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How a Chinese AI model stopped OpenAI’s ‘unprecedented’ cyber attack

TazaPulseJuly 24, 2026

This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. When OpenAI’s rogue models initiated a cyber attack against startup Hugging Face last week, the company fought fire with fire, using another AI model to defend against it. It’s a sci-fi-esque tale of autonomous hacking and has been...

South Korea’s president invokes dramatic Japan realty crash to push domestic property agenda

TazaPulseJuly 24, 2026

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at BEXCO convention and exhibition centre in Busan on July 19, 2026. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korean...

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Trump’s new global tariff draws rebukes from trade partners

TazaPulseJuly 24, 2026

US President Donald Trump speaks at Wheeler High School, in Marietta, Georgia, on July 22, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images U.S. trading partners from Canberra to Brasília have rejected the forced-labor rationale behind President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs, while most signaled they would keep negotiating rather than retaliate. The Office of...

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U.S. to see higher generic drug prices on tariffs: Indian pharma CEO

TazaPulseJuly 24, 2026

A visitor walks next to the logo of the Indian multinational pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories during the Bio Asia 2026 summit in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, on February 18, 2026. (Photo by Jwala Kotesh/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on generic drugs will increase the...

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Brent is back at $100 — and Trump renews tariffs

TazaPulseJuly 24, 2026

The crude oil tanker SEARACER unloads a cargo originating from the FPSO ONE GUYANA offshore floating production vessel at Pachi Port near Athens, Greece, on July 16, 2026. As shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz affect traditional routes, European refiners are increasingly sourcing energy from Guyana. (Photo by Nicolas Koutsokostas/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto...

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Japan core inflation rate in June creeps up from 4-year low as higher oil prices bite

TazaPulseJuly 24, 2026

A customer visits a store at Togoshi Ginza shopping street in Tokyo on January 23, 2025. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s core inflation came in at 1.6% in June, as higher oil prices start to spill over into the wider economy. This is the first rise in core inflation since March, and...

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China’s Moonshot AI accessed banned Nvidia chips, U.S. official says

TazaPulseJuly 23, 2026

A White House official has accused Chinese AI company Moonshot of accessing Nvidia‘s advanced chips, despite export controls banning them from doing so. Moonshot unveiled Kimi K3 on Friday. It closes the performance gap with frontier models including Anthropic’s Fable 5 and OpenAI’s GPT 5.6 Sol, even surpassing them on some benchmarks. It’s the largest...

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Russia’s Amazon-style giant is in Ukraine’s crosshairs

TazaPulseJuly 23, 2026

This photograph shows smoke rising from a fire at the Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries’ logistics complexes in the town of Elektrostal outside Moscow on July 18, 2026. Tatyana Makeyeva | Afp | Getty Images Ukraine has ratcheted up its attacks on Russia’s Amazon-style retail giant Wildberries, signaling a new phase in the war as Kyiv...

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Gen Z protests led by India’s ‘Cockroach party’ are testing Modi’s leadership

TazaPulseJuly 23, 2026

Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel fire tear gas shells to disperse supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) during a protest demanding the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged NEET exam irregularities in New Delhi on July 20, 2026. Indian police fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters in New Delhi on July...

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Chip firm priced as most valuable China firm pre-IPO on crypto site

TazaPulseJuly 23, 2026

The CXMT logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the flag of China is projected, in Creteil, France, on July 17, 2026, as the initial public offering (IPO) of Chinese DRAM memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies generated interest and raised nearly 8.6 billion dollars on Shanghai’s STAR...