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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…
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the platform should give users the ability to remove AI-generated content from their feeds — but stop short of banning it outright. Mosseri made the comments in a…
In July 2026, the European Commission said Meta breached the EU Digital Services Act after a May 2024 probe into Instagram/Facebook “addictive” design. It flagged personalized recommendations, autoplay and infinite scroll, with potential remedies or fines up to $12B.
The United Nations’ AI for Good summit convened in Geneva in July 2026, bringing together private and public sector representatives to debate how artificial intelligence can be deployed for…
Microsoft’s carbon emissions increased 25 percent in 2025, reaching 34 million metric tons “without select interventions,” according to the company’s 2026 sustainability report published in July…
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.
Google says that starting July 2026, users can see a “created or edited with AI” label for ads on Google Search, Google Discover, and YouTube via a new section in My Ad Center under “how this ad was made.” Google auto-labels ads made with its generative AI tools, but third-party AI ads require advertisers to apply the label manually.
OpenAI is shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its autonomous web browser, with a deprecation date set for August 9th, 2026 — less than a year after the product launched. The company confirmed the decision…
Starting July 2026, Google adds a “created or edited with AI” label to ads on Search, Discover, and YouTube, shown in My Ad Center’s “how this ad was made” panel. Google auto-applies it for its own gen-AI tools; others must add it manually.
OpenAI will deprecate ChatGPT Atlas on Aug. 9, 2026—under a year after its Oct. 2025 launch. OpenAI says the browser’s lessons are now powering ChatGPT Work, a new desktop app with an updated in-ChatGPT browser and a cloud browser for Work mode.
OpenAI has received approval from the Trump administration to publicly release GPT-5.6, its latest AI model, and simultaneously unveiled a new AI agent called ChatGPT Work. The rollout began in July…
Microsoft says it will use AI in its security update pipeline starting July 2026 to identify potential issues earlier, boosting the volume of security fixes in each Windows 11 Patch Tuesday release. It’s also updating its Secure Development Lifecycle to cover AI-enabled attack techniques and exploit paths.
Announced in 2026, Meta’s Muse Spark 1.1 improves complex bug detection and fixing and adds multimodal perception for images, videos, and documents. The Meta Model API goes public preview today for US developers, plus $20 free credits per new account.
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.