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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