Elon Musk's xAI startup has launched the grok-code-fast-1 model for autonomous programming task execution. This tool is positioned as fast and economical for common coding tasks.
Microsoft presents its own AI models Mai-Voice-1 and Mai-1-Preview, promising efficiency and lower computational costs. Mai-Voice-1 generates a minute of audio in a second, and Mai-1-Preview will improve Copilot.
The Clinical Diagnostics laboratory from the Netherlands paid a ransom to cybercriminals for stolen data of 485,000 female patients. Hackers published 100 megabytes of data, but possess 300 gigabytes of information.
Russian government hackers gained access to the US court records storage system, stealing confidential documents. The attackers specifically sought classified records related to espionage and other important cases.
OpenAI is soon to release GPT-5, the next version of its AI model. Early testers note its capabilities but consider the leap from GPT-4 less significant than from GPT-3 to GPT-4.
Chinese authorities have accused US intelligence agencies of cyber espionage against Chinese military companies. The attacks allegedly exploited Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities to access secret information.
Global stocks continued their decline for the sixth consecutive day, the longest losing streak since September 2023. The reason was new tariffs announced by Donald Trump, which outweighed the optimism from tech giants' reports.
Microsoft analysts found that the Russian cyber-espionage group Turla (Secret Blizzard) is attacking foreign embassies in Moscow, using local internet providers. The hackers disguise malware as Kaspersky antivirus.
Meta invests billions of dollars in AI data centers. Mark Zuckerberg aims to make superintelligence accessible to everyone in the world.
Google's parent company, Alphabet, reported revenue growth in the second quarter but increased its capital expenditure forecast for 2025 by $10 billion, to $85 billion. This is due to investments in artificial intelligence, despite a 1.6% drop in shares.
The number of companies and organizations compromised by the security vulnerability on Microsoft SharePoint servers has grown to 400. Most of the victims are in the US, including the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Hackers are exploiting a serious vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint server software for a global attack on government agencies and businesses. Tens of thousands of servers are at risk, and Microsoft has released a patch for only one version, leaving others vulnerable.
Pentagon chief Pete Heggset initiated a review of Chinese engineers' access to US Department of Defense systems. This happened after ProPublica published an article about Microsoft using Chinese engineers to work on military computing systems.
Iceland has sufficient public support to resume EU accession talks, despite trade disputes and US threats. 58% of Icelanders support resuming negotiations, and the foreign minister considers it vital.
Microsoft has updated Copilot Vision for Windows Insiders, allowing the AI to analyze the user's entire screen. This enables Copilot to provide real-time assistance with document editing, analyzing game content, or browser content.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced staff reductions due to AI implementation. Other companies, including Microsoft and Duolingo, are also announcing similar changes, which could affect millions of jobs worldwide.
NVIDIA's market capitalization reached a record $3. 92 trillion as of July 4, 2025, surpassing Apple and Microsoft. The growth is driven by high demand for its chips used in training large language models.
OpenAI has signed a deal with Oracle to lease 4. 5 GW of computing power worth $30 billion per year to expand the Stargate project. Oracle will build several data centers in the US to fulfill the contract, which is one of the largest deals in the cloud services industry for AI.
Microsoft is cutting about 9,000 jobs worldwide, which is less than 4% of its workforce. This comes amid the company's record profits and the massive adoption of generative artificial intelligence.
Cloudflare has launched a tool that blocks AI scanners that collect content from websites without permission. Leading publishers have already used it, being able to charge for access to data.
Microsoft has unveiled an AI system that diagnoses better than specialists, having "solved" more than 8 out of 10 complex cases. Studies have shown that AI is significantly more accurate and efficient than doctors in diagnosis.
Tech billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are celebrating a lavish $20 million wedding in Venice with nearly 200 celebrity guests. The main ceremony will take place on June 27 on the island of San Giorgio after the official marriage registration, despite protests from local residents.
Microsoft will replace the blue screen of death with a black one in Windows 11 this summer. The updated screen will contain a stop code and the name of the problematic driver for better diagnostics. A Quick Machine Recovery function has also been added for quick system restoration.
A part of Venice has been declared a restricted area due to the wedding of American billionaire, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Security measures have been strengthened and pedestrian and boat traffic limited ahead of the main celebrations.
Iranian Minister of Communications Sattar Hashemi stated that the internet in Iran has returned to its "previous state" after the ceasefire. However, the ban on social networks such as X is still in effect, and Iranians use VPNs to access them.
Europe finds itself critically dependent on American tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, which control over two-thirds of the regional cloud computing market. This raises fears that the US administration could leverage its technological advantage, and even, at some point, disconnect Europe from vital cloud services that underpin its digital existence.
An Iranian rocket fell near the Microsoft representative office in Be'er Sheva, Israel. Air raid sirens were sounded in several areas of the country.
A glitch occurred in the test version of Windows 11: the startup sound was replaced with a melody from Windows Vista. Microsoft has acknowledged the error and is working to fix it.
Meta is launching a project to create superintelligence, attracting top developers and investing billions. The company aims to outpace competitors in the AI race.
OpenAI announced annual revenue of $10 billion thanks to ChatGPT and other products. The company plans to scale and collaborates with Microsoft to develop infrastructure.
