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Apple is gunning for OpenAI, demanding steep penalties after stumbling on a “rare” bug that temporarily allowed a poached employee that joined OpenAI to maintain access to confidential information on Apple servers for weeks after his termination. In a lawsuit filed Friday, Apple sought several injunctions blocking OpenAI from using confidential information allegedly stolen by former employees. According to Apple’s complaint, OpenAI conspired with former Apple employees as part of a grand scheme to “take an unlawful shortcut” and launch a line of AI-powered devices as marketable as Apple’s iPhone. Apple explained that it found a bug while investigating internal…

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NANJING, CHINA – JULY 09: Aerial view of new energy vehicles waiting for shipment at Longtan Port Area of Nanjing Port on July 9, 2026 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. Yang Suping | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesChina’s trade growth accelerated far more than expected in June, as booming global demand for AI hardware and a rush by U.S. retailers to beat anticipated tariff hikes turbocharged shipments. Overall exports rose 27% from a year earlier in U.S. dollar value terms, the strongest since October 2021, customs data showed Tuesday, quickening from the 19.4% gain in May and sharply…

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The federal government is warning users of home and small office routers to secure their devices as Russia state hackers continue to mass-compromise them for use in obscuring nefarious actions against sensitive organizations in the public and private sectors. Both the Russian and Chinese governments have been compromising routers for years, sometimes in prolonged tugs-of-war to wrest control of devices the other has already commandeered. The US government has occasionally issued covert commands and taken other steps to disinfect routers. Google and other companies have also worked to disrupt the massive botnets that control compromised routers in lockstep. The actions…

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Commercial buildings illuminated at dusk in Singapore, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSingapore’s economy expanded 5.7% in the second quarter, topping market expectations, on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.Growth was higher than the 5.5% expected by economists polled by Reuters, but lower than the revised 6.3% seen in the first quarter, according to a release from the country’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.The goods sector expanded 10.4% from the 8.4% in the previous quarter, while growth in the services sector slowed to 4.6% from 6.2% in…

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One reason SpaceX isn’t attempting an orbital flight this week is Starship’s failure to complete one of its test objectives on the last launch, when the spacecraft was supposed to ignite one of its six Raptor engines for a brief burn in space. The spacecraft skipped the burn after a Raptor engine shut down prematurely during the launch sequence. The rest of the ship’s flight went according to plan, culminating in a pinpoint splashdown in the Indian Ocean. It was the first flight of SpaceX’s Starship V3 debuting new, more powerful Raptor engines. But officials need confidence in the Raptor…

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This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on July 12, 2026 shows a cargo ship anchoring near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan. – | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.S. launched strikes against Iran for a third consecutive night on President Donald Trump’s orders, while Iranian missiles hit two Emirati oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and triggered air-raid warnings across the Gulf. U.S. Central Command said the strikes would continue “imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces” and degrade Tehran’s capacity to attack shipping in the Strait…

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APA Corporation’s Beryl Alpha oil platform in the North Sea.Courtesy: APA CorporationOil prices rose on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to impose shipping fees in the Strait of Hormuz and reinstate a blockade of Iranian ports, raising concerns over potential disruptions to global crude supplies. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures for August delivery rose 2.27% to $79.91 per barrel. International benchmark Brent crude futures for September delivery climbed 2.14% to $85.11, extending gains after advancing 9.6% in the previous session.Trump said Monday that the U.S. will levy fees on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, charging “at the…

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