Character.AI announced the launch of c.ai Series in July 2026 — short-form, episodic animated videos designed to be watched and interacted with on mobile devices. The move expands the company’s…
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…
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.
Meta announced in 2026 that it will update its smart glasses with a feature that automatically disables the camera if the device detects tampering with or destruction of its built-in privacy LED…
Meta’s Superintelligence Labs launched Muse Image in July 2026 for Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp. It lets users @ mention Instagram accounts in prompts so Meta AI can use public photos for generated likenesses (with controls), plus transforms and edits—starting with 30 new Instagram Stories AI effects in the US.
X added an in-app video recorder/editor to its iOS app in July 2026, after product head Nikita Bier said many videos from top accounts are “simply stolen,” sometimes 5 years after going viral, and make up close to half of impressions. The update brings trimming, multi-language auto-captions, and green-screen backgrounds from camera-roll photos, as X tackles content recycling by redirecting impressions from programmatic reuploads and cutting payouts for stolen reposts/clickbait.
Anthropic expanded access to its Claude Cowork platform on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, making it available on mobile and web for the first time. Previously, Cowork was only accessible through the Claude…
Microsoft has released a fix for a Windows 11 bug that caused a system file to consume several gigabytes — and in some cases, hundreds of gigabytes — of storage space on affected devices.
The patch…
Discord said a safety-system bug led to accidental bans of 8,000+ accounts between May and July 2026, with cofounder/CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy noting ~200 were “grid-like” posts (e.g., chessboards, textures). Staff cleared them, but a second glitch blocked auto-unban; all were restored.
Google Search Console will add “platform properties” so creators can track which Google Search terms lead people to their Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube content and view audience interaction. Announced in 2026, it rolls out gradually over the coming weeks, building on June 2026’s claimed Search profiles and pinned videos.
Microsoft announced in July 2026 that it is laying off approximately 4,800 employees — roughly 2.1 percent of its total workforce — as the company begins its new financial year. The cuts follow 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…
