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Today so far 2026-08-12 · 17:13 UTC

Google has unveiled its Pixel 11 lineup along with new AI-powered Gemini features and an AirTag rival at its Made by Google 2026 event, marking a major product refresh from the tech giant. Meanwhile, AI-related concerns are mounting across the industry, with booksellers suspecting AI firms of buying and destroying rare books and a German advocacy group filing a criminal complaint over Meta's AI glasses, while Facebook has rolled out its standalone Creator Studio app with AI tools. On the security front, a researcher published a Windows zero-day vulnerability after Microsoft threatened legal action, and Tailscale traced database corruption to a 16-year-old SQLite bug.

Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack

Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will "remain suspended" in the United States following a hack.

2026-07-16 · 21:22 UTC
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Leaks Reveal Suno Fed Thousands of Hours of Deezer, YouTube and Pond5 Data Into Its AI

2026-07-16 · 21:01

Source code leaked reveals how substantial portions of Suno’s training library were assembled.

T-Mobile bungled forced plan migration, canceling some users' free lines

2026-07-16 · 20:52

T-Mobile to restore free lines lost during plan migration, but price hikes remain.

It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android

2026-07-16 · 20:41

Google says these changes could endanger user privacy and security.

xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users.

2026-07-16 · 20:26

Elon Musk's xAI files first lawsuit against Grok user accused of making child sex images.

LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models

2026-07-16 · 20:18

LM Studio has launched Bionic, an AI agent designed for open-source models that can handle coding, research, and…

Trump Media Launches Paid API for Real-Time Truth Social Posts Ahead of August Debut

2026-07-16 · 20:14

Trump Media plans to expand Truth Social’s role in financial markets by introducing a paid API service on August 1.

Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory

2026-07-16 · 20:09

Hyundai aims to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots starting with US factories in 2028.

Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills)

2026-07-16 · 20:07

Ryan Beiermeister, who demonstrated cool analysis in the Founders Fund YouTube series "Mafia," has joined the firm as a…

$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol

2026-07-16 · 20:03

Researchers created an autonomous system that gave two frontier AI models (Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol) a song, a…

2026 Toyota RAV4 plug-in: Big battery means daily drives are all-electric

2026-07-16 · 19:46

Toyota's everyday small SUV should rarely require trips to the gas station.

Now, even Russia's most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices

2026-07-16 · 19:28

The social-engineering technique has primarily been a tool of financially motivated criminals.

Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away."

2026-07-16 · 19:18

Creator says he will "very loudly ignore" those arguing for a ban on AI tools.

Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos

2026-07-16 · 18:32

Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves,…

Mira Murati Drops Her First AI Model After Leaving OpenAI—And It's Fully Open Source

2026-07-16 · 18:27

Mira Murati's Inkling won't dethrone the best Chinese open-weights models, but it gives Western developers something…

Roblox launches an AI-powered game-creation feature in its mobile app

2026-07-16 · 18:22

Roblox's new "Build" feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt.

CD sales growth outpaced vinyl in the first half of 2026

2026-07-16 · 17:19

CD sales surged 16% to 16.3 million units in the first half of 2026, significantly outpacing vinyl's modest 2.4% growth…

Uber’s $14.8B Delivery Hero deal would nearly double its global footprint

2026-07-16 · 17:12

Uber has agreed to acquire Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion all-stock deal that would nearly double the company’s global…

Adaptional (YC S25) Is Hiring

2026-07-16 · 17:00

Adaptional, a Y Combinator S25 startup founded in 2024, is hiring for two key positions: a Founding GTM Lead…

Newsletter platform Beehiiv now lets subscribers chat with each other, adds AI

2026-07-16 · 17:00

Beehiiv is launching an AI Copilot to help publishers with user growth and analytics.

Detecting LLM-Generated Texts with “Classical” Machine Learning

2026-07-16 · 16:41

Researchers have successfully developed a machine learning model using scikit-learn SVM that can detect LLM-generated…

X cracks down on creators who steal content

2026-07-16 · 16:40

X will use Grok AI to better detect stolen content, redirect payouts to original creators, and crack down on engagement…

OnePlus confirms shutdown in the US and Europe, ending months of speculation

2026-07-16 · 16:29

OnePlus promises to continue supporting the phones it has already released.

Could China and Russia really destroy Starlink? Only with a boomerang.

2026-07-16 · 16:19

"We will likely have similar concerns and discussions when China fields its Starlink-like constellation."

Decoy Font

2026-07-16 · 16:18

Decoy Font is a free TTF font that hides messages from AI by using optical illusion techniques—displaying one message up…

AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M

2026-07-16 · 16:08

Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at…

NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook

2026-07-16 · 16:08

Google has renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook while maintaining its core function as a research tool, and is…

Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source

2026-07-16 · 16:06

Microsoft has open-sourced Comic Chat, the 1996 chat client that automatically converted IRC conversations into comic…

Google continues its renaming streak by turning NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook

2026-07-16 · 16:00

Google said users can soon access their notebooks through AI Mode in Search.

Google’s AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps

2026-07-16 · 16:00

With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps…

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