TechCrunch: Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for
Codex Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/amid-hardware-legal-battle-openai-releases-a-2
30-keyboard-for-codex/
TechCrunch: Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/microsoft-patches-bug-in-video-game-age-of-emp
ires-ii/
Wired: AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-isnt-smarter-than-a-baby-yet/
TechCrunch: Apple quietly reveals how its Maps ads will differ from Google’s
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/apple-quietly-reveals-how-its-maps-ads-will-di
ffer-from-googles/
Wired: Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/thinking-machines-lab-releases-its-first-model-inkli
ng/
TechCrunch: SpaceX slips below its $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/spacex-slips-below-its-135-ipo-price-ahead-of-
starship-launch/
TechCrunch: Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with
its first open model, Inkling Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/thinking-machines-amps-up-its-bet-against-one-
siz...
Live Science: Robot dog can climb stairs, navigate a forest and bound over logs
thanks to new, rapid AI training technique Link:
https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/robot-dog-can-climb-sta...
TechCrunch: Phone maker OnePlus reportedly plans to wind down US and Europe
operations Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/phone-maker-oneplus-reportedly-plans-to-wind-d
own-us-and-europe-operatio...
TechCrunch: Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s
unpermitted gas power plant Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/googles-biggest-clean-power-project-is-40-mile
s-north-o...
TechCrunch: Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training
data Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/hack-suggests-ai-music-generator-suno-scraped-
youtube-for-training-data/
TechCrunch: Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing
its use of AI Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/microsoft-patches-record-number-of-security-vu
lnerabilities-citin...
Live Science: We tested Canon’s $10,000 wildlife zoom — can it replace a prime
lens? Link:
https://www.livescience.com/products/optics/we-tested-canons-usd10-000-wildlife-
zoom-can-it-replace-a-prime-...
Bloody Elbow: BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing signs top MMA executive Loren Mack amid
global growth period Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/15/bkb-bare-knuckle-boxing-signs-top-mma-executi
ve-loren-mack-...
TechCrunch: Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for around $53.4B
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/stripe-and-advent-reportedly-offered-to-buy-pa
ypal-for-around-53-4b/
TechCrunch: Spotify expands parent-managed accounts to users on its free tier
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/spotify-expands-parent-managed-accounts-to-use
rs-on-its-free-tier/
TechCrunch: US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that
netted $62M from cybercrime victims Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/us-charges-russian-bulletproof-web-hosts-over-...
TechCrunch: Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is
implementation, not models Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/anthropic-blackstone-bet-the-next-trillion-dol
lar-ai-b...
TechCrunch: Rime picks up $24M Series A to help enterprises field customer calls
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/rime-picks-up-24m-series-a-to-help-enterprises
-field-customer-calls/
MMA Fighting: Ben Askren admits double-lung transplant almost feels like a ‘bad
dream’ now that he’s wrestling again just one year later Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/499473/ben-askren-admits-...