Today's Docket
July 26, 2026 · 4 entries · about a 60-second read
The day's tech, heard in order: one long read and 3 quick ones — every entry linked to its source, picked from the 12 stories our tracking scored today.
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Chips & Hardware Today's read Keep this
Qualcomm tells phone makers chip prices jump by double digits from September 1
Chips just got dearer. Our lead follows Qualcomm's letter through the 2026 cost stack — memory, wafers, packaging — to what it means for Indian phone prices before Diwali.
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Chips & Hardware NVIDIA Short of the day
Nvidia and SK Group strike a $500B-plus pact for AI factories and memory
Memory, locked up. SK Telecom will build a 2-gigawatt Vera Rubin AI factory in Korea starting 2027, while SK hynix becomes a long-term supplier of HBM4 for Nvidia's build-out.
2 GW Korea AI factory — first site online in 2027
Why it mattersSK hynix just tied next-generation memory supply to Nvidia's data centers — the same AI demand that is squeezing memory out of phones in today's lead.
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Big Tech Google Short of the day
Waymo plans its own robotaxi app in Austin and Atlanta, sidelining Uber
The aggregator gets aggregated. Per the FT, Waymo intends to run rides through its own app from January 2028 in both cities; Uber confirms the contract runs out that May. Phoenix already split earlier this year.
January 2028 — Waymo's own app; Uber deal ends May
Why it mattersWaymo keeping demand for itself turns Uber from partner into rival overnight — and tests whether a robotaxi network needs an aggregator at all.
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AI Tools & Apps
Midjourney acquires astrology app Co-Star and its two-dozen-person team
An odd-couple deal. The image-AI lab absorbs Co-Star's roughly 4.3 million monthly users and a two-dozen-person team — the clearest sign yet that Midjourney finally wants a standalone app of its own.
4.3 million monthly active users come with Co-Star
Why it mattersMidjourney still lacks a first-party mobile app; buying a consumer product with millions of users is a distribution shortcut the bigger labs already own.
How the docket is made: entries are picked from the 12 stories our tracking scored today across independent source types, then written and checked under the same sourced-claims, no-clickbait rules as our articles — see the editorial policy. The docket is a companion to, never a replacement for, the day's full articles. Previous dockets: July 25, 2026 · July 24, 2026 · July 23, 2026 · July 22, 2026 · July 20, 2026 · July 19, 2026.