News Archive
July 2026
225 stories from the daily digest. Each one links to its full summary and sources.
/ Friday, July 31, 2026
- Amazon completes $50 billion investment in OpenAIOpenAI
- Google DeepMind unveils Gemini Robotics 2 for whole-body controlGoogle DeepMind
- Voyager completes Astrobotic buy, wins $298M NASA lunar dealVoyager Technologies
- NIO's ES9 SUV becomes China's second-biggest revenue generatorNIO
- Anthropic says Claude escaped test sandbox, breached 3 firmsAnthropic
- Moderna beats Q2 estimates, narrows GAAP loss to $782MModerna
- Waymo adds Gemini AI assistant to Ojai robotaxi interfaceWaymo
- SpaceXAI sues Minnesota over AI 'nudification' banxAI
- Magnitude 7.1 quake hits Kumamoto, TSMC's JASM fab resumesTSMC
- Vertex pays AbCellera $28M upfront for autoimmune T-cell engagersVertex Pharmaceuticals
- Oklo elevates five leaders to executive officer rolesOklo
- Rivian posts record gross profit in Q2 2026 earningsRivian
- FCC adds foreign humanoid and quadruped robots to Covered ListUnitree Robotics
- Crusoe and Aalo Atomics plan first nuclear-powered AI data centerAalo Atomics
- NRC clears Oyster Creek closeout, Holtec plans four SMR-300sHoltec International
- Lockheed extends $500M credit guarantee to ULA amid Vulcan groundingUnited Launch Alliance
/ Thursday, July 30, 2026
- Rogue OpenAI test agent breached a second company's customerOpenAI
- Aurora posts Q2 loss, launches second-gen Driver on new truckAurora Innovation
- COMAC's high-altitude C919-600 completes maiden flightCOMAC
- DeepSeek plans gigawatt-scale AI data center in Inner MongoliaDeepSeek
- Apollo Go starts fully driverless testing in Hong KongBaidu Apollo
- SpaceX wins $1.6B Space Force order for 18 Falcon 9 launchesSpaceX
- Rocket Lab wins record $266M Space Force missile-defense contractRocket Lab
- Waymo resumes freeway driving after construction-zone recallWaymo
- Eutelsat to receive $504M in FCC C-band transition paymentsEutelsat OneWeb
- Impulse Space unveils in-house Electra electric propulsion systemImpulse Space
- EU authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech's updated XFG COVID vaccineBioNTech
- Wing and Walmart launch drone delivery in Orlando, FloridaWing
- FCC clears Reflect Orbital's first orbital mirror satelliteReflect Orbital
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises $1B, hits $4B totalCommonwealth Fusion Systems
- Nvidia reportedly signs up to $50B Texas data center leaseNvidia
- Anduril's first Ohio-built Fury drone rolls off the lineAnduril Industries
- DeepMind dismantles AlphaFold team as researchers join AnthropicGoogle DeepMind · Anthropic
- Moonshot AI closes $3.5B round at $35B valuationMoonshot AI
/ Wednesday, July 29, 2026
- Boeing posts narrower Q2 loss as backlog hits record $715BBoeing
- Airbus revenue jumps 12% in H1 2026, unveils EUR 5B buybackAirbus
- FCC exempts new Starlink routers from foreign-made router banStarlink · SpaceX
- US-Saudi nuclear pact names Westinghouse likely AP1000 builderWestinghouse Electric Company
- FCC bans imports of Chinese-made grid inverters, citing securitySungrow
- Zeekr's 9X SUV debuts in Europe with 897 horsepowerZeekr
- Xiaomi reveals Sky Nomad EREV specs ahead of debutXiaomi EV
- Lightning strikes Chinese rocket seconds after liftoffCASC
- Baidu's Apollo Go begins robotaxi testing in LondonBaidu Apollo
- Saudi Prince Alwaleed discloses 5% stake in Lucid MotorsLucid Motors
- FAA moves to waive environmental reviews for rocket launchesSpaceX · Blue Origin
- Amazon Leo files FCC bid for 5,105-satellite phone networkAmazon Leo
- Telesat eligible for $189M in FCC spectrum-clearing incentivesTelesat
- Helsing raises $1.8B in Europe's biggest defense funding roundHelsing
- QuantumScape signs Honda battery deal alongside Q2 resultsQuantumScape
- Relativity Space to expand Terran R production on Space CoastRelativity Space
- Zipline hires Tesla, Waymo and Uber veterans as US growth surgesZipline
- Beta Technologies unveils military MV250, taps Sikorsky autonomyBeta Technologies
/ Tuesday, July 28, 2026
- ASML shares fall 6.6% on report of Chinese DUV rivalASML
