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OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households

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ChatGPT is hiring a dedicated product manager to build experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, according to a job posting.
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US cyber agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 18:01
CISA said it "missed" an opportunity to get ahead of the security incident by not creating a response plan ahead of time.
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Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 17:29
Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend, Sophia Kianni, is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation. 
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Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 16:55
Meta told Dylan Byers, of Puck News, that it had nixed the feature after backlash from its user base.
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Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 14:51
Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is "all in" on the unconventional social media platform.
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Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 13:32
Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAi's senior leadership, including a long-time former employee.
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Filing: College app Fizz accuses VC of sharing confidential startup information with rival Sidechat

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 10:42
Fizz has expanded its lawsuit against rival Sidechat, alleging that a Maveron VC shared its confidential information obtained during a fundraising meeting with the competing startup.
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SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 10:17
The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet. Now SK Hynix and Samsung are being asked to build US factories.
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A new app, HyperTexting, turns the open web into a scrollable social media-like feed

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 10:11
HyperTexting's new app aims to make the open web feel more like social media by turning websites, blogs, newsletters, and podcasts into a scrollable feed, while also making it easier to post to your own website.
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China is catching up to Elon Musk’s reusable rockets

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 09:51
China's state-owned space company recovered its first orbital rocket booster after launch.
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Disney+ is considering a free streaming tier, report says

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 09:29
The launch of free content would allow Disney+ to better compete with free services like YouTube and Tubi, which are capturing a growing share of consumers’ viewing time.
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Dumb Co dared me to trade my iPhone for a hacked flip phone

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 09:06
Dumb Co sells flip phones that sync to your smartphone, bridging the infinite connectivity of the iPhone and the unrealistic limitations of an early 2000s relic.
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Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 08:00
The new startup raised $300 million co-led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, and Khosla Ventures.
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Netflix could be planning ‘always-on’ live TV channels

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 07:53
Amid signs of slowing engagement, Netflix is reportedly considering launching "always-on" live channels, giving subscribers something to tune into 24/7.
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EU threatens Meta with fines over addictive features on Facebook and Instagram

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 07:19
The tech giant is in breach of the Digital Services Act by focusing on features like infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the highly personalized recommendation algorithms, the European Commission said.
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Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 07:11
A third ransomware negotiator has been jailed for helping a notorious ransomware group to extort American victim companies into paying the hackers.
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Hugging Face’s CEO on why companies are done renting their AI

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 07:00
Open source AI is booming, according to Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub for AI in recent years, where AI builders can share and download open models and datasets, now used by roughly half the Fortune 500. Delangue has seen the same story play out again and again: companies start […]
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After Apple, India’s smartphone manufacturing boom enters new phase with Vivo JV

Thu, 07/09/2026 - 21:36
Vivo's joint venture could become a template for Chinese smartphone makers in India.
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OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot amid breakup chatter

Thu, 07/09/2026 - 17:16
OpenAI's new family of models will continue to power Microsoft's suite of workplace and productivity apps.
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Don’t want to invest in Elon Musk? Two new ETFs explicitly exclude him

Thu, 07/09/2026 - 17:13
The new exchanged-traded funds exclude companies that are founded, controlled, or led by Elon Musk. That means no SpaceX or Tesla.
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