Of Interest

• France Becomes First European Country To Ban Social Media Access For Under-15s

  

  Slashdot

• Anthropic's $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

  

  The Verge

• Hugging Face Said Last Week It Was Attacked. An Unreleased OpenAI Model Did It, OpenAI Now Says

  

  Gizmodo

• Google finally gives Gemini a cheaper AI model that actually outperforms competitors

  

  Makeuseof

• Light's new $299 flip phone has no apps and T9 texting, but aims to connect people

  

  Between the Lines

• China's AI models have Trump's AI world at war with itself

  

  MIT Technology Review

• Paramount Forced To Delay Warner Bros Merger After California Antitrust Lawsuit

  

  Techdirt

• Halliday's New Smart Glasses Skip the Camera

  

  Wired

• Garmin takes on Fitbit Air and Whoop with its screenless CIRQA Smart Band

  

  Neowin

• Apple has reportedly fixed its Hide My Email vulnerability

  

  Engadget

• Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it's still Taylor Farms

  

  Ars Technica

• Xbox Game Pass Reveals Everything Else Besides Halo Getting Added July 2026

  

  Kotaku

• AppleCare+ Sees Increase In Price

  

  iLounge

• Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one

  

  The Verge