Nvidia announced in July 2026 that it is joining forces with Microsoft, SpaceX, IBM, and other tech companies to build and share open-source AI security tools through a new initiative called the Open…
Snapchat’s “Now Playing” rolls out July 27, 2026, streaming users’ live Spotify listening to Snap Map only during an active past-24-hour window: sharing auto-pauses if Snapchat hasn’t been opened in 24 hours and can be paused for 3 hours, 24 hours, or indefinitely. Users must link Spotify to show what’s playing to friends in real time, and Spotlight discoveries can be saved to Spotify or opened via the track page; Canada is listed as coming soon.
Federal prosecutors charged Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick, alleging his GrapheneOS duress passcode wiped his phone after CBP demanded a passcode during a Jan. 24, 2025 inspection at Hartsfield‑Jackson—the first known U.S. criminal case over duress passwords. Tunick pleaded not guilty and moved to suppress evidence.
Anthropic launched Opus 5 on July 25, 2026, two months after Opus 4.8 (May 28), positioning it as a cheaper, less restrictive pick than Fable 5. It can self-verify iteratively, skips Fable’s 30‑day retention, and uses safety classifiers 85% less often; binary vuln scanning remains blocked.
A coalition of major AI companies signed an open letter in July 2026 urging U.S. policymakers to avoid imposing sweeping restrictions on open-weight AI models, as Washington debates how to respond to…
Facebook announced a set of updates in July 2026 aimed at increasing engagement and organizing the platform for its users. The changes include a standalone app for frequent Marketplace sellers, a…
Meta is testing a TikTok-style Facebook redesign that shows full-screen video immediately when you open the app, announced by Tom Alison in July 2026; tests start later in 2026 and the US follows in 2027. After Meta lost 20M users in Q1 2026, it’s also launching Seller for Marketplace listings, performance tracking, and messaging.
EU Commission’s July 2026 DSA preliminary findings say TikTok must make minors’ safety the default: minor accounts’ public content should be limited to chosen audiences and excluded from the For You feed, even as private accounts can be surfaced via “following” and profile photos remain visible. It warns of fines up to 6% of global annual revenue if TikTok doesn’t fix the issues; Ofcom’s separate investigation has October updates.
AegisAI, a startup that uses AI agents to detect and block AI-generated phishing emails, raised a $36 million Series A in July 2026, bringing its total funding to $49 million. The round was led by…
U.S. lawmakers are preparing to introduce the “AI Kill Switch Act,” a bipartisan bill that would grant the Department of Homeland Security authority to order AI companies to shut down or throttle…
A new iOS app called MeBeMe launched in July 2026 with the goal of nudging users away from endless social media scrolling by delivering small, actionable tasks tied to personal identities they want…
Michael Kratsios alleged in July 2026 that Moonshot used export-banned chips to distill Anthropic’s Fable into Kimi K3, the largest available open-weight LLM. Researchers counter that Fable only went public July 1, so the two-week distillation timeline doesn’t add up.
