Phia, the shopping app co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, has been accused of “cookie stuffing” — a practice that allowed the startup to claim commissions on purchases it did not generate…
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.
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 new iOS app called HyperTexting is repackaging the open web as a scrollable, social media-style feed, letting users follow websites, blogs, newsletters, and podcasts in a single interface. The app…
College social app Fizz has expanded its ongoing lawsuit against rival Sidechat, alleging in a July 2026 filing that venture capitalist Jerry Lu of Maveron met with Fizz under the pretense of a…
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…
OpenAI is discontinuing Atlas, its AI-powered browser launched in October 2025, and redistributing its core features across a new Google Chrome extension and an updated ChatGPT desktop app, the…
Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s No. 2 executive, will shift from full-time to part-time advisory work after her medical leave proved longer than expected, the WSJ reported July 9, 2026. She joined in May 2025 as CEO of Applications reporting to Sam Altman, disclosed an April relapse of a neuroimmune condition, led Instacart as CEO from 2021, and joined OpenAI’s board in 2024.
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.
Ollama raised a $65M Series B led by Theory Ventures on July 9, 2026, taking total funding to $88M, with 8.9M monthly developers and 85% Fortune 500 presence. Launched in 2023, it runs open-weight AI models locally in minutes.
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…
