Europe hits Google with $1 billion fine for boxing-out rivals - Engadget

The move is bound to raise the Trump administration's ire against the bloc.

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Europe has hit Google with €890 million ($1 billion) fine for illegally abusing its search engine "gatekeeper" dominance against competition, the EU Commission said in a press release. The move is bound to stoke trade tensions between Europe and the United States after the Trump administration threatened tit-for-tat retaliation against what it called the EU's "unfair" trade policies.

Sony's FX5 cinema camera finally offers open gate and RAW 5K recording - Engadget

It's equipped with an all-new stacked 16.6MP sensor with three base ISO settings at 800, 4000 and 12800.

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Arcee, a US open source AI lab, says Chinese models are not inherently dangerous

As Chinese open-weight AI models grow in capability and popularity, arguments about what should be done about them have once again reached a fever pitch.

There’s talk that the Trump administration might try to ban them (though it hasn’t yet acted on the idea). Meanwhile, proprietary model makers, particularly OpenAI and Anthropic, appear increasingly concerned about them.

Substack’s new tool tells you who’s been writing their newsletters with AI

Substack has launched a new feature that can show you which of your favorite newsletters are being written using AI.

This week, the newsletter and writing platform announced an integration with the AI writing detection software Pangram that will allow users to scan posts, comments, and replies on Substack’s app to see an estimate of how much of the content was written by a human and how much was AI.

OpenAI’s AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B

OpenAI announced Wednesday that it will spend $750 billion on infrastructure through 2030, some 25% more than it estimated earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported. The renewed blitz comes as its Stargate data center project appears to have stalled.

The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari

The browser wars have entered a new phase this year: The fight isn’t just over search results anymore — it’s over which company’s AI gets to act on your behalf inside the browser. Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari still dominate the market overall, with Chrome’s edge coming largely from how aggressively it has woven generative AI into search. But 2026 has brought a wave of new entrants — from well-funded startups to Big Tech — all betting that the browser is about to become less like a window onto the web and more like an assistant that gets things done for you.

A week with the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: Big, bright and sometimes helpful - Engadget

A week with the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: Big, bright and sometimes helpful

Hardware updates are the most meaningful changes so far.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 hands-on: Slightly thinner, but more expensive - Engadget

It’s a year of minor upgrades for the Z Flip series.

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Updated: July 22, 2026 11:16 am EST

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 hands-on: Wider is better - Engadget

It’s like a Z Fold and the original Pixel Fold had a baby.

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Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 has a new wider design - Engadget

The company says its aspect ratios were designed ‘around the way people naturally consume content.’

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Samsung has unveiled its latest foldable devices, with the Galaxy Z Fold 8 now coming in two variants: The base Fold 8 and the more premium Fold 8 Ultra. The base Galaxy Z Fold 8 is the company's lightest foldable yet at 201 grams, compared to the Fold 7's 215 grams. Like what Samsung recently teased, it has a different shape than the Z Fold 7 and is wide as heck.