Saturday, July 4, 2026

A look at the troubled rollout of the EU's automated biometric entry/exit border system, as airport operators warn of severe delays ahead of the summer holidays (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
A look at the troubled rollout of the EU's automated biometric entry/exit border system, as airport operators warn of severe delays ahead of the summer holidays  —  Automated system first mooted in 2008 was meant to keep out criminals — instead, it is delaying travellers



How ByteDance is making Hollywood inroads with its Seedance video generator, thanks to low pricing, striking realism, and features like timeline-based prompting (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)

Nilesh Christopher / Los Angeles Times:
How ByteDance is making Hollywood inroads with its Seedance video generator, thanks to low pricing, striking realism, and features like timeline-based prompting  —  - 8 min Click here to listen to this article … - A viral AI video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise sparked industry outrage …



Q&A with Doug Brooks, senior product manager of Apple silicon, about Mac minis becoming preferred AI agent machines, future of on-device AI, and more (Jason Hiner/The Deep View)

Jason Hiner / The Deep View:
Q&A with Doug Brooks, senior product manager of Apple silicon, about Mac minis becoming preferred AI agent machines, future of on-device AI, and more  —  W  —  alk into any of the frontier AI labs, and you'll find wall-to-wall Macs.  —  Decisions Apple made years ago …



Official data shows Hong Kong accounted for 50%+ of China's $239B in chip imports in the first five months of 2026, a record share, up from ~33% a decade ago (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Official data shows Hong Kong accounted for 50%+ of China's $239B in chip imports in the first five months of 2026, a record share, up from ~33% a decade ago  —  Hong Kong has become a vital conduit for high-tech products moving in and out of China, emerging as one node in a $2 trillion network …



Anthropic says it is extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19 (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times : Anthropic says it is extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly ...