Meta Charges for AI for the First Time — Muse Spark 1.1 and the Meta Model API
After years of releasing free open-weight models, Meta has launched its first paid commercial AI API — Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal agentic model priced to undercut OpenAI and Anthropic. »
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6: Three Models Named Sol, Terra, and Luna Replace a Single Flagship
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 arrives as a three-model family — Sol (flagship), Terra (balanced), and Luna (fast and cheap) — all publicly available as of July 9, 2026, alongside a new agentic ChatGPT Work product. »
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: A Full Rebuild That Earns Its '13 Years Later'
Ubisoft's full Anvil Engine rebuild of the beloved 2013 pirate adventure lands on July 9, 2026, with reworked combat, raytraced visuals, new missions voiced by the original cast, and overhauled naval gameplay. »
TypeScript 7.0 Is Out — The Go Rewrite Delivers 11× Faster Builds
Microsoft's TypeScript 7.0 lands with a full Go rewrite of the compiler — real-world builds are running up to 12 times faster, with VS Code's 2.3M-line codebase compiling in under 11 seconds. »
GhostLock and Januscape: Two Ancient Linux Kernel Bugs Disclosed in the Same Week
GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) gives any logged-in user full root in five seconds and breaks out of containers. Januscape lets a VM escape its host. Both were disclosed in July 2026 — both are over 15 years old. »