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ASML plans a €20,000 retention grant for eligible employees who remain through 2030, as AI-chip demand turns specialized semiconductor labor into equipment more difficult to replace than the equipment.
AI
Hut 8 signed a $9.8 billion AI data-center lease as protests spread across 42 states, confirming that compute can be contracted faster than electricity, water or public consent.
AI
Twenty-six Meta employees allege AI-assisted metrics penalized protected leave in layoff selection; Meta denies the claims and says humans made the decisions.
Energy
IRENA says renewables supplied 31.7% of global electricity and represented nearly half of installed capacity, while Europe and China discovered that building generation is not the same as integrating it.
Politics
Oil briefly reached one-month highs as renewed U.S.-Iran fighting reduced Strait of Hormuz traffic, while alternative routes and weaker Chinese demand kept the predicted apocalypse within its customary two-week window
Technology
Apple filed a lawsuit on 10 July 2026 accusing OpenAI of trade secret theft directed by its senior leadership, the latest front in a war over who builds the next smartphone.
Health
