BC Hydro logged a new provincial peak of 8,870 MW on July 23, 2026, as evening air‑conditioning drove demand. The surge tests grid capacity and matters to data‑centre operators.
A nationwide test of Australia’s new AusAlert cell‑broadcast system will play a 10‑second siren and show a pop‑up on most phones at 2pm AEST on 27 July, testing a replacement…
Zalando moved high fan‑out routing into the application process, building a client‑side load balancer that handled around 1 million RPS, cut edge proxy fleet size and reduced daily cost.
Qantas flew an Airbus A350-1000ULR on a 17,000 km direct test from France to Melbourne to validate systems for Project Sunrise and ultra-long-range operations.
Forbes reports Apple will ship iPhone 18 Pro models on Sept. 12, 2026, while pushing the entry-level iPhone 18 into spring 2027 and tying advanced Siri AI to Pro hardware.
Apple plans a US leasing programme called Apple Upgrade, financed by Klarna, with 24–36 month terms, upgrade and return options, and no insurance included.
Canadian politicians and legal experts urged Ottawa to block a US$125m Thomson Reuters contract that would give US ICE access to the Clear investigative database.
OpenAI said ChatGPT, its APIs and Codex experienced elevated error rates from about 5am ET; service was restored just after midday after a mitigation was applied.
The Wall Street Journal reports some firms pay up to $100,000/month for near-real-time feeds of Truth Social posts. Automated bots and pipelines turn those posts into trading alerts.
9to5Mac highlights three technical reasons—new A20 Pro silicon and efficiency gains, substantial camera hardware changes, and larger batteries plus design tweaks—that may make iPhone 18 Pro worth upgrading from iPhone…
Reports on July 25, 2026 say ChatGPT suffered a global outage that disrupted users and developers, including API customers and Israeli users; root cause remains unclear.
WSJ reports PayPal CEO Enrique Lores is considering selling the company for billions. The move could reshape PayPal’s developer APIs, merchant integrations and product roadmap.
