July 16, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms: The safety board confirmed Tesla's account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month. Read More

Moonshot's upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic's Opus 4.8: The FT reports Kimi K3 will be the largest open AI model from China, with a parameter count between 2 trillion and 3 trillion. Read More

Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex: OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II: The vulnerability in the decades-old game could have allowed hackers to take over victims’ computers with a malicious game invite. Read More

Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic: Microsoft is looking to sell its in-house AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than its competitors' models. Read More

Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won't call his AI 'AGI' or 'superintelligence': While everyone in AI is chasing "superintelligence," Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, dismisses the word. Read More

Phone maker OnePlus says it won't release new phones in the US and Europe: OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027. Read More

Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu: The deal, which was rumored to be in the works last year, marks an important step for Apple's AI ambitions in a key market. Read More

Last but Not Least

Ultrahuman's former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you: Aina is going to pilot a new device in the coming weeks. Read More

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