Bluesky made Toni Schneider its permanent CEO, ending the interim role he started in March 2026; Schneider posted the update July 10, 2026: “The interim part of the title is gone.” He previously founded Automattic and is a True Ventures partner, with both firms investing in Bluesky; Jay Graber led it to 43M users and AT Protocol expansion.
A Florida man who worked as a ransomware negotiator for a U.S. cybersecurity company has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after being convicted of conspiring with hackers to deploy…
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the platform should give users the ability to remove AI-generated content from their feeds — but stop short of banning it outright. Mosseri made the comments in a…
In July 2026, the European Commission said Meta breached the EU Digital Services Act after a May 2024 probe into Instagram/Facebook “addictive” design. It flagged personalized recommendations, autoplay and infinite scroll, with potential remedies or fines up to $12B.
Google says that starting July 2026, users can see a “created or edited with AI” label for ads on Google Search, Google Discover, and YouTube via a new section in My Ad Center under “how this ad was made.” Google auto-labels ads made with its generative AI tools, but third-party AI ads require advertisers to apply the label manually.
Starting July 2026, Google adds a “created or edited with AI” label to ads on Search, Discover, and YouTube, shown in My Ad Center’s “how this ad was made” panel. Google auto-applies it for its own gen-AI tools; others must add it manually.
Microsoft says it will use AI in its security update pipeline starting July 2026 to identify potential issues earlier, boosting the volume of security fixes in each Windows 11 Patch Tuesday release. It’s also updating its Secure Development Lifecycle to cover AI-enabled attack techniques and exploit paths.
Block agreed to a $45M settlement with 46 U.S. states over Cash App fraud failures, announced July 2026. States alleged accounts could be created without SSN/DOB, with no cap on per-person openings, and the lack of an official support phone enabled fake help lines; Block must upgrade fraud controls and offer live support.
Anthropic announced a new “reflect” feature for its Claude chatbot in July 2026, giving users a dashboard to review and analyze their own AI usage patterns over the past month, three months, six…
The EU Parliament extended “Chat Control” in July 2026 even though more MEPs voted against it: blocking needed 361 “no” votes, and opponents were 47 short. The deal reinstates Meta, Google and Microsoft CSAM scanning until 2028, excluding end-to-end encrypted WhatsApp and Signal.
Truecaller’s CEO went public in July 2026 with a direct challenge to India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), accusing the regulator of blocking the caller ID app from displaying spam…
Meta’s prototype “super sensing” glasses (FT, July 2026) would continuously capture audio/photos, letting wearers query Meta AI. Meta would upload extracted metadata instead of raw footage and keep the LED indicator off during “super sensing,” enabling it only for deliberate “active capture,” per a July 2025 whitepaper.
