A group of major publishers and authors filed a class action lawsuit against Google in July 2026, alleging the company used copyrighted works without permission to train its AI platform, Gemini.
The…
Apple released the iOS 27 public beta on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, giving iPhone owners their first opportunity to try the company’s redesigned Siri assistant without enrolling in a developer program….
Google announced in July 2026 a major redesign of Google Images that shifts the platform from a pure search tool into a browsable, discovery-focused gallery — a format closely resembling Pinterest….
Reflection AI inked a $1B deal with Nebius in July 2026 for access to Nvidia’s latest chips, weeks after a similar SpaceX compute arrangement. Founded in 2024 by ex-DeepMind researchers, the $8B startup has raised about $2.6B from Nvidia, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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…
Singapore-based video-generation startup PixVerse announced on July 14, 2026, that it has closed a Series C extension round totaling $439 million, pushing its valuation past $2 billion. The company…
X has adjusted its feed algorithm to give greater visibility to posts from users’ mutual followers — people who both follow and are followed back by a given user. The change was announced on Monday,…
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.”
Anthropic began 2026 rupee-denominated Claude pricing in India: Pro is ₹2,000/mo (vs $17) and Max from ₹11,999 (vs $100), with Team ₹2,399 per seat. UPI payments aren’t enabled yet (card/app-store only), and India is 5.8% of Claude usage.
Antonio Pinto, TV Time’s original founder, announced Bingers in July 2026 as a replacement before TV Time leaves app stores on July 15. TV Time has 26.4M lifetime installs and drew a 25,000-user petition; Pinto blames high server costs (premium covers ~10%) and says Bingers will be cheaper, faster, and import GDPR-compliant history/comments.
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…
