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Amazon reports Q2 ad revenue up 26% YoY to $19.81B, vs. $19.43B est., and subscription services revenue up 12% YoY to $13.73B (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/amazon-amzn-q2-earnings-report-2026.html

Amazon on deck to report earnings after the bell with cloud, capex in focus
Amazon projected its 2026 capex will reach $200 billion, and some analysts believe the total could rise in the face of surging artificial intelligence demand.

I started an AI simulation last night - two conservatives and two progressives work together to increase the US democracy from a score of 37 out of 100 to something that works better for _all_ people not just the wealthy. They agreed on 7 proposals to bring the score up to 60%. If only it were that easy.
#USPol

A federal judge blocks a DOD policy requiring staff escorts for credentialed reporters inside the Pentagon building, after NYT challenged the policy (Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/judge-blocks-pen…

Judge Blocks Pentagon’s Latest Media Limits After Second Suit
A Washington federal judge blocked a Department of Defense policy requiring staff escorts for credentialed reporters inside the Pentagon building.

"Det vi ser i Frankrike och Spanien är inte bara otur, det är ett tydligt tecken på de eskalerande effekterna av uppvärmning orsakad av människan".
Läs om hur våra utsläpp av växthusgaser driver på bränderna. https://www.dn.se/varlden/ny-rapport-klima

Rapport: Klimatförändringarna driver på bränder i Sydeuropa
Utsläpp av växthusgaser har gjort vädret som gynnar bränder dubbelt så sannolikt i Frankrike och minst 20 gånger mer sannolikt i Spanien, visar ny rapport.

DC Housing Authority hit by cyberattack, website down
https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-housing-authority-systems-compromised-website-down-robert-white-washington-dcha

DC Housing Authority hit by cyberattack, website down
The D.C. Housing Authority's systems have been "compromised," according to Councilmember Robert White.White's office sent out an email alert about the issue on

plant_pol_robertson: Robertson plant-pollinator web
A bipartite network of plants and pollinators, from southwestern Illinois, USA.
This network has 1884 nodes and 15265 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/plant_pol_robertson

Reddit reports Q2 revenue up 61% YoY to $805M, vs. $730M est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est., says search referrals were "choppy"; RDDT drops 6% after hours (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/reddit-rddt-q2-2026-earnings-report.html

Reddit shares sink on 'choppy' search referrals
Reddit reported second-quarter earnings that beat on the top and the bottom, and gave a revenue forecast that topped estimates.

The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources (Matt Stout/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/30/metro/massachusetts-sen…

Massachusetts Senate passes 'shield' law protecting journalists
As of last year, Massachusetts was one of only nine states in the country without a reporters shield law, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Amazon shares closed up 15.32% on Friday, the biggest one-day jump since April 2012, after the company reported accelerating AWS revenue (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-30/amazon-reports-…

Sources: at Build, Microsoft plans to unveil a Copilot "super app", a new reasoning AI model developed by Microsoft AI, and lots of Windows developer features (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/940861/microsoft-bu…

Microsoft to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at Build
Microsoft is getting ready to reveal a new AI reasoning model, Copilot super app, and Windows dev changes. It’s all part of this year’s Build developer event.