TechCrunch

Apple says gaming slowdown and App Store changes hurt services growth

Apple said a slowdown in mobile gaming and changes to the App Store’s business model—including court-ordered payment rule changes in the U.S.—weighed on its services business, even as the company topped 1.5 billion paid subscriptions.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

Ars Technica

Tim Cook passes the baton in Apple's Q3 2026 earnings call

The iPhone and Mac sold well, but memory costs threaten further price increases.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

Wired

A Leaked Memo Ties Cyberattacks on Minnesota Water Utilities to Iran

A memo obtained by WIRED, issued by the water utilities information sharing group WaterISAC, links dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water utilities to Tehran.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

NY Times Tech

Why an A.I. Bubble Might Not Be a Bad Thing

As fears spread over a possible artificial intelligence bubble, some tech investors say: Bring it on.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

Ars Technica

Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers

Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation and disk re-imaging.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

Ars Technica

Trump FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV

"Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t like at your peril."

technology  Jul 30, 2026

Ars Technica

Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show

Satellites show burn scars and fires at AWS data centers and Saudi oil refinery.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

NY Times Tech

Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Keeps Rising. So Do the Jitters.

Amazon joined a procession of tech giants that ramped up their spending on artificial intelligence, as its capital expenditures soared 69 percent. Concerns over the industry’s spending is mounting.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

NY Times Tech

Apple’s Profit Increases 27 Percent, Topping Wall Street Expectations

The company recently raised prices on a number of products because of component supply shortages caused by the artificial intelligence boom.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

NY Times Tech

Apple’s Profit Increases 27 Percent, Topping Wall Street Expectations

The company recently raised prices on a number of products because of component supply shortages caused by the artificial intelligence boom.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

TechCrunch

Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’ label

A federal judge said the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk, casting doubt on the government's ban on its AI technology.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

TechCrunch

CareCloud begins to notify hundreds of thousands after hackers stole medical records

The health tech data giant, which handles vast amounts of patients' medical data, said hackers struck one of its protected health data stores.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

Wired

Everyone Is Freaking Out About OpenAI and Anthropic’s Race for Dominance

Researchers fear AI is moving too fast, while Mark Zuckerberg is worried about who owns it. Plus: Inside Black Forest Labs’ push into robotics.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

Ars Technica

Just because a game is on disc doesn’t mean it will work in the future

DoesItPlay tracks the many "physical" games that don't work without the Internet.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

TechCrunch

Friend, the lonely AI wearable, returns with a new voice and a much bigger price tag

Friend, the AI wearable, can now talk to its users — for an enhanced price.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

Ars Technica

Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required

The last two versions of Chrome have included more patches than the previous 23 combined.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

TechCrunch

Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI

As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies — like Microsoft and now Google — are finding and patching an exponential number of bugs in their products, thanks to the use of LLMs and AI tools.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

NY Times Tech

State Department Map Mislabels African Countries at AIDS Conference

Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”

technology  Jul 30, 2026

TechCrunch

Florida plans to build air taxi pads using $200M intended for EV chargers

Florida wants to use federal EV charger funds to build an air taxi network connecting golf courses, luxury apartment buildings, and airports.

technology  Jul 30, 2026

TechCrunch

LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated ‘slop’

LinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a “seems like AI slop” reporting option. It's also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading tool.

technology  Jul 30, 2026