📈 Telegram's Revenue Surges 190% Growth Telegram's revenue surged 190% to $525 million during the first half of the year. 📱 Apple's iPhone 17 'Air' Rumored Apple is rumored to be working on the iPhone 17 'Air,' potentially the thinnest model yet. 🤖 Anthropic Launches AI Connection Protocol Anthropic introduced a new open protocol for linking AI chatbots with system data. 💰 Intel Secures $7.9 Billion CHIPS Grant Intel's CHIPS grant was finalized at $7.9 billion. 🚀 SpaceX Starlink Satellites Boost Connectivity SpaceX has launched over 320 'direct to cell' Starlink satellites, enabling potential commercial services for cellular connectivity in partnership with T-Mobile, pending FCC approval. 🧠 Neuralink Begins Robotic Arm Study Neuralink has started a study aiming to let paralyzed patients control robotic arms using brain-implanted devices, allowing them to manipulate digital tools. 🔗 Anthropic Introduces Model Context Protocol Anthropic introduced the Model Context Protocol, an open standard for improving AI assistant connections to data systems to enhance response relevance. ✈️ Boom Supersonic Demonstrator Achieves Altitude Record Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator set a new altitude record reaching 25,040 feet in its latest flight, moving closer to testing speeds beyond Mach 1. 🔧 C++ Developers Face Persistent Divide C++ sees a split between developers with advanced tooling for building from source and those facing challenges, indicating a sustained divide. 🕹️ Tesla Exploring Teleoperations for Robotaxis Tesla is developing a teleoperations system for human operators to remotely control upcoming robotaxis, evident from recent software engineer job listings. 🚗 Tesla Teleoperations to Aid Robotaxi Safety Tesla’s potential teleoperations feature may play a key role in the safe deployment of its robotaxi service by enabling remote human intervention.