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Jul 26, 2026

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·spectrum.ieee.org

General Motors backs Peak Energy’s sodium-ion batteries for U.S. grid storage as China leads the market

General Motors is backing Peak Energy, a U.S. startup developing sodium-ion batteries for grid storage. The company aims to succeed where earlier American startups failed, while Ch...

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·TechCrunch

Warner Bros. lawsuit accuses Amazon of illegally poaching executives

Warner Bros. has filed a lawsuit accusing Amazon of illegally recruiting its executives. The case is expected to revive debate over whether term employment agreements can be enforc...

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·claude.com

Anthropic says Claude 5 models need far less system prompting, urging developers to simplify agent context engineering

Anthropic says it removed over 80% of Claude Code’s system prompt for newer models like Claude Opus 5 and Claude Fable 5 without hurting coding benchmark results. The company argue...

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·TechCrunch

The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught

The article looks at Phineas Fisher, an hacktivist known for compromising controversial government spyware makers and exposing their operations. Despite high-profile breaches that...

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·TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20 billion valuation

The Boring Company is reportedly in talks to raise $4 billion at a $20 billion valuation, up sharply from its $5.7 billion valuation in The tunneling startup operates a Tesla shutt...

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·The Verge

Google basically confirms the Pixel 11 is getting a price hike

Google devices VP Shakil Barkat indicated the next Pixel phone will likely be pricier than the Pixel 10, citing supply cost pressures. The report points to RAM shortages tied to bo...

Google basically confirms the Pixel 11 is getting a price hike
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·TechCrunch

Kalshi demands Netflix take down trailer for ‘Prediction Games’ documentary

Kalshi has demanded that Netflix take down the trailer for its documentary Prediction Games. The company claims the preview is defamatory and includes fabricated documents along wi...

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