07 Jul 2026
US trade deficit surges amid artificial intelligence spending boom
Imbalance soars to $77.6bn in May as imports outpaced exports, driven by pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. The United States trade deficit has jumped to $77.6bn in May on rising imports, driven by goods that include pharmaceuticals, mobile phones and semiconductors.
Andy Hirschfeld
2026
07 Jul 2026
Microsoft Charges More For Copilot While Only 1% Use It Weekly
With just 1% of M365’s 477 million users actively engaging weekly, Microsoft raised Copilot prices to $30 per seat anyway
@amnorth42, Annemarije de Boer
2026
07 Jul 2026
What's new with iPhone 18 Pro Max? Guess correctly for a chance to win an Apple Watch
Round 2 of the big Guessing Game event is here, and we're asking readers to predict Apple's next moves. If you missed the first round, don't worry -- you can still play (and win!)Think you know Apple?There...
@ZDNET
2026
07 Jul 2026
Anthropic will make Claude Cowork available to users via the cloud
AI company Anthropic announced Tuesday that it is moving its popular Claude Cowork agent to the cloud, making it accessible to users from multiple devices, and able to perform tasks even when the devices are not online.
NBCNews
2026
07 Jul 2026
Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone
The era of half-cracking a laptop to keep AI agents running comes to a close. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced that Claude Cowork, its AI agent designed to perform digital tasks for you, is expanding beyond the desktop app.
@wired, Reece Rogers
2026
07 Jul 2026
iPhone 18 Pro Could Be Noticeably Thicker Than iPhone 17 Pro
The iPhone 18 Pro 's aluminum frame and camera housing are both set to grow thicker than the iPhone 17 Pro 's, according to new posts from the leaker known as "Fixed Focus Digital." In a post on Weibo today , the leaker said that aluminum alloy mid-frames are "going to be used in straight-edge phones for a long time to come," referring to Apple's continued use of the material introduced with the…
Hartley Charlton
2026
07 Jul 2026
Ex-Tesla Optimus scientist unveils European humanoid robot startup
A scientist who worked on Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is now building a rival of his own — in Europe, not Silicon Valley. Rémi Cadène, co-founder and CEO of Paris-based startup UMA, unveiled plans for a lightweight humanoid robot called Northstar and says the company is already talking to 50 potential customers.
@electrekco, Fred Lambert
2026
07 Jul 2026
Foldable iPhone Ultra May Launch After iPhone 18 Pro Models
An Apple analyst has dented hopes that the company's rumored foldable "iPhone Ultra" will be released alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models this September.
Tim Hardwick
2026
07 Jul 2026
More iPhone Air 2 details emerge–and it’s looking like the upgrade of the year
Macworld reports that the iPhone Air 2 is expected to feature significant upgrades including a second 48MP ultrawide camera and an 11% battery capacity increase to 3,500 mAh.
David Price
2026
