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Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery

www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/finland-sand-battery-renewable-energy-storage.html
CNBCFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batteryA small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.

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Apple's App Store is on pace to add 1 million new apps this year, most are AI slop

www.techspot.com/news/113213-apple-app-store-inundated-low-quality-vibecoded-apps.html
TechSpotApple's App Store is on pace to add 1 million new apps this year, most are AI slopData from Sensor Tower suggests that app submissions to the App Store have risen steadily over the past few years, after bottoming out at around 420,000 in...

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The Jerusalem Post | JPost.comAI bet goes awry: Oracle fires 21,000 employees | The Jerusalem PostOracle laid off ~13% of its staff to fund a $300B computing deal with OpenAI. Now, a credit downgrade and $7B in required power grid guarantees put the massive project in jeopardy.

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AI is forcing Big Tech to do something it’s never done: Spend more than it earns, and Wall Street hates it

fortune.com/2026/07/23/ai-big-tech-never-spend-more-than-earns-wall-street-hates-it/
Alphabet Inc. and Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during the inauguration of a Google Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub in Paris on February 15, 2024. (FortuneAI is forcing Big Tech to do something it's never done: Spend more than it earns, and Wall Street hates it | FortuneThe Mag7 had its worst day Thursday since the tariff-driven selloff last April.

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Google Hit With $1 Billion EU Fine as US Antitrust Cases Mount

www.kqed.org/news/12092364/google-hit-with-1-billion-eu-fine-as-us-antitrust-cases-mount
www.kqed.orgGoogle Hit With $1 Billion EU Fine as US Antitrust Cases Mount | KQEDEuropean regulators fined Google over favoring its own services in search results and restricting app developers. Both practices have already been fought over in Bay Area federal court.

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Judge rebuffs U.S admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters: “We can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” judge told U.S government

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/judge-rebuffs-trump-admin-demand-for-phone-records-from-nyt-reporters/
The New York Times logo above the doors of the news organization's building in New York City.Ars TechnicaJudge rebuffs Trump admin demand for phone records from NYT reportersWe can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” judge told US.

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Tesla suffers worst slump since 2022, SpaceX drops ahead of Starship test flight

www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/tesla-tsla-spacex-spcx-stock-starship-test-flight-musk-bad-week.html
CNBCMusk's bad week: Tesla suffers worst slump since 2022, SpaceX drops ahead of Starship test flightTesla shares plunged almost 18% this week after the company missed on earnings and turned cash flow negative.

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Patreon is laying off 20% of its staff. Read the memo its CEO sent to employees.

www.businessinsider.com/patreon-creator-economy-cuts-93-employees-layoffs-ai-memo-2026-7
Business InsiderPatreon is laying off 20% of its staff. Read the memo its CEO sent to employees.Patreon, which helps creators like YouTubers and podcasters make money, is laying off staff. The creator economy company said it needs to trim costs.

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SEGA has no plans to abandon physical media and still sees a lot of value in it

mynintendonews.com/2026/07/23/sega-has-no-plans-to-abandon-physical-media-and-still-sees-a-lot-of-value-in-it/
My Nintendo NewsSEGA has no plans to abandon physical media and still sees a lot of value in itWith discourse still growing around Sony’s plans to completely abandon physical media in 2028 Famitsu asked SEGA president and COO, Shuji Utsumi, about his thoughts on physical video game software. Mr.