paramount Skydance's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The approval, which included concessions made by Paramount, comes as the deal has been delayed in the U.S. due to concerns raised by s

The San Diego Comic-Con kicks off tomorrow, and DC Studios and Warner Brothers are setting the stage by dropping the first full trailer for Clayface, part of the DC Universe’s “Gods and Monsters” arc. The film started out as a Mike Flanagan project (he’s the horror master who bro

On Tuesday, OpenAI revealed that one of its models went rogue during a test and hacked the systems of AI dataset platform Hugging Face in a fully AI-enabled attack, a dramatic example of the dangers posed by advanced AI models. But, according to some cybersecurity experts, at the

Teenager drops social media addiction lawsuit against Meta - Published A Florida teenager who sued Meta claiming that he was addicted to and harmed by his use of platforms, such as Instagram, has dropped his case. The 15-year-old plaintiff, known by the initials R.K.C., had in re

Police formally investigate woman after Brit stabbed to death in French village - Published A woman has been placed under formal investigation over the death last year in France of a British-South African mother-of-four. Karen Carter, 65, was found lying near her car with stab wo

Off the Wire Press Releases July 22, 2026 — Scientists today face challenges of extraordinary scale and complexity. From shaping and simulating the intricate dynamics of fusion plasma, to exploring the vast search space of new materials, to making sense of the exabytes of data po

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Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben Horowitz will join the company’s board following the investment. Bain Capital, Fifth Wall, and others participated in the round. Perhaps most notably, Uber also j