The day in AI and tech
Saturday 11 July 2026
29 events from 14 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. Days are UTC.
Artificial Intelligence18 events
- AI companies want to water down Australia’s copyright laws. Artists are outraged, Labor is split — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Samsung Health users asked to allow use of their health data for AI training or it will be deleted — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
- In a tough job market, don’t make AI your only career coach — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Nano Banana 2 Lite vs. Nano Banana 2: When to Save Your Money and When to Upgrade — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- AI Visibility Rankings Aren’t Stable – New Research Shows It’s Mostly Statistical Noise via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- AI has already fallen into the wrong hands and they’re using it to make bombs — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- AI found an Ethereum bug that could take validators offline, but humans had to prove it — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- Safe from AI: which jobs will help you thrive in the future? — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Google’s new Magic Pointer Play Store listing reveals a Gemini shortcut built for Googlebooks — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- You can stop using AI, but this new report says you probably can’t escape it — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- The face on an AI interviewer may matter as much as the decision it makes — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- 'Ghostcommit' hides prompt injection in images to fool AI agents, steal secrets — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Why you should be skeptical about financial advice from chatbots — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Ant Group’s Robbyant Unveils LingBot-VA 2.0: A Causal Video-Action Model Built Natively for Physical AI — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Robinhood says its AI agent feature will ‘soon’ be assisting crypto traders — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- Christopher Nolan Praises Gen Z Filmmakers For “Utterly Rejecting” AI Slop: “It’s Hitting At Exactly The Wrong Time” — Deadline (opens Deadline's report in a new tab)Read on Deadline (opens in a new tab)
- YouTube’s AI-powered search is rolling out in the US to find videos based on situations you describe — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
Computing & Chips1 event
Robotics & Autonomy1 event
Wearables & XR2 events
- Smart glasses without a camera? Even Realities bets productivity beats recording everyone — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Samsung's Galaxy XR headset finally lands in the UK — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
Cybersecurity7 events
- Compromised jscrambler 8.14.0 npm Release Drops Rust Infostealer During Install — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Hackers Weaponize Balochistan Police Portal in Multi-Group Espionage Campaigns — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Australia warns of global campaign targeting vulnerable CMS platforms — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Researchers hid a prompt injection inside a PNG, and AI fell for it — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Bonzo Lend loses $9M in oracle exploit on Hedera — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab), CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- Critical Zimbra Flaw Could Let Crafted Emails Run Malicious Code in User Sessions — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- US cyber agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
Events are grouped automatically, by matching the publishers' headlines and times; no person reviews the grouping. An event reported by several outlets has its own page listing who reported what and when.