Daily Tech Digest - July 12, 2026
July 12, 2026 —
Rik Bon
Tags: tech, news, ai, linux, cloud, cybersecurity
TL;DR: 1. Software Engineer's Firing Ruled Illegal in a Rare Win for a Tech Worker; 2. the worst possible name for a company in a lawsuit: i owe [image]; 3. This is fine dining for VC-funded roughnecks, if John Wayne drove a Cybertruck.
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Techmeme Highlights
- Software Engineer's Firing Ruled Illegal in a Rare Win for a Tech Worker
- the worst possible name for a company in a lawsuit: i owe [image]
- This is fine dining for VC-funded roughnecks, if John Wayne drove a Cybertruck.
- US software development job postings are up almost 15% since the launch of Claude Code in late February, 2025, while overall job postings fell by 7% over the same period. …
- Meta deactivates feature that let you generate AI images of any public Instagram account
- Meta Axes Option to Use Public Instagram Photos to Generate Images
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- Apple is suing OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft
- OpenAI Hardware Biz Built with Apple Secrets, Apple Says
- Sources detail the Trump admin's heavy-handed intervention to aid Intel, including pushing it to expand local capacity and pressuring Apple to use Intel's fabs
- Circle (CRCL) Wins Final OCC Approval for National Trust Bank
- IMO Phia customers/investors fit a certain archetype: - no fingers on the pulse - like being told what to do but still being made to think it's their idea - Rhode phone case as an accessory - zero diligence - will buy a product because it has a hero positioning - values do not