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Codex Micro

$230 USD: OpenAI Launches Codex Keyboard

17. July, 2026 - 07:14

OpenAI is making its first move into the hardware market with the launch of a backlit keyboard designed specifically for its AI coding assistant, Codex. The new device, called Codex Micro, is priced at $230 USD.

Discrimination against workers on protected leave

Meta Sued Over AI-Driven Layoffs

16. July, 2026 - 18:21

26 employees sue Meta, alleging the company used AI systems to decide layoffs and systematically discriminated against workers on protected leave.

Verify New-Hire Identity

Specops Secure Onboarding Protects Companies Against AI-Powered Identity Fraud

15. July, 2026 - 14:19

Specops Secure Onboarding helps organizations verify new employees from the first login onward, reducing risks from deepfakes, fake workers and AI-driven identity fraud.

Third party breach exposes data

Ransomware Group Threatens Bosch With Stolen Engineering Data

15. July, 2026 - 07:41

The ransomware group D1R is threatening Bosch with the release of sensitive engineering data allegedly stolen in a breach involving Synopsys.

Forecast

Financial Collapse Looms: OpenAI Could Run Out of Money by Mid-2027

15. July, 2026 - 05:17

A financial analysis warns that OpenAI could become insolvent by mid-2027 as soaring AI infrastructure costs continue to outpace revenue growth.

Transition in September 2026

Mozilla Accelerates Firefox Release Cycle to Two Weeks

14. July, 2026 - 18:00

Mozilla halves the Firefox update cycle to two weeks. Starting September 2026, new versions of the browser will launch twice as often as before.

Customer Data Exposed

Lidl Alerts Customers After Data Breach at Third-Party IT Provider

13. July, 2026 - 11:35

A security incident involving an external IT service provider has resulted in the exposure of customer data belonging to users of Lidl’s online store.

System Recovery Without USB Media

Microsoft Tests Cloud Rebuild for Windows 11

12. July, 2026 - 05:34

Microsoft has begun testing Cloud Rebuild, a new recovery feature that allows Windows 11 to be reinstalled directly over the network, even if the operating system can no longer boot.

Inside AI Reasoning

Anthropic Identifies J-Space, a Core Reasoning Hub Inside AI Models

11. July, 2026 - 07:09

Researchers at Anthropic have identified an internal activation space in Claude known as J-Space. The digital workspace appears to mirror key cognitive properties of the human brain.

Insider Aided Ransomware Gang

Former Ransomware Negotiator Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison

11. July, 2026 - 05:40

An employee who was supposed to help organizations recover from ransomware attacks instead collaborated with the very criminals he was negotiating against. A U.S. court has now handed down his sentence.