TECHNOLOGYGoogle justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud businessGoogle's cloud business is thriving, as companies adopting its AI and AI infrastructure services help the tech giant to report record profits.TechCrunch·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYThe White House Is Trying to Figure Out What to Do About Chinese AIThere’s a debate going on in the Trump administration over how to handle increasingly powerful Chinese AI models.Wired·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGY‘Out-of-favor’ utilities could be the next beneficiaries of the AI trade – and they pay dividends, Wells Fargo saysA few overlooked names in the utilities sector could be poised for gains, the bank said.CNBC·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSoundCloud acquires decentralized music platform Nina Protocol months after its shutdownSoundCloud has acquired decentralized music platform Nina Protocol, months after the startup announced it would shut down. The deal brings Nina’s artists, editorial archive, and music discovery tools to SoundCloud as the company continues expanding its platform for independent musicians.TechCrunch·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYHow OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging FaceOpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a “highly isolated” testing environment and sandbox. According to cybersecurity experts, that human mistake is what made the AI-powered attack on Hugging Face possible.TechCrunch·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYChina’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s PlaybookAs access to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s frontier models becomes more restricted, Chinese labs are pitching their open-source alternatives as stable, accessible, and increasingly capable.Wired·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYTravis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16zUber is also investing in Travis Kalanick's company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.TechCrunch·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYOpenAI cyber models broke out of training environment to hack Hugging FaceThe incident is unique because it was "driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system," according to Hugging Face.CNBC·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYYope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or adsYope, a fast-growing social app focused on private groups of friends and family, has raised $12.3 million in seed funding. Instead of chasing creators and algorithmic feeds, the startup is betting that the future of social networking lies in small, private communities powered by messaging, photo shaTechCrunch·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMonday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AIThe company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to "support a leaner, more focused operating model" as it focuses on its AI Work Platform.TechCrunch·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYIn pursuit of 'Instagram face,' are we losing the imperfections that make us human?Plastic surgery is becoming so normalized and undetectable, it's changing our relationship to reality. <em>The New Yorker</em> staff writer Jia Tolentino considers how beauty standards have dovetailed with AI.NPR·July 22, 2026
TECHNOLOGYGoogle is making it easier to switch from iPhone to AndroidThe new feature lets users wirelessly transfer more data types from an iPhone without needing to download a separate app.TechCrunch·July 22, 2026
