A security researcher claims to have discovered a bug in Apple’s Hide My Email feature that allows users’ real email addresses to be unmasked, potentially undermining the privacy tool entirely.
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Cloudflare says AI firms have until Sept. 15, 2026 to split “mixed-use” crawlers for traditional search from those used for AI training/agents, or face automatic blocks on publisher sites. From that date, default settings block them on ad pages for new customers, new sites, and all free-tier sites; owners can change settings.
On July 1, 2026, Venice AI says its client-side encryption and external proxy mean user input isn’t stored on its systems, even as it runs 200+ open-source models and routes to OpenAI/Anthropic. The $65M Series A led by Dragonfly values it at $1B; it’s profitable with $70M+ run-rate revenue, 3M+ active users, and 1.7M API calls/day.
Google added Gemini Spark to macOS on July 1, 2026, with local-file workflows (like converting invoices to a budgeting spreadsheet) and real-time topic tracking for sports scores, stocks, breaking news, and weather. The update brings Google Tasks and Keep plus integrations for Canva, Dropbox, Instacart, OpenTable, and Zillow Rentals; multi-step phone-to-desktop instructions are “soon.”
UK-based self-driving tech startup Wayve announced in 2026 that it is launching an $85 million tender offer, allowing employees to sell a portion of their vested equity. The offer is being led by…
Vinton Cerf will retire from Google next week as chief internet evangelist after 20+ years, announced by Dave Patterson at the 2026 Open Frontier conference. The 83-year-old co-created TCP/IP in the 1970s and joined Google in 2005, earning a Turing Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Ex-DeepMind DeepStack founders behind Prague’s EquiLibre raised a Series A valuing it at $500M+ (Creandum; June 30, 2026). With Tower Research Capital, its reinforcement-learning agents trade billions daily on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq and claim zero negative crypto months since 2025.
OpenClaw’s free, open-source AI agent platform launched iOS and Android apps on June 30, pairing phones with the OpenClaw Gateway to route requests to agents and their tools. Created by Peter Steinberger (joined OpenAI in Feb 2026), it gained buzz via MoltBook before researchers found the project was partly human impersonation.
Google says Nano Banana 2 Lite can generate images in 4 seconds and costs $0.034 per 1,000 images—aimed at high-volume creator workflows. Released June 30, 2026 via AI Studio, Gemini API, and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
Anthropic introduced Claude Science on June 30, 2026, an AI workbench designed to give scientists a single environment for computational research, eliminating the need to switch between databases,…
On June 30, 2026, Threads expanded Live Chats with translation support and opened access for all “Community Champions.” Hosts can add up to three co-hosts, delete messages for everyone, and chats support 150 active senders; desktop support and pinned messages are in development.
Singapore-based startup Acti launched an AI-powered keyboard for iOS and Android on June 30, 2026, designed to let users trigger automated tasks and access AI assistance without leaving the apps they…
