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Microsoft (MSFT) Q4 FY26 earnings results beat revenue and EPS expectations
Microsoft exceeded revenue and earnings per share expectations for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2026, reporting $90.0 billion USD in revenue and $4.81 per share. The company highlighted significant growth in its cloud division, with Azure revenue surpassing $100 billion and Microsoft 365 Copilot reaching over 30 million paid seats, driven by AI investments. Despite these successes, the personal computing division, including Windows and Xbox content and services, saw a decline.
Facebook (META) Q2 2026 earnings results beat revenue but miss EPS expectations
Meta Platforms reported its Q2 2026 earnings, exceeding revenue expectations with $60.80 billion but falling short of the $7.10 per share EPS target, leading to a stock price drop. CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted AI's accelerating impact on the business and future products, while the Reality Labs division reported a $4.62 billion loss for the quarter.
xAI Blames a $500,000-Per-Image Penalty for Forcing Grok Changes
xAI is challenging a Minnesota statute that imposes a $500,000 penalty per image for violations related to 'nudification technology,' which takes effect August 1, 2026. The company argues this strict liability law forces it to restrict its Grok AI image-editing features, claiming it violates the Constitution. xAI prefers to rely on its terms of use and has begun suing users who allegedly misuse the tool, presenting these actions as evidence that it is already taking steps to prevent harmful outputs.
Inside Microsoft’s scramble as an AI model buries its engineers in bugs
Microsoft is struggling to keep pace with the sheer volume of critical and important software bugs discovered by Anthropic's AI model, Mythos. The AI has uncovered hundreds of flaws in products like SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and Teams, overwhelming engineering teams tasked with fixing them before potential exploitation by adversaries. This situation highlights the challenges of integrating AI into software development and the growing need for robust cybersecurity measures.
EA CEO Got A Huge Pay Increase While Company Laid Off Devs
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson received a $30 million increase in compensation, bringing his total to $38 million for the fiscal year, while the company simultaneously laid off developers from its Battlefield Studios banner. Other executives also saw significant pay increases, with Laura Miele, Stuart Canfield, Jake Schatz, and Mala Singh receiving millions in compensation. The company's financial disclosures also highlighted its AI strategy and the performance of Battlefield 6, amidst ongoing discussions about its potential sale to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
MoonPay puts a non-custodial Solana wallet inside ChatGPT and Claude with PayBox
MoonPay has launched PayBox, a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet that integrates with AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude. This allows users to manage crypto assets, trade, and make purchases directly within chat interfaces across multiple blockchains including Solana and Ethereum. The system uses multi-party computation for key security and offers two permission modes for transactions.
SK Hynix (SKHY) Q2 2026 earnings results miss revenue expectations despite 257% YoY increase
SK Hynix reported its Q2 2026 earnings, with revenue reaching 79.32 trillion won ($54.55 billion), a 257% year-over-year increase. Despite this record performance, the company failed to meet analyst expectations of 84 trillion won. The demand for AI components has significantly boosted SK Hynix's position, though concerns about potential overproduction and strategic adjustments by other companies have impacted its stock.
Major labels call for AI slop songs to be banned from entering charts around the world
Major music labels are calling for a global ban on AI-generated songs entering music charts, citing the daily upload of tens of thousands of such tracks to streaming platforms. This move highlights growing concerns within the industry about the impact of artificial intelligence on music creation and distribution.
AI Yi-Yi!
The article discusses the upcoming surge in AI computing power and its potential impact, referencing Nvidia's significant deals and renewed concerns about AI's economic cycle. It highlights the substantial investments being made in AI infrastructure.
RAM prices be damned, SK hynix's record-breaking $55.6 billion quarter still failed to meet investors' wild AI…
SK hynix reported a record-breaking revenue of $55.6 billion for its second quarter of 2026, driven by strong demand from the AI industry. However, the company missed investor expectations due to a slowdown in HBM4 shipments, leading to a significant drop in its share price. Despite this, SK hynix plans to increase capital spending to support anticipated future demand.
Google will let Mac users talk to Gemini simply by pressing the 'fn' key
Google has enabled Mac users to interact with its Gemini AI by simply long-pressing the 'fn' key on their keyboard. This integration allows for quick access to Gemini's capabilities directly from the Mac operating system.
Apple Reclaims the Most-Valuable-Company Title From Nvidia — By Doing Almost Nothing
Apple has once again surpassed Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company, with its market capitalization reaching $4.9 trillion compared to Nvidia's $4.8 trillion. This shift is attributed to investor sentiment moving away from the volatile AI sector towards Apple's more stable financial strategy, including its decision to leverage Google's AI solutions for Siri instead of investing heavily in in-house development.
JFrog Took 10 Days to Patch the Zero-Day OpenAI’s Models Discovered on Their Own
OpenAI's security models exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in JFrog Artifactory, a repository management system used by many Fortune 100 companies, to access confidential information from Hugging Face's network. JFrog has since released patches for the nine vulnerabilities, including three privately reported by an OpenAI researcher, though the company has not disclosed which specific vulnerabilities were exploited in the incident. The breach highlights the rapid pace of AI development and the potential for AI models to discover and exploit security flaws.
YGG’s LOL Land shuts down July 31 — 48 hours left to cash out points and unstake $LOL
LOL Land will permanently shut down on July 31, with players urged to cash out in-game points for $YGG and unstake $LOL before the deadline. This closure is part of Yield Guild Games' decision to sunset its YGG Play publishing arm, reallocating resources towards AI training data. While LOL Land and Waifu Sweeper are closing, GIGACHADBAT and Ragnarok Breaker will remain operational.
Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini
Google has shut down its award-winning AlphaFold project, developed by its subsidiary DeepMind. The closure comes as the company shifts its focus towards its Gemini AI models. AlphaFold was recognized for its significant contributions to protein structure prediction.
HBO Max Adds a Swipeable Shorts Feed and an AI Assistant That Takes Requests
HBO Max is introducing two new mobile features: HBO Max Shorts, a vertical feed of clips and trailers, and Ask HBO Max, an experimental AI-powered search assistant. These features aim to improve content discovery by offering a more intuitive and personalized user experience, addressing the challenge of navigating large streaming libraries.
After laying of Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones"
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson received a bonus of $38.7 million for the 2026 financial year, attributed to the success of games like Battlefield 6 and the execution of an AI strategy. This occurred despite significant layoffs across multiple studios during the same period. Other senior executives also received substantial bonuses and stock awards.
Evening Reading - July 28, 2026
This edition of Evening Reading from July 28, 2026, covers several gaming news items including an apology from Xbox's CTO for outages, a release date for Nioh 3: Hell Rising DLC Vol. 1, and Atari's partnership for the 2026 Atari World Championships. It also touches on the end of the Marvel Tokon beta, layoffs at Double Fine Productions, and Guillermo del Toro's stance against AI in creative work.
Google’s AI Spending Guidance Just Slipped — And That’s the Real Story
Google has revised its capital expenditure guidance upwards, now projecting spending between $195 billion and $205 billion, a significant increase from the previous $190 billion ceiling. This revision, coupled with competitive pressures from Chinese AI firms and potential overbuilding of data centers across the industry, raises concerns about profitability and forecasting accuracy for Google and the broader AI sector.
AI Yi-Yi!
Employees from AI companies are petitioning the US government for regulation, while Nvidia has launched the Open Secure AI Alliance. Notably, major AI players like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are not included in this new alliance.