Telegram’s t.me shortlink domain went offline on Monday, July 14, 2026, and was restored the following day after the Montenegro-based domain registrar DomainME placed it on hold for U.S. sanctions…
Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) argues in a July 2026 post for a US-led “frontier AI” regulator modeled on FINRA. It would evaluate models pre-release and coordinate an industry slowdown for too-risky systems, aiming to be operational before year-end; Hassabis warns AGI is “a few short years away.”
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in July 2026, accusing the AI company of stealing trade secrets after a former Apple employee allegedly downloaded sensitive internal files weeks after leaving…
LAPD allowed its 3-year Flock Safety contract to expire July 12, 2026, citing “serious concerns” over civil liberties, privacy, and camera data collection from Flock’s 80,000+ U.S. license-plate readers. CIO Dean Gialamas said LAPD could revisit after data/privacy/security and sharing concerns are addressed; Flock called it a “surprise.”
Ursula von der Leyen says the EU may propose new child social media rules within months: no screens under 3, supervised access under 13, and tighter limits for older teens, with platforms required to prove safety for younger users. The Commission will review the report “after the summer,” but any law needs approval from the European Parliament and all 27 EU member states, amid DSA scrutiny over Meta’s addictive design and TikTok’s 2026 findings.
Apple announced a set of new child safety features coming to iPhones and other devices this fall, unveiled during the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote in June 2026. The announcement…
OpenAI is hiring a dedicated product manager in San Francisco to build ChatGPT experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, according to a job posting published in July 2026. The role…
A security firm has discovered a critical Linux kernel vulnerability that went undetected for 15 years, allowing any logged-in user to gain full root access on an unpatched machine. Nebula Security…
Surveillance technology company Flock Safety is denying that it sent cease and desist letters to groups discussing its technology, saying the letters are forgeries created as part of a disinformation…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has disclosed that it lacked a prepared response plan when a security incident unfolded in May 2026, forcing staff to build one on the…
Meta removed a Muse Image AI feature introduced the week of July 10, 2026 that let users @-mention public Instagram accounts to generate images from their photos without notifying holders. After Dylan Byers (Puck News) reported backlash from CAA, Meta said it “missed the mark” and took it down Friday.
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in July 2026, alleging that former Apple employees who now work at the AI company stole confidential hardware secrets “for the benefit of OpenAI.” The complaint…
