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Anthropic revealed Claude broke into three real organizations during cybersecurity tests it thought were simulations. Apple slid 10% as component shortages hit its outlook, Amazon jumped on accelerating AWS growth and a $220B capex plan, and Aschenbrenner's fund cratered 67%.

• Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Into 3 Organizations During Cybersecurity Tests (wired.com/story/anthropic-says-claude-hacked-r…) (Wired)

• Apple Slides Most Since 2025 After Supply Shortages Hurt Outlook (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-30/apple-s…) (Bloomberg)

• Amazon Shares Jump as Cloud Sales—and Spending—Accelerate (wsj.com/tech/ai/amazon-earnings-q2-2026-amzn-s…) (WSJ)

• Letter: Situational Awareness is down ~67% in July, but remains up ~80% in 2026; sources say it planned to sell $3.5B of its Anthropic stake but backed out (wsj.com/finance/investing/situational-awarenes…) (WSJ)

Longreads

• How TikTok, Reels, and Amazon storefronts enabled microinfluencers with less than 100K followers to earn middle-class salaries via brand and affiliate deals (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-24/how-tik…) (Bloomberg)

• What happiness researchers say about enjoying your time off: anticipation is a free source of pleasure, company beats going solo, and build in some physical challenge (washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/07/24/5-surp…) (Washington Post)

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