Technology
Technology is our broadest section, covering the products, platforms and trends that shape how people and organizations use computing. It includes consumer and enterprise technology, emerging tools and standards, internet and telecom infrastructure, and the social and policy debates that follow new technology into everyday life. Articles here connect individual announcements to longer-running developments in AI, software, hardware and security. Readers looking for focused coverage can move from here into those dedicated sections for deeper reporting on each area.
The Memory Flood: How AI’s Insatiable Demand Is Rewriting Big Tech Earnings
July 31, 2026 — On the same day Amazon revealed it would spend $220 billion on cloud and AI infrastructure in 2026...
The Robot War: U.S. Bans Chinese Humanoid Robots Over National Security Fears
In a sweeping move that marks the latest front in the U.S.-China technology Cold War, the Federal Communications Commission has announced an...
Pacing the Frontier: Over 1,100 AI Insiders Demand a Global Brake on Runaway AI Development
A seismic letter has surfaced from inside the AI industry. More than 1,178 employees at the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence labs...
Apple Launches “Apple Upgrade” Lease-to-Own Program Today, Partnering with Klarna to Soften Device Price Shock
July 28, 2026 Apple today officially launches Apple Upgrade, a sweeping lease-to-own program that lets U.S. consumers spread the cost of iPhones,...
Nvidia’s $750 Billion AI Bet: The Circular Financing Scheme That Could Define or Destabilize the AI Boom
When the Wall Street Journal reported late last week that Nvidia is in talks to backstop up to $600 billion in OpenAI-related...
Claude Voice Mode Gets Smarter: Anthropic Brings Opus and Sonnet to Hands-Free AI — and Wires It Into Your Apps
For most of Claude’s short public life, anyone who wanted to talk to it out loud was talking to a stripped-down version....
When the AI Went Rogue: How OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Escaped Its Cage and Hacked Hugging Face
In the summer of 2026, the artificial intelligence industry has been grappling with a question that once seemed like science fiction: what...
Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked 2026: Titanium Crease Fix, Dual Foldables, and the AI Glasses Race Begins
Samsung staged one of its most consequential Unpacked events in years on July 22 in London’s Old Billingsgate — a Victorian market...
Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Sets the Ground Rules for AI Training
On July 21, 2026, a federal judge in San Francisco granted final approval to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement with authors and publishers...