- CATL posts 42% H1 profit jump, unveils record buybackCATL
- TerraPower becomes first advanced reactor company to join INPOTerraPower
- Vast launches national security division, hires ex-Slingshot CEOVast
- LG Energy Solution restarts idled Ohio EV battery plantLG Energy Solution
/ Monday, July 27, 2026
- Moonshot releases Kimi K3 open weights, the largest everMoonshot AI
- Musk targets first Starship ship catch on next flightSpaceX
- Nvidia in talks to guarantee $250B for OpenAI data centerNvidia · OpenAI
- DeepSeek pauses second fundraising round after viral remarksDeepSeek
- BYD reveals Da Han flagship sedan with 1,008 km rangeBYD
- FAA clears Heart Aerospace X1, largest electric aircraft, to flyHeart Aerospace
- CAS Space flies 15th Kinetica-1, commits to monthly launchesCAS Space
/ Sunday, July 26, 2026
- Oklo wins DOE startup authorization for Groves test reactorOklo
- Unitree opens Western commercial sales of its humanoid robotsUnitree Robotics
- US charges ex-VW engineers with insider trading on Rivian ventureRivian
- Nvidia and SK Group unveil $500B+ AI infrastructure partnershipNvidia
- AMD to invest up to $5B in Anthropic in 2-gigawatt chip dealAnthropic · AMD
- Google releases Gemini 3.6 Flash workhorse model, teases Gemini 4Google DeepMind
/ Saturday, July 25, 2026
- Waymo to end Uber robotaxi exclusivity in Austin and AtlantaWaymo
- Anduril in talks to raise funding at about $100B valuationAnduril Industries
- Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta lead call to protect open-weight AINvidia
- US agency withdraws military-intel bid after Palantir protestPalantir Technologies
- Starship Flight 13 succeeds, deploys first Starlink V3 satellitesSpaceX · Starlink
- Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5 at half its flagship's priceAnthropic
- Tesla starts installing first Optimus production lines at FremontTesla
/ Friday, July 24, 2026
- Rocket Lab wins $266M Space Force suborbital launch contractRocket Lab
- Anthropic upgrades Claude voice mode with Opus and SonnetAnthropic
- US lawmakers float 'AI kill switch' after OpenAI model goes rogueOpenAI
- OpenAI unveils self-built 'Project Camellia' data center in GeorgiaOpenAI
- Farnborough 2026 closes with $84.7bn in deals; Airbus sets recordBoeing · Airbus
- UK watchdog forces NHS to soften Palantir data-platform claimsPalantir Technologies
- Anduril scales back year-old Rheinmetall defense partnershipAnduril Industries
/ Thursday, July 23, 2026
- Joby and Virgin Atlantic finalize exclusive UK air taxi dealJoby Aviation
- SpaceX stock hits record low, erasing $1 trillion from peakSpaceX
- NIO delivers 130,000th third-gen ES8 as five-seat variant lifts paceNIO
- Shanghai summons 15 automakers over pricing and online marketingBYD · NIO · XPeng · Li Auto · Tesla
- Tesla posts record Q2 revenue but profit falls 57%Tesla
- Aurora launches second-generation driverless trucks for freightAurora Innovation
- Farnborough order tally passes 340 jets after third dayBoeing · Airbus
- Musk to train next Grok model on SpaceX engineering dataxAI · SpaceX
/ Wednesday, July 22, 2026
- OpenAI paused an internal model after it escaped its sandboxOpenAI
- Google reportedly building 'Frozen v2' chip that hardwires Gemini into siliconGoogle DeepMind
- TSMC to raise chipmaking prices up to 10% in 2027, Nikkei reportsTSMC
- Tesla expands Robotaxi to Orlando and Tampa, reaching seven citiesTesla
- Midland approves $66M incentive for larger AST SpaceMobile satellite plantAST SpaceMobile
- Trump administration taps Oklo, X-energy for nuclear-AI pushOklo · X-energy
- Microsoft and Mistral expand partnership with Europe AI dealMistral AI
- Zhipu's Z.AI powers up 1GW data center on all-Chinese chipsZhipu AI (Z.ai)
- COMAC shows stretched C919 and reveals C929 cabin at FarnboroughCOMAC
- Eve Air Mobility signs Farnborough LOIs for up to 46 eVTOLsEve Air Mobility
/ Tuesday, July 21, 2026
- France and Germany pledge European rival to Palantir's military softwarePalantir Technologies
- BOC Aviation orders up to 300 CFM LEAP engines at FarnboroughAirbus · Boeing
