1. Getty Images Terminates $3.7 Billion Shutterstock Merger After U.K. Regulator Demands Editorial Divestiture
    Technology

    Getty Images Terminates $3.7 Billion Shutterstock Merger After U.K. Regulator Demands Editorial Divestiture

    Getty Images killed its $3.7 billion Shutterstock merger after rejecting the U.K. CMA's demand that Shutterstock divest its editorial business — walking away just days after landing a transformative AI licensing deal with OpenAI.

    ·3 min read
  2. Idris Elba photographed in 2025
    Culture

    Google and Idris Elba to Fund AI Tool Access for African Creators

    Alphabet's Google and actor Idris Elba are partnering to fund African creators' access to AI production tools, part of Elba's broader push to build creative infrastructure across the continent.

    ·2 min read
  3. Free The Youth x Air Jordan 16 in Metallic Silver with Total Orange and Picante Red accents
    Daily Roundup

    The Daily Roundup: Free The Youth's Air Jordan 16 Drops July 17 at $255, the Liberty Win a Second Commissioner's Cup, CAA and TPG Launch a $250M Creator Rollup, and Stripe-Visa-Coinbase Back Open USD — July 1, 2026

    Free The Youth's Air Jordan 16 drops July 17 at $255, the New York Liberty beat the Aces 93-85 for a second Commissioner's Cup, and Stripe, Visa and Coinbase back the new Open USD stablecoin.

    ·4 min read
  4. Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari ahead of the company's Nasdaq IPO
    Technology

    Bending Spoons Prices $1.6 Billion Nasdaq IPO at $19 Billion Valuation

    Milan software roll-up Bending Spoons priced its Nasdaq IPO at $29 a share, raising $1.68 billion, then jumped nearly 40% on its July 1 debut to a $25.7 billion market value.

    ·2 min read
  5. A Lime shared electric scooter parked on a sidewalk, as the company completed its Nasdaq IPO.
    Technology

    Uber-Backed Lime Raises $174 Million in Nasdaq IPO

    Lime, the Uber-backed e-scooter and e-bike company, raised $174 million in its Nasdaq IPO at $25 a share and a valuation near $1.6 billion — with Uber buying $20 million of stock — despite a $64.6 million annual loss.

    ·1 min read
  6. Illustration representing Open USD, the dollar stablecoin backed by Stripe, Visa, Coinbase and 140 firms.
    Technology

    Stripe, Visa, Coinbase and 140 Firms Launch Open USD to Challenge Circle and Tether

    A consortium of more than 140 firms — including Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, BlackRock and BNY — unveiled Open USD, a dollar stablecoin built to challenge Circle and Tether and share reserve revenue with partners. Circle shares fell more than 17%.

    ·1 min read
  7. Anthropic's Claude Science AI workbench announcement graphic.
    Technology

    Anthropic Launches Claude Science, an AI Workbench for Researchers

    Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientists, in beta on June 30, pairing a coordinating agent with 60-plus curated skills across genomics, proteomics and more, plus a reviewer agent that checks citations and calculations.

    ·1 min read
  8. Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5 announcement graphic.
    Technology

    Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 5 as Default Model for Free and Pro Users

    Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5 on June 30 as the default model for Free and Pro users, priced at an introductory $2 per million input and $10 output tokens, with performance it says approaches Opus 4.8.

    ·1 min read
  9. Anthropic's Claude wordmark, representing the Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models cleared of US export controls.
    Technology

    US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

    The US Commerce Department lifted its export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 30, reversing a June 12 order that had barred foreign access to the two models over a jailbreak claim.

    ·1 min read
  10. Tidal Says It Won't Monetize AI-Generated Music
    Culture

    Tidal Says It Won't Monetize AI-Generated Music

    Tidal says fully AI-generated music will no longer be eligible for monetization, royalties, or direct-to-fan sales starting July 15, will carry an 'AI' badge, and will be removed if it impersonates a real artist.

    ·1 min read
  11. Comcast to Split Into Two Companies, Spinning Off NBCUniversal and Sky
    Technology

    Comcast to Split Into Two Companies, Spinning Off NBCUniversal and Sky

    Comcast will split into two public companies, spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky into a standalone media-and-parks business and leaving Comcast a pure-play broadband and wireless firm, the second such carve-out after January's Versant spin-off.

    ·1 min read
  12. Verizon and BT Form a $4 Billion International Enterprise Joint Venture
    Technology

    Verizon and BT Form a $4 Billion International Enterprise Joint Venture

    Verizon and BT will merge their international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture serving 3,000+ customers across 180+ countries at about $4 billion in revenue, with Verizon paying BT a $625 million equalization payment.

    ·1 min read