Good morning. It’s Tuesday, Jul 15. Today we are covering:

* A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers

* US defense department awards contracts to Google, Musk's xAI

* Apple Silicon machine learning code may become more easily portable to Nvidia hardware

* Google Finds a Crack in Amazon's Cloud Dominance

* Uber Taps China's Baidu for Robotaxis in Asia, Middle East

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