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SK Hynix and SanDisk Publish the First Open Standard for High Bandwidth Flash, Targeting AI Inference Memory
The two memory makers released the first OCP technical specification for High Bandwidth Flash, a new memory tier between HBM and SSDs built to fix AI inference bottlenecks. Google and Tenstorrent joined the standardization effort.
Ninth Circuit Vacates Amazon's Injunction Against Perplexity's Comet Shopping Agent
A Ninth Circuit panel ruled on August 4 that users, not Perplexity, access Amazon's servers under the CFAA — overturning a March injunction that had blocked Comet from logged-in Amazon pages.
EU AI Act Transparency Rules Take Effect — Chatbots, Deepfakes, and AI Content Must Now Identify Themselves
Article 50 of the EU AI Act became enforceable on August 2, 2026, requiring chatbots to disclose they're automated and AI-generated content to carry machine-readable marks. Fines reach €15 million or 3% of global turnover.
AMD's Data Center Revenue Doubles to $6.7B as MI400 and Anthropic's 2GW Deal Land
AMD posted $11.5B in Q2 2026 revenue, up 50% year over year, with data center sales more than doubling on Instinct MI400 shipments and the Helios rack-scale platform now running at Anthropic, Meta, and Microsoft.
Apple Fights the UK's Second Attempt to Force a Backdoor Into iCloud
Apple filed a new legal challenge at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal against a revised UK order compelling access to encrypted iCloud data, after the original global demand was withdrawn in 2025.
New Jersey Sues Amazon, Alleging It Illegally Suppresses Delivery Drivers' Wages
AG Jennifer Davenport accuses Amazon of running a monopsony over its Delivery Service Partner network, blocking unionization and barring DSPs from poaching each other's drivers.
China Weaponizes the Tata Electronics Breach to Undercut India's iPhone Buildout
Beijing's state media is citing leaked Tata Electronics files to attack 'Made in India' manufacturing quality, months after a ransomware group stole 630GB of Apple and Tesla supplier data.
Broadcom Patches Two Critical vCenter Flaws (CVSS 9.8) and an ESXi VM-Escape Bug — No Workarounds Available
CVE-2026-59309 and CVE-2026-59310 let attackers bypass vCenter authentication and gain remote code execution. CVE-2026-47876 lets a malicious VM break out to the ESXi host. Patch now.
Investors Slash Zepto's Valuation by 68%, Forcing India's Quick-Commerce Star to Delay Its IPO
Zepto's IPO anchor investors priced the company near $2.3-3 billion, less than half the $7 billion it raised at last October. The listing is now pushed back one to two quarters.
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