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Updated every 30 minutes. https://techsnif.com en-us Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:37:45 GMT https://techsnif.com/favicon-32x32.png TechSnif Stories https://techsnif.com <![CDATA[Memo: Tang Jie, founder of Z.ai, the Chinese lab behind the GLM models, argues frontier AI capabilities should stay "as open and widely accessible as possible"]]> https://techsnif.com/story/memo-tang-jie-founder-of-zai-the-chinese-lab-behind-the-glm-2f0ecf https://techsnif.com/story/memo-tang-jie-founder-of-zai-the-chinese-lab-behind-the-glm-2f0ecf Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:15:03 GMT <![CDATA[Cursor is building a general-purpose AI agent codenamed Sand, aimed at non-developers, that handles emails, texts, and documents to rival Claude Cowork]]> https://techsnif.com/story/cursor-is-building-a-general-purpose-ai-agent-codenamed-sand-282e66 https://techsnif.com/story/cursor-is-building-a-general-purpose-ai-agent-codenamed-sand-282e66 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:30:01 GMT <![CDATA[OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceXAI may be able to put pressure on Anthropic by emphasizing cost efficiency, as business customers increasingly scrutinize AI spending]]> https://techsnif.com/story/openai-meta-and-spacexai-may-be-able-to-put-pressure-on-anth-70cbe5 https://techsnif.com/story/openai-meta-and-spacexai-may-be-able-to-put-pressure-on-anth-70cbe5 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:40:05 GMT <![CDATA[Apple is already taping out M7 with major NPU upgrades, and plans M7 Ultra with 1.5TB RAM, and M8, for 2028; new Pencils are coming with a new iPad Pro]]> https://techsnif.com/story/apple-is-already-taping-out-m7-with-major-npu-upgrades-and-p-ef1395 https://techsnif.com/story/apple-is-already-taping-out-m7-with-major-npu-upgrades-and-p-ef1395 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:20:00 GMT <![CDATA[Users of AI coding tools are flooding open-source projects with low-quality contributions, overwhelming maintainers and potentially eroding community engagement]]> https://techsnif.com/story/users-of-ai-coding-tools-are-flooding-open-source-projects-w-f785b4 https://techsnif.com/story/users-of-ai-coding-tools-are-flooding-open-source-projects-w-f785b4 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:00:29 GMT <![CDATA[A look at the growing anti-AI movement in the Bay Area, as the disappearance of Sam Kirchner, co-founder of a hard-line activist group, has the movement on edge]]> https://techsnif.com/story/a-look-at-the-growing-anti-ai-movement-in-the-bay-area-as-th-7f7751 https://techsnif.com/story/a-look-at-the-growing-anti-ai-movement-in-the-bay-area-as-th-7f7751 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:00:02 GMT <![CDATA[AirDNA: during the FIFA World Cup group stage, platforms such as Airbnb saw 52K+ new listings in US host cities, while hotel bookings fell short of expectations]]> https://techsnif.com/story/airdna-during-the-fifa-world-cup-group-stage-platforms-such-8d92b8 https://techsnif.com/story/airdna-during-the-fifa-world-cup-group-stage-platforms-such-8d92b8 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 05:40:02 GMT <![CDATA[NYC-based Vendelux, a live B2B event information platform for CMOs and marketing and sales teams, raised a $50M Series B led by Tribeca Venture Partners]]> https://techsnif.com/story/nyc-based-vendelux-a-live-b2b-event-information-platform-for-f21bc4 https://techsnif.com/story/nyc-based-vendelux-a-live-b2b-event-information-platform-for-f21bc4 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:55:01 GMT <![CDATA[EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath says the EC is set to propose new digital rules by year-end aimed at protecting consumers from online spending traps]]> https://techsnif.com/story/eu-justice-commissioner-michael-mcgrath-says-the-ec-is-set-t-b0b10d https://techsnif.com/story/eu-justice-commissioner-michael-mcgrath-says-the-ec-is-set-t-b0b10d Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:45:01 GMT <![CDATA[A look at Bending Spoons' hiring process: the company, which owns Vimeo, AOL, and Evernote, received 800,000 job applications last year and made only 286 hires]]> https://techsnif.com/story/a-look-at-bending-spoons-hiring-process-the-company-which-ow-e16299 https://techsnif.com/story/a-look-at-bending-spoons-hiring-process-the-company-which-ow-e16299 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:15:02 GMT <![CDATA[Psychologist Peter Gray argues that school stress, not smartphone use, is the main driver of the teen mental health crisis, challenging Jonathan Haidt's thesis]]> https://techsnif.com/story/psychologist-peter-gray-argues-that-school-stress-not-smartp-a6a717 https://techsnif.com/story/psychologist-peter-gray-argues-that-school-stress-not-smartp-a6a717 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:15:02 GMT <![CDATA[Apple's lawsuit could sidetrack OpenAI's hardware aspirations for years, or possibly forever, as the startup gets into yet another controversy and messy divorce]]> https://techsnif.com/story/apples-lawsuit-could-sidetrack-openais-hardware-aspirations-ce4f89 https://techsnif.com/story/apples-lawsuit-could-sidetrack-openais-hardware-aspirations-ce4f89 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:15:02 GMT <![CDATA[Filing: Google urged the European Commission not to target DNS resolvers, VPNs, or IPs to fight piracy, calling the measures ineffective and easily circumvented]]> https://techsnif.com/story/filing-google-urged-the-european-commission-not-to-target-dn-d6e351 https://techsnif.com/story/filing-google-urged-the-european-commission-not-to-target-dn-d6e351 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:45:01 GMT <![CDATA[US software development job postings on Indeed have grown by ~15% since the launch of Claude Code in February 2025, while overall job postings fell by 7%]]> https://techsnif.com/story/us-software-development-job-postings-on-indeed-have-grown-by-ae3e3b https://techsnif.com/story/us-software-development-job-postings-on-indeed-have-grown-by-ae3e3b Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:45:02 GMT <![CDATA[How members of the extremist group Boko Haram are using AI chatbots to design explosives, fix or upgrade weapons, and brainstorm attack ideas]]> https://techsnif.com/story/how-members-of-the-extremist-group-boko-haram-are-using-ai-c-7371bf https://techsnif.com/story/how-members-of-the-extremist-group-boko-haram-are-using-ai-c-7371bf Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:45:00 GMT <![CDATA[SK Hynix's historic US stock market listing is a bet that the AI boom is breaking the memory chip industry's decades-long boom-and-bust cycle]]> https://techsnif.com/story/sk-hynixs-historic-us-stock-market-listing-is-a-bet-that-the-46b160 https://techsnif.com/story/sk-hynixs-historic-us-stock-market-listing-is-a-bet-that-the-46b160 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:30:01 GMT <![CDATA[An analysis of 1M+ social media posts from April 24 to June 30: ~25% of longform posts with 250+ words were fully AI-generated; on LinkedIn, the figure was 41%]]> https://techsnif.com/story/an-analysis-of-1m-social-media-posts-from-april-24-to-june-3-e4bb0d https://techsnif.com/story/an-analysis-of-1m-social-media-posts-from-april-24-to-june-3-e4bb0d Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:50:01 GMT <![CDATA[Sources detail the Trump admin's heavy-handed intervention to aid Intel, including pushing it to expand local capacity and pressuring Apple to use Intel's fabs]]> https://techsnif.com/story/sources-detail-the-trump-admins-heavy-handed-intervention-to-3a6383 https://techsnif.com/story/sources-detail-the-trump-admins-heavy-handed-intervention-to-3a6383 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:35:01 GMT <![CDATA[Activist investor Elliott has built a large stake in car insurance software maker CCC, which is exploring a potential sale and has a ~$3.5B market cap]]> https://techsnif.com/story/activist-investor-elliott-has-built-a-large-stake-in-car-ins-30d471 https://techsnif.com/story/activist-investor-elliott-has-built-a-large-stake-in-car-ins-30d471 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:15:02 GMT <![CDATA[OpenAI's head of safety, Johannes Heidecke, is leaving as OpenAI integrates its research and safety teams; Mia Glaese will become VP of research and safety]]> https://techsnif.com/story/openais-head-of-safety-johannes-heidecke-is-leaving-as-opena-fdc845 https://techsnif.com/story/openais-head-of-safety-johannes-heidecke-is-leaving-as-opena-fdc845 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:45:01 GMT <![CDATA[Thinking Machines says its mission is to build AI that people and organizations can shape and make their own, and that "extends human will and judgment"]]> https://techsnif.com/story/thinking-machines-says-its-mission-is-to-build-ai-that-peopl-0e5b00 https://techsnif.com/story/thinking-machines-says-its-mission-is-to-build-ai-that-peopl-0e5b00 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:25:01 GMT <![CDATA[Meta says it will discontinue a feature that allowed users to generate images in Meta AI using public Instagram accounts, following days of criticism]]> https://techsnif.com/story/meta-says-it-will-discontinue-a-feature-that-allowed-users-t-42e402 https://techsnif.com/story/meta-says-it-will-discontinue-a-feature-that-allowed-users-t-42e402 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:20:08 GMT <![CDATA[In response to Apple's trade secret theft lawsuit, OpenAI says "we have no interest in other companies' trade secrets"]]> https://techsnif.com/story/in-response-to-apples-trade-secret-theft-lawsuit-openai-says-bd1fa6 https://techsnif.com/story/in-response-to-apples-trade-secret-theft-lawsuit-openai-says-bd1fa6 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:10:01 GMT <![CDATA[CISA says weak security controls around the use of public GitHub repos allowed a contractor to accidentally leak private cloud access keys and other credentials]]> https://techsnif.com/story/cisa-says-weak-security-controls-around-the-use-of-public-gi-1ecb8e https://techsnif.com/story/cisa-says-weak-security-controls-around-the-use-of-public-gi-1ecb8e Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:00:38 GMT <![CDATA[Bluesky interim CEO Toni Schneider becomes the company's permanent CEO, four months after succeeding Jay Graber]]> https://techsnif.com/story/bluesky-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-becomes-the-companys-perm-346495 https://techsnif.com/story/bluesky-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-becomes-the-companys-perm-346495 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:10:02 GMT <![CDATA[A US NLRB judge rules that Atlassian had illegally fired an employee in 2023 for pushing back against manager layoffs, and orders reinstatement and compensation]]> https://techsnif.com/story/a-us-nlrb-judge-rules-that-atlassian-had-illegally-fired-an-ba4ffb https://techsnif.com/story/a-us-nlrb-judge-rules-that-atlassian-had-illegally-fired-an-ba4ffb Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:50:01 GMT <![CDATA[Greg Brockman will continue to oversee OpenAI's products as the company doesn't plan to hire anyone to replace Fidji Simo after she stepped down]]> https://techsnif.com/story/greg-brockman-will-continue-to-oversee-openais-products-as-t-135912 https://techsnif.com/story/greg-brockman-will-continue-to-oversee-openais-products-as-t-135912 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:00:57 GMT <![CDATA[The Department of Commerce loosens export controls to the UAE, letting G42 and US companies like Apple, Meta, and xAI export AI chips to UAE without a license]]> https://techsnif.com/story/the-department-of-commerce-loosens-export-controls-to-the-ua-800892 https://techsnif.com/story/the-department-of-commerce-loosens-export-controls-to-the-ua-800892 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:40:02 GMT <![CDATA[China drops a numerical target for urban job creation in its five-year plan, the first such omission since the 1990s, amid volatility fueled by AI displacement]]> https://techsnif.com/story/china-drops-a-numerical-target-for-urban-job-creation-in-its-9bc679 https://techsnif.com/story/china-drops-a-numerical-target-for-urban-job-creation-in-its-9bc679 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:10:01 GMT <![CDATA[Filing: college social app Fizz accuses Maveron's Jerry Lu of giving confidential info to rival Sidechat after he met with Fizz as a potential investor in 2022]]> https://techsnif.com/story/filing-college-social-app-fizz-accuses-maverons-jerry-lu-of-75b211 https://techsnif.com/story/filing-college-social-app-fizz-accuses-maverons-jerry-lu-of-75b211 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:40:01 GMT <![CDATA[Phia, a shopping app co-founded by Phoebe Gates that has raised $43.5M, appears to be using fake clicks or "cookie stuffing" to claim affiliate commissions]]> https://techsnif.com/story/phia-a-shopping-app-co-founded-by-phoebe-gates-that-has-rais-2da2f7 https://techsnif.com/story/phia-a-shopping-app-co-founded-by-phoebe-gates-that-has-rais-2da2f7 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:55:12 GMT <![CDATA[Munich-based QuantumDiamonds, which uses quantum sensors to detect chip defects, raised €91M, including €76M under the European Chips Act]]> https://techsnif.com/story/munich-based-quantumdiamonds-which-uses-quantum-sensors-to-d-52f735 https://techsnif.com/story/munich-based-quantumdiamonds-which-uses-quantum-sensors-to-d-52f735 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:20:02 GMT <![CDATA[Like the Claude app it imitates, the new ChatGPT "Super App", which merges Codex with ChatGPT, is a tangle of toggles and strange UI decisions]]> https://techsnif.com/story/like-the-claude-app-it-imitates-the-new-chatgpt-super-app-wh-ad60f1 https://techsnif.com/story/like-the-claude-app-it-imitates-the-new-chatgpt-super-app-wh-ad60f1 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:01:17 GMT <![CDATA[An RIAA-led coalition representing labels and artists proposes two tags for AI content: one for entirely AI-generated songs and another for "AI-assisted" tracks]]> https://techsnif.com/story/an-riaa-led-coalition-representing-labels-and-artists-propos-04c99f https://techsnif.com/story/an-riaa-led-coalition-representing-labels-and-artists-propos-04c99f Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:40:02 GMT <![CDATA[Xreal launches $299 A01 Plus AR glasses, weighing just 62 grams and featuring 1080p micro OLED panels with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 50-degree field of view]]> https://techsnif.com/story/xreal-launches-299-a01-plus-ar-glasses-weighing-just-62-gram-bed92d https://techsnif.com/story/xreal-launches-299-a01-plus-ar-glasses-weighing-just-62-gram-bed92d Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:25:01 GMT <![CDATA[The UK designates Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Oracle as critical third-party financial sector suppliers, bringing them under direct regulatory oversight]]> https://techsnif.com/story/the-uk-designates-microsoft-google-amazon-and-oracle-as-crit-23a5a4 https://techsnif.com/story/the-uk-designates-microsoft-google-amazon-and-oracle-as-crit-23a5a4 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:10:01 GMT <![CDATA[Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim plans to debut an agentic AI avatar of himself within days, which is meant to help the public navigate government services]]> https://techsnif.com/story/malaysia-prime-minister-anwar-ibrahim-plans-to-debut-an-agen-46f34f https://techsnif.com/story/malaysia-prime-minister-anwar-ibrahim-plans-to-debut-an-agen-46f34f Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:25:02 GMT <![CDATA[Circle says it received US regulator approval to start a national digital-currency trust bank, allowing it to offer institutional custody services]]> https://techsnif.com/story/circle-says-it-received-us-regulator-approval-to-start-a-nat-ea9475 https://techsnif.com/story/circle-says-it-received-us-regulator-approval-to-start-a-nat-ea9475 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:15:38 GMT <![CDATA[A US court sentences a former ransomware negotiator to 70 months in prison for colluding with BlackCat to extort $75.3M from five of his employer's clients]]> https://techsnif.com/story/a-us-court-sentences-a-former-ransomware-negotiator-to-70-mo-cfa386 https://techsnif.com/story/a-us-court-sentences-a-former-ransomware-negotiator-to-70-mo-cfa386 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:15:38 GMT <![CDATA[In preliminary findings, the EU Commission said Facebook's and Instagram's "addictive design" violates the DSA, telling Meta to make changes or risk hefty fines]]> https://techsnif.com/story/in-preliminary-findings-the-eu-commission-said-facebook-and-ba3b07 https://techsnif.com/story/in-preliminary-findings-the-eu-commission-said-facebook-and-ba3b07 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:50:01 GMT