July 21, 2026

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Light made a flip phone — it's colorful and it's cheap: Light co-founder Kaiwei Tang helped create the Motorola Razr, and he's as surprised as anyone that over 20 years later, the flip phone is relevant again. Read More

AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned: A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno. Read More

OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its own pre-release models: OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Apple teams up with Klarna to launch a lease-to-own program for iPhones, iPads, and Macs: The new leasing program is a big change for the hardware company, and comes as it looks to raise prices on many of its products. Read More

Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents: Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation. Read More

Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro: Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questions about its AI strategy. Read More

US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration's campaign to slow China's AI advances. Read More

Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges: Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co. Read More

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Last but Not Least

AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app: Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and TikTok to become all-purpose entertainment destinations instead. Read More

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