- Boeing lands ~150 jet orders on Farnborough's opening dayBoeing · Airbus
- Archer and Anduril unveil dual-use autonomous VTOL aircraftArcher Aviation · Anduril Industries
- Judge grants final approval of Anthropic's $1.5B copyright dealAnthropic
- Apple briefly overtakes Nvidia as world's most valuable companyNvidia
- BYD's Brazil plant builds its 100,000th vehicle in about a yearBYD
/ Monday, July 20, 2026
/ Sunday, July 19, 2026
- SpaceX shares fall below $135 IPO price for first timeSpaceX
- Lucid shares rebound ~60% after denying bankruptcy reportLucid Motors
- Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, largest open-weight model yetMoonshot AI
- XPeng launches L03 in Europe, undercutting Tesla's Model YXPeng
- Archer, BETA and Macquarie launch eVTOL charging consortiumArcher Aviation · Beta Technologies
- Li Auto relaunches revamped L6 SUV to revive EREV salesLi Auto
/ Saturday, July 18, 2026
- TSMC pledges ~$100B more for Arizona, lifts 2026 capex to $60–64BTSMC
- SpaceX launches 21 SDA data-relay satellites; network hits halfwaySpaceX
- Axiom Space names new CFO and CIO for space-station pushAxiom Space
- Anthropic in talks to lease up to $10B of Meta computeAnthropic
- Moderna doses first patient in mRNA-4200 solid-tumor trialModerna
- AST SpaceMobile prices $1B convertible notes; shares slideAST SpaceMobile
- Helsing raises $1.8B Series E at $18B valuationHelsing
- Fusion industry hits record $4.48B in annual fundingCommonwealth Fusion Systems · Helion Energy
/ Friday, July 17, 2026
- SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 at engine ignitionSpaceX
- Nvidia launches Cosmos 3 Edge robot model, forms Japan coalitionNvidia
- Anthropic lines up investor meetings ahead of possible IPOAnthropic
- Anduril, Pentagon sign framework deal for air-launched Barracuda-500Anduril Industries
- Boeing and Airbus vie for SMBC narrowbody order before FarnboroughBoeing · Airbus
- SF mayor presses for tougher AV rules after July 4 Waymo gridlockWaymo
/ Thursday, July 16, 2026
/ Wednesday, July 15, 2026
- ASML posts €9.3B Q2 sales, raises full-year 2026 outlookASML
- TSMC posts record June revenue, up 68% ahead of earningsTSMC
- Nvidia halves Asian AI-chip buyer list in China crackdownNvidia
- Boeing delivers 171 jets in Q2, best first half since 2018Boeing
- Lucid shares plunge on bankruptcy report the company deniesLucid Motors
- Rocket Lab completes full-duration hot fire of Neutron's AVac engineRocket Lab
- FAA closes Starship Flight 12 probe, clearing Flight 13SpaceX
/ Tuesday, July 14, 2026
- Report says Nvidia's Kyber AI rack slips to 2028; Nvidia deniesNvidia
- Unitree wins approval for landmark Shanghai humanoid-robot IPOUnitree Robotics
- Anthropic hires Monzo co-founder Tom Blomfield for compute teamAnthropic
- SpaceX flies a flight-proven Falcon booster for the 600th timeSpaceX
- DC Council holds first robotaxi hearing as Waymo, Tesla eye entryWaymo · Tesla
- Anthropic rolls out local rupee pricing for Claude in IndiaAnthropic
/ Monday, July 13, 2026
/ Sunday, July 12, 2026
/ Saturday, July 11, 2026
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work agent powered by GPT-5.6OpenAI
- NHTSA orders robotaxi firms to fix first-responder interferenceWaymo
- BYD wins 11.3 GWh battery deal for Abu Dhabi solar-storage plantBYD
- Boeing opens Everett 'North Line' 737 MAX assembly lineBoeing
- SpaceX static-fires Starship Flight 13 booster, eyes July 14SpaceX
- Anthropic brings Claude Cowork to web and mobileAnthropic
/ Friday, July 10, 2026
- OpenAI launches GPT-Live full-duplex voice for ChatGPTOpenAI
- Airbus trims 20-year jet demand forecast to 42,060 aircraftAirbus
- SpaceX flies a Falcon 9 booster for a record 36th timeSpaceX
- Boeing quietly boosts 777X range by more than 700 nmBoeing
- Space Force adds Relativity Space to national-security launch poolRelativity Space
- Firefly wins $13M NASA JPL subcontract for Mars SkyFall aeroshellFirefly Aerospace
- Vodafone Ireland makes first European D2D emergency call via ASTAST SpaceMobile
/ Thursday, July 9, 2026
- Blue Origin raises $10B at $130B valuation in first outside roundBlue Origin
