July 11, 2026
Today's top tech stories, deduped across the newsletters I read and briefly summarized. Click a source to open the original article.
AI
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft
Apple has sued OpenAI, accusing former Apple employees of stealing trade secrets when they moved to the company. The lawsuit adds to a growing string of legal battles between major tech firms over AI talent and intellectual property.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 in three sizes — and Sol Ultra proves a math conjecture
OpenAI's new flagship model GPT-5.6 is now generally available in three sizes — Luna, Terra, and Sol — priced from $1 to $30 per million tokens. The largest model, Sol Ultra, has already made headlines for producing a proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture.
Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 with its first API
Meta has released Muse Spark 1.1, the follow-up to April's model, offering API access for the first time. Meta claims significant improvements over the previous version.
OpenAI splits cloud and desktop work in ChatGPT Work with Codex
OpenAI clarifies that work done via browser and mobile runs in the cloud, while the desktop app can also use local files and other desktop apps with the user's permission. At launch, cloud conversations don't appear in the desktop app, and vice versa.
NVIDIA shows how host offloading eases memory bottlenecks in JAX-based LLM training
NVIDIA explains how large language model training increasingly hits GPU memory limits before compute is fully used. Offloading model weights, gradients, and optimizer states to host memory lets JAX-based training scale further.
Security
Progress urges ShareFile customers to shut down servers over a 'credible' threat
Progress Software is emailing ShareFile customers who use Storage Zone Controllers, telling them to immediately shut down their servers. The company describes it as a credible external security threat targeting the on-premises file-sharing software.
Hackers exploit critical auth bypass in Gitea's Docker image
Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the official Docker image for the self-hosted Git service Gitea, allowing them to impersonate any user, including administrators.
New U-Boot flaws could enable stealthy firmware attacks
Six vulnerabilities have been found in the widely used U-Boot bootloader that could let attackers execute malicious code during device boot. The flaws can bypass security protections and install persistent malware.
Zimbra urges customers to patch critical web client XSS flaw
Zimbra's security team is urging customers to patch a critical vulnerability affecting the Classic Web Client used to access the Zimbra Collaboration Suite.
Anthropic expands Access Transparency documentation
Anthropic has expanded its documentation of cmek_preserve events with a filter example, a sample event payload, and two new preservation reason codes, including policy_violation_investigation and csae_report. The docs also clarify that a preservation event is always logged, regardless of outcome.
Dev
NVIDIA explains how kernel fusion optimizes memory traffic in CUDA
A new technical deep-dive from NVIDIA shows how kernel fusion can improve memory bandwidth and cut kernel launch overhead on GPUs. The technique is one of several ways to optimize GPU code.
Other
QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through walls
The new QuadRF device can detect drones and visualize WiFi signals through walls, according to a review that has proven highly popular on Hacker News. It shows how accessible advanced RF-sensing hardware has become for hobbyists.