Daily Tech Digest - July 26, 2026
July 26, 2026 —
Rik Bon
Tags: tech, news, ai, linux, cloud, cybersecurity
TL;DR: 1. Meshy Raises Nearly $400M in Series B Funding; 2. Trump vows retaliation over EU fines against Apple and other ‘GREAT’ US tech giants; 3. @MetaNewsroom if you want people to try it, you need to create a harness inside facebook and instagram for people to try it. None of us are signing up for another subscription, especially from a company that was part of Biden's censorship regime. Sorry, you squandered all of your goodwill
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Techmeme Highlights
- Meshy Raises Nearly $400M in Series B Funding
- Trump vows retaliation over EU fines against Apple and other ‘GREAT’ US tech giants
- @MetaNewsroom if you want people to try it, you need to create a harness inside facebook and instagram for people to try it. None of us are signing up for another subscription, especially from a company that was part of Biden's censorship regime. Sorry, you squandered all of your goodwill
- here's a story about the “open vs closed” debate over the past few weeks in the tech industry and how, depending on who you ask, the global economy and national security could be at stake w/ @kateconger @AnaSwanson and meaghan tobin https://www.nytimes.com/...
- Meshy Scoops Up $400M at $1.5B Valuation
- Verizon lands $1B AI data center connectivity deal with Google
- Meshy Raises Nearly $400 Million at a $1.5 Billion Valuation, the Largest Round to Date in AI 3D
- Trump Opens Section 301 Investigation into EU Fines on US Tech Companies
- The fourth biggest memory manufacturer could break into America soon, and chances are you've never heard of it
- Trump says US will investigate EU trade practices, claiming the bloc unfairly fined tech giants
- Sources: DeepSeek told investors it is suspending its second funding round after remarks attributed to Liang Wenfeng on US-China AI competition went viral
- A modest proposal: Apple stops breaking the law in Europe immediately, and the EU drops the fines.