(opens original source in a new tab)Dark Reading'Flying Eagle' Full-Service Mobile RAT Builder Wings Across ChinaA premium-grade malware-as-a-service offering takes flight with multiple threat groups, building infostealers that drain victims' bank accounts. (opens original source in a new tab)Nate Nelson·30 July 2026
Clean Energy (opens original source in a new tab)CleanTechnicaWaymo — New Testing, Uber Fallout, Fine BonanzaWith Waymo news this week, we’ve got “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.” First of all, the good: Waymo is now testing its Zeekr/Ojai robotaxi van thing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hey, it’s a Chinese EV in the USA! Personally, I love the design of this thing, and I assume ... [continued] The post Waymo — New Testing, Uber Fallout, Fine Bonanza appeared first on CleanTechnica. (opens original source in a new tab)Zachary Shahan·30 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)CoinDeskSenators ready to send stricter ethics rules on Trump's crypto ventures to White House, sources sayInsiders say that the bipartisan Senate duo revamping the bill's Trump-approved ethics section have come up with something they hope wins sufficient yes votes. (opens original source in a new tab)Jesse Hamilton·30 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)Breaking DefenseNavy awards $76.6B in contracts for new Virginia, Columbia-class subsGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat and HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding jointly build the Virginia and Columbia-class submarines. (opens original source in a new tab)Diana Stancy·30 July 2026
Startups (opens original source in a new tab)TechCrunchMark Zuckerberg predicts that billions of people will have personal AI agents in five yearsAs Meta pours billions into AI infrastructure and agents, Zuckerberg is working to convince investors that the payoff will be worth the price. (opens original source in a new tab)Amanda Silberling·30 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)Breaking DefenseArmy adds $54B to Lockheed PAC-3 agreement, totaling $59BThe contract is undefinitized, meaning dollar values and quantities could change as negotiations continue. (opens original source in a new tab)Carley Welch·29 July 2026
Startups (opens original source in a new tab)TechCrunchMicrosoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bagWhen Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two biggest, and competing, AI labs are doing. (opens original source in a new tab)Julie Bort·29 July 2026
Startups (opens original source in a new tab)TechCrunchZuckerberg says Meta’s enterprise AI opportunity extends beyond agentsOn the company’s second-quarter earnings call Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta sees a “large enterprise opportunity” spanning AI agents, APIs, compute, and internal software. (opens original source in a new tab)Sarah Perez·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)ElectrekTrump feds use a solar review to approve the first AI data center on public landApparently, a 19-megawatt (MW) solar farm and a 167-MW AI data center are “substantially the same” – at least according to the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). (opens original source in a new tab)Michelle Lewis·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)STAT NewsNSF testing new Ph.D. model giving trainees academic and industry experienceStudents working in fields eligible for NSF funding will be able to participate, including chemistry, engineering, and basic life science research that doesn’t deal directly with the treatment of disease. (opens original source in a new tab)Jonathan Wosen·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostIn an era defined by AI, can work still be measured by the clock?Hwaseong, South Korea, past midnight. An engineer watches a defect pattern surface on her screen – the kind that, caught now, saves a week of wafers. She is locked in, fully absorbed, the way engineers get when a breakthrough is close. But she has to go home. The law says so. Yet something is disrupting the clock she races against. Artificial intelligence is quietly rewriting what her hours are worth. On June 29, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stood alongside the leaders of Samsung... (opens original source in a new tab)David Kim·29 July 2026