- OpenAI opens GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna to the publicOpenAI
- Waymo goes driverless in Las Vegas, adds three more citiesWaymo
- China flags Claude Code 'backdoor'; Alibaba bans the toolAnthropic
- BYD builds its 17 millionth new-energy vehicleBYD
- Rocket Lab declares success on Space Force VICTUS HAZE missionRocket Lab
- Canada picks Telesat Lightspeed for Arctic military satcomsTelesat
- Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot makes World Cup debutBoston Dynamics
/ Wednesday, July 8, 2026
- Vertex to buy Crinetics for ~$10B in largest-ever dealVertex Pharmaceuticals
- Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5, now default in Claude CodeAnthropic
- Amazon says Leo has enough satellites to start service this yearAmazon Leo
- OpenAI releases faster gpt-realtime-2.1 voice modelsOpenAI
- SpaceX flies Transporter-17 rideshare with 81 payloadsSpaceX
/ Tuesday, July 7, 2026
- Anthropic signs $19B, 20-year Kentucky data-center leaseAnthropic
- Rivian launches $1.5B stock offering to fund growthRivian
- Tesla launches six-seat Model Y L in the US at $61,990Tesla
- Airbus posts best first-half deliveries since 2019, eyes 900Airbus
- BYD pulls Sealion 7 EV from China to focus on exportsBYD
- Lucid dangles 0% APR for 72 months to clear Gravity SUVsLucid Motors
/ Monday, July 6, 2026
- Holtec's Palisades restart clears final major refurbishment phaseHoltec International
- Waymo robotaxis stranded and one burns amid SF July 4 gridlockWaymo
- Firefly wins $144M NASA contract for accelerated Blue Ghost Moon missionFirefly Aerospace
- BYD launches Seal 08 flagship sedan, books 65,000 ordersBYD
- Qianfan adds two batches in two days, reaches 238 satellitesQianfan (Spacesail)
- Boeing IT outage disrupts production across US factoriesBoeing
/ Sunday, July 5, 2026
- FDA expands Casgevy gene therapy to children as young as 2Vertex Pharmaceuticals · CRISPR Therapeutics
- US lifts export controls; Anthropic restores Fable 5 and Mythos 5Anthropic
- OpenAI floats giving US government a 5% equity stakeOpenAI
- Tesla launches unsupervised Robotaxi service in MiamiTesla
- BYD nears decision on second European plant, eyes Spain and FranceBYD
/ Saturday, July 4, 2026
- Unitree wins approval for $618M Shanghai STAR Market IPOUnitree Robotics
- Commonwealth Fusion joins UK's tritium-breeding programCommonwealth Fusion Systems
- Blue Origin details crane-based plan to fly New Glenn againBlue Origin
- Japan backs Rakuten-AST satellite network with $926M grantAST SpaceMobile
- Beta and Surf Air launch electric aircraft trial in HawaiiBeta Technologies
- Boeing opens new 737 line as output reaches 47 jets a monthBoeing
/ Friday, July 3, 2026
- Tesla posts record 480,126 Q2 deliveries, ending sales slumpTesla
- Rivian beats Q2 delivery target, raises full-year outlookRivian
- DOE approves safety analysis for Oklo's Groves test reactorOklo
- Lucid delivers 3,953 in Q2, overhauls leadership with new CFOLucid Motors
- SpaceX static-fires all six engines on Flight 13 StarshipSpaceX
- Zipline to build BayCare medical drone network in FloridaZipline
/ Thursday, July 2, 2026
- BYD retakes global EV crown from Tesla in Q2BYD
- ULA flies final Atlas V 551 on Amazon Leo missionAmazon Leo · United Launch Alliance
- FAA proposes lifting decades-old supersonic overland banBoom Supersonic
- SAS orders up to 40 Airbus A330 widebodies in $10B dealAirbus
- Archer shareholders reject move to reincorporate in TexasArcher Aviation
/ Wednesday, July 1, 2026
- NIO June deliveries jump 63% to 40,597; Q2 sets recordNIO
- Tesla begins road tests of wheel-free production CybercabTesla
- Joby and Toyota form 49/51 JV to manufacture S4 air taxiJoby Aviation
- BMW deploys Figure 03 humanoid at Spartanburg plantFigure AI
- Firefly clears milestone for Alpha launches from SwedenFirefly Aerospace
- SpaceSail seeks up to $2.2 billion to build Qianfan networkQianfan (Spacesail)
- Boeing opens engineers' union contract talks, first in 14 yearsBoeing
- Wonder taps Zipline for drone-delivered meals in TexasZipline