Meta’s Superintelligence Labs launched Muse Image in July 2026 for Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp. It lets users @ mention Instagram accounts in prompts so Meta AI can use public photos for generated likenesses (with controls), plus transforms and edits—starting with 30 new Instagram Stories AI effects in the US.
X added an in-app video recorder/editor to its iOS app in July 2026, after product head Nikita Bier said many videos from top accounts are “simply stolen,” sometimes 5 years after going viral, and make up close to half of impressions. The update brings trimming, multi-language auto-captions, and green-screen backgrounds from camera-roll photos, as X tackles content recycling by redirecting impressions from programmatic reuploads and cutting payouts for stolen reposts/clickbait.
Anthropic expanded access to its Claude Cowork platform on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, making it available on mobile and web for the first time. Previously, Cowork was only accessible through the Claude…
Bidbus raised $15M in a July 2026 Series A to expand its real-time used-car auction where dealers get only a few hours to submit competing bids, with offers averaging $2,000–$3,000 more than Carvana even after Bidbus’s cut. Led by Ibex Investors with Mucker Capital, FJ Labs and others, the Los Angeles startup previously operated only in California and Texas.
X links its recycled video problem to UX and business impact, saying videos account for nearly half of all impressions. On July 6, 2026, product lead Nikita Bier launched an iOS editor/recorder with multilingual caption overlays, customizable caption styles, and green-screen background swaps; Android is still being rebuilt.
Apple’s iOS 27 developer beta 3 (July 6, 2026) adds Siri “Pace” and “Expressivity” sliders to adjust how quickly it speaks and how much human-like emotion its voice conveys; they were first announced at WWDC 26 in June. The generative-AI Siri in iOS 27 is integrated for voice, Dynamic Island swipes, typing, and a stand-alone Siri app.
Apple has begun restoring card payments for Apple Account purchases in India in 2026, more than four years after suspending the option following regulatory changes to the country’s recurring payments…
YouTuber Jon Prosser filed a formal legal response in 2026 to Apple’s lawsuit against him, denying that he conspired to steal iOS secrets while admitting he recorded and shared footage of unreleased…
A European politician who served on a committee investigating spyware abuses had his own phone hacked with Pegasus spyware while the inquiry was underway, researchers at the University of Toronto’s…
Hopper agreed to pay $35M to the FTC on July 2, 2026 over alleged “dark patterns” that hid fees and misrepresented costs tied to “VIP Support” and “Price Freeze.” The FTC said “optional” charges were pre-selected and only surfaced after scrolling; Hopper must clearly disclose all fees before users finish a transaction.
Meta has launched a new app called Pocket, which lets users generate and share small interactive games and apps using text-based AI prompts. The app first appeared on the App Store and Google Play on…
TV Time ends July 15, 2026, as Whip Media says the free service was too costly and demand for a paid app wasn’t enough. It reported 26M+ lifetime installs and ~29,000 downloads in 30 days, but after Blue Torch Capital’s early-2025 buyout it pivoted to AI and Helix automation.
