US wireless carrier Verizon to sell 274 stores, lay off another 500 corporate employees
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/verizon-shed-274-stores-lay-160739807.html
TLDR; Siri
iOS 27 adds an all-new app to your iPhone's Home Screen
https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/16/ios-27-adds-an-all-new-app-to-your-iphones-home-screen/
xAI can't deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it's suing users.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/xai-cant-deny-grok-makes-csam-anymore-so-its-suing-users/
Mortgage rates rise to 6.55%: Freddie Mac
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/mortgage-rates-july-16-2026
Ancient DNA Finally Solves a 16th-Century Murder Mystery
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dna-finally-solves-a-16th-century-murder-mystery
New Horizons mission wakens to explore solar system fringes
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/science/new-horizons-hibernation-wake-up
Why do astronauts' bodies waste away? Space-station study points to mitochondria
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02089-0
Chinese scientists have bad news on having babies in space. But there is a silver lining
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3360680/chinese-scientists-have-bad-news-having-babies-space-there-silver-lining
A Vaccine to Prevent Pancreatic Cancer in High-risk Individuals Was Safe and Elicited Durable Immune Responses
https://www.aacr.org/about-the-aacr/newsroom/news-releases/a-vaccine-to-prevent-pancreatic-cancer-in-high-risk-individuals-was-safe-and-elicited-durable-immune-responses/
San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI 'Nudify' Apps From App Stores
https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-demands-apple-and-google-delete-ai-nudify-apps-from-app-stores/
US judge warns Justice Department about AI use in immigration case
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-warns-justice-department-about-ai-use-immigration-case-2026-07-16/
Anthropic Gears up for IPO by Hiring Key Investor Relations Director
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ipo-hiring-investor-relations-director-2026-7
When AI drives discovery — Patents and drug development
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/when-ai-drives-discovery-patents-drug-development--pracin-2026-07-16/
> CSAM
I don't typically go to the home page of app.1min.ai (I usually go straight to multi-chat). But each time I do, it gets closer and closer to softcore porn.
> 16th-century
>> malaria
It's interesting they could even find the body, let alone disease DNA intact.
One little side note - malaria had declined dramatically before the Black Death as population pressure led to draining swamps and farming marginal lands, which decreases mosquito populations (aside from rice farming).
But when population collapsed, the dikes and dams and drainage channels fell into disrepair. A favorite vacation spot for Petrarch went from a summer retreat for the wealthy to no-mans-land after malaria reasserted itself.
It's easy to forget, BTW, that malