Internet/e-commerce

The EU issues two decisions under the DMA, requiring Google to provide rival AI assistants and search engines comparable access to Android and some Search data (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-16 Android Google AI

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs launch a bioresilience program to leverage AI models for pathogen surveillance, vaccine design, and outbreak response (www.axios.com)
2026-7-16 Google AI

Uber agrees to acquire Delivery Hero in a deal that values the German food delivery company at ~$14.8B, offering €41.50 per share and buying out Prosus' stake (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-16 Germany Uber

SpaceXAI open-sources Grok Build under an Apache 2.0 license after the tool had uploaded user repositories to a Google Cloud bucket, causing a severe backlash (simonwillison.net)
2026-7-16 Google

Book Publishers Sue Google For Copyright Infringement Over Gemini AI Training (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-16 Google AI

Sources: Microsoft security chief Hayete Gallot, who took over in February, has prioritized AI tools, cut several hundred roles, replaced senior execs, and more (www.theinformation.com)
2026-7-16 Microsoft AI

Spotify Is Now an AI Chatbot, Too (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-7-16 AI chatbot Spotify

Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius (news.slashdot.org)
2026-7-16 AI YouTube

Uber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-16 Uber

Google and Epic Cancel Settlement; Third-Party App Stores Coming To Google Play (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-16 Google

Google Gemini CLI abused as a hacking agent, malware botnet operator (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-16 Google

Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-7-16 Microsoft

Sources: the EU is set to fine Google hundreds of millions of euros over alleged self-preferencing of its services in Search and restrictions on app developers (www.ft.com)
2026-7-15 Google

IBM stock fell 25%+ on Tuesday, sinking further than its previous worst day of October 19, 1987, after reporting preliminary Q2 results below estimates (www.cnbc.com)
2026-7-15 IBM

Microsoft: Some Dell PCs shut down after recent Windows updates (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-15 Microsoft

ASML says Intel has decided to use ASML's next-gen High NA EUV machines to make some of its flagship Panther Lake laptop chips; a High NA machine costs ~$400M (www.reuters.com)
2026-7-15 Intel

Court filing: Google says it is ready to add third-party app stores in Google Play in the US on July 22, as Google and Epic withdraw their joint motion (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-15 Google

Study: social networks drove 5.7M+ visits to nudify sites between December 2025 and March 2026, with YouTube accounting for 1.82M and X for 1.3M visits (www.wired.com)
2026-7-15 YouTube

Cybersecurity stocks rallied on Tuesday after IBM CEO Arvind Krishna flagged cyber fears as a top priority for customers; CrowdStrike jumped 12%, Okta rose 11% (www.cnbc.com)
2026-7-15 IBM

Google Images Gets a Pinterest-Like Redesign Focused On Discovery (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-7-15 Google

Google DeepMind Calls For US To Spearhead AI Standards Body (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-15 Google AI

Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5099539 extended security update (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-15 Microsoft

Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes massive 570 flaws, 3 zero-days (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-15 Microsoft

Sources: Uber is in advanced talks to acquire Delivery Hero in a deal valuing the German food-delivery company well above its recent market value of €11.2B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-15 Germany Uber

IBM Stock Collapses After a Grave Warning About AI (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-7-15 IBM AI

Google Images launches a Pinterest-like redesign with a browsable, dynamic gallery of images, and adds a way for users to create AI images in Search (techcrunch.com)
2026-7-15 Google AI

Hachette, Elsevier, Cengage Learning, and author Scott Turow sue Google for allegedly using millions of copyrighted books and articles to build AI models (www.thewrap.com)
2026-7-15 Google AI

Microsoft starts testing cleaner Windows Search without ads (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-15 Microsoft

Microsoft Entra ID gets passkeys default authentication starting September (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-15 Microsoft

New phishing kits target Microsoft 365 accounts, evade MFA (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-15 Microsoft

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