technologyThursday, July 2, 2026
Amazon is designing its own AI chips for Echo and Fire TV, signaling a shift toward hardware-optimized AI. Meanwhile, GitHub's new license compliance tool and Cursor's coding benchmark show the developer tools race is heating up. The day also brings antitrust pressure on big tech from both the ACCC and AOC.
Amazon is making moves on two fronts: building its own AI silicon and facing a lawsuit over Prime Video ad practices.
Amazon is designing custom AI chips for Echo and Fire TV, with hardware chief Panos Panay hinting the industry is moving away from apps and screens toward conversational interfaces.
The ACCC has filed a lawsuit against Amazon over unfair contract terms for introducing ads into Prime Video without giving subscribers meaningful remedies.
GitHub and Cursor are shipping new tools that help developers manage code quality and licensing.
GitHub's new License Compliance feature, in public preview for Advanced Security customers, helps teams review dependencies in pull requests to avoid costly open-source license violations.
CursorBench 3.1 results show Fable 5 Max leading AI coding agents with a 72.9% score at $18.02 per task, offering a standardized benchmark for ambiguous multi-file coding tasks.
Antitrust sentiment against big tech is growing, with AOC calling for breakups and the ACCC taking Amazon to court.
AOC renewed her call to break up big tech companies like Apple, arguing they wield unchecked power and behave like governments, in a Fox News interview.
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