Amazon will stop accepting new customers for its Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform on July 30, 2026, signaling a sharp decline for a service that has operated for more than two decades.
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AI image-generation startup Midjourney is pushing to compel Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to disclose details of their internal AI usage as part of ongoing copyright litigation, according to a…
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…
At “The Briefing: AI for Science” in July 2026, Anthropic rolled out Claude Science, an “AI workbench” that unifies fragmented tools and datasets and generates figures/visuals. Eric Kauderer-Abrams said Anthropic also plans to develop drugs for “neglected” diseases, but the company hasn’t shared target priorities, partnerships, or what it will do after candidate hits.
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…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees at an internal town hall on Thursday, July 3, 2026, that the company’s AI agent development had not “accelerated in the way” executives had previously…
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…
The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a breach of its Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN), a platform used by federal, state, and local governments and law enforcement to…
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.
Microsoft announced a new operating business on Thursday, July 3, 2026, called Microsoft Frontier, focused on delivering enterprise AI deployments using the company’s existing AI tools. The venture…
Indian serial entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia has committed $30 million of his own capital to launch Neo, an AI-native enterprise software platform designed to compete with Microsoft Office and Google…
