Technology

Meta to Build C$13B (~$9.2B) Data Center in Alberta, Its First in Canada

Meta will build its first Canadian data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, a C$13 billion (about $9.2 billion) project starting at 1 gigawatt and scaling to 1.8 gigawatts.

Culture

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Cleveland hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 8, 2026, honored in the Recording category as Ice-T and Fat Joe paid tribute.

Sports

Jannik Sinner Beats Alexander Zverev for Second Straight Wimbledon Title

Jannik Sinner came from a set down to beat Alexander Zverev 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 at Wimbledon on July 12, 2026, retaining his title and taking the fifth Grand Slam of his career.

Sports

Games to Watch — Sunday, July 12: Fever at the Aces on NBC, a 15-game MLB Sunday

The defending-champion Aces host the Fever on Sunday Night Basketball (9 ET, NBC), favored by 4.5 with Caitlin Clark sidelined. The rest of the day belongs to baseball, where the Dodgers, Brewers, and Cubs headline a 15-game MLB Sunday.

Culture

Letterboxd Holds Early Sale Talks With Netflix, Sony, and Paramount Skydance

Letterboxd, the film-logging social network, is in early talks to sell, with Netflix, Sony, Paramount Skydance, TPG, and Alexis Ohanian circling and LionTree valuing it around $250 million.

Technology

Meta to Begin Manufacturing Its Iris AI Chip in September 2026

Meta will begin manufacturing its custom Iris AI chip in September 2026, designed with Broadcom and fabricated by TSMC, part of a push to cut compute costs and reduce its reliance on Nvidia and AMD.

Sports

Argentina and England Reach World Cup Semifinals After Quarterfinal Wins

Defending champion Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 after extra time to complete the 2026 World Cup semifinal field — France-Spain on July 14, England-Argentina on July 15, all four teams former champions.

Sports

Linda Nosková Beats Karolína Muchová 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in Wimbledon Final

Linda Nosková beat fellow Czech Karolína Muchová 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to claim the 2026 Wimbledon women's singles title — her first Grand Slam, and the youngest champion at the All England Club since 2011.

Sports

Vinod Khosla Group Buys Seattle Seahawks for Record $9.6 Billion

A group led by venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, a San Francisco 49ers limited partner, agreed to buy the Seattle Seahawks from Paul Allen's estate for a record $9.612 billion, the largest sale in NFL history.

Intelligence Brief

The Intelligence Brief: SK Hynix's $28B Debut, Apple Sues OpenAI, and Wembanyama's $252M Discount — July 11, 2026

The money moved one layer beneath the product this week: SK Hynix's record $28B Nasdaq listing, Apple's trade-secret suit against OpenAI, and Wembanyama's $50M discount for optionality — as France meet Spain July 14 and Future drops a zero-feature album.

Sports

Games to Watch — Saturday, July 11: World Cup quarterfinals decide the last two semis, Liberty at the Lynx

World Cup quarterfinal Saturday: England face Norway and Messi's Argentina meet Switzerland for the last two semifinal spots. At home, the Liberty visit the first-place Lynx (ABC, 1pm ET) in a July 3 rematch, and the Aces host Phoenix.

Technology

Anthropic Leads Future of Life Institute AI Safety Index With a C+

The Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index gave Anthropic the top grade, a C+, with OpenAI and Google DeepMind at C and xAI, DeepSeek, and Mistral failing. No company earned an A or B.