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Patreon AI Scraping Crackdown Slams Door on Rogue Bots
Patreon is using Cloudflare to block AI crawlers, turning creator pages into a permission fight instead of a robots.txt request.

Tiny $15,000 Chip Motors EV Bets Slow Can Beat SUVs
Chip Motors wants buyers to pay $15,000 for a 25-mph EV that parks itself. America has to decide if slower cars can win.

AWS Billing Bug Flashes Phantom $2.5B Charges to Users
AWS users saw phantom bills in the millions and billions, but Amazon says they weren't real charges.

Windows 11 8GB RAM Flops on Microsoft’s Own Laptop
Microsoft’s $950 Surface Laptop ships with 8GB RAM, and Windows 11 makes the old premium laptop baseline look broken.

Bankers Put $400 Million on Inference Chips' Payoff
A $400 million loan against inference chips signals lenders are moving beyond Nvidia GPUs and toward AI serving economics.

Mozilla Accuses Microsoft of Rigging Firefox vs Edge
Mozilla says Microsoft uses harmful design in Windows to push Edge, making browser choice feel like a fight Firefox users are meant to lose.

43% Blink Video Doorbell Deal Slashes Security Kit to $80
Amazon cut the Blink Video Doorbell and Outdoor 4 bundle to $80, a 43% discount outside a major sale window.

9 ChatGPT Heat Wave Tips That Cut Heat Without New AC
ChatGPT can turn heat advice into a daily cooling schedule, but the smartest fixes are cheap, early, and timed before rooms heat up.

US Blocks Force South Korea to Build Security AI Model
US restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos pushed Seoul to build its own security AI, aiming for a bug-hunting model by late 2026.

OpenAI First Hardware Snubs AI Companion Hype for Coders
OpenAI’s first device is a $230 Codex Micro macro pad, signaling AI hardware may start with coders, not mass-market companions.

Phones Spin Text Prompts Into Games With Roblox Build
Roblox Build brings prompt-based game creation to mobile, starting alpha testing in New Zealand on July 28.

TikTok Blackout Challenge Evidence Forces New Inquest
The High Court scrapped a 23-minute inquest and ordered a new look at TikTok evidence in Jools Sweeney’s death.