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July 10, 2026, 10:10 AM

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Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
OpenAI merges its Codex and ChatGPT desktop apps for macOS and Windows under an upgraded ChatGPT desktop app, letting users switch between Chat, Codex, and Work  —  OpenAI held its second livestream this week today at 10 am PT. The video teased that the company was “introducing the next chapter for ChatGPT” today.
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Bloomberg:
SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the largest ever US market debut by a foreign company, selling 177.9M ADRs for $149 each; the sale was more than 7x oversubscribed  —  SK Hynix Inc. raised $26.5 billion in its American depositary receipt offering, as the South Korean memory chipmaker powered through volatility …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix executives are increasingly worried about declining engagement and are exploring adding live TV and bundling streaming services like Peacock  —  Streamer is rethinking some of its core strategies to compete with rivals  —  Top Netflix executives who gathered …
Wall Street Journal:
Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI Deployment, says she will step down and become a part-time adviser after her medical condition worsened; Simo joined in August  —  The head of artificial general intelligence won't return from extended medical leave, a major leadership change as the AI giant prepares to go public
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
In preliminary findings, the EU Commission said Facebook's and Instagram's “addictive design” violates the DSA, telling Meta to make changes or risk hefty fines  —  European Union authorities said the company's use of “addictive design” violated a digital safety law.
Andrew Ackerman / Washington Post:
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh names Marc Andreessen and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to lead a task force on the economic impact of new technologies, including AI  —  The billionaire investor will help shape how the Federal Reserve assesses a technology his firm has bet heavily on.
Vildana Hajric / Bloomberg:
Circle says it received US regulator approval to start a national digital-currency trust bank, allowing it to offer institutional custody services  —  Circle Internet Group Inc. received approval to start a national digital-currency trust bank to support its stablecoin business …
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Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Coinbase's chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, is stepping down after six years; VP of legal Molly Abraham will take his role with the title of general counsel  —  Coinbase (COIN.O)'s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal is stepping down after six years at the U.S. crypto giant where he fought off …
Sam Clark / Politico:
The EU Parliament advances a bill letting tech companies scan for CSAM, reviving a proposal rejected in March, with an exemption for E2EE services like WhatsApp  —  Top-level pressure and obscure procedures breathe new life into a controversial proposal to allow scanning for online child sexual abuse material.
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim plans to debut an agentic AI avatar of himself within days, which is meant to help the public navigate government services  —  Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is about to do something very few heads of government have done: send an artificial intelligence version …
Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune:
Mercor acquires Deeptune, which builds reinforcement learning environments for AI agents, three months after CEO Brendan Foody backed Deeptune's $43M Series A  —  Brendan Foody started Mercor when he was 19 years old.  Now he's 23, worth billions on paper, and running one of the fastest-growing companies in AI history.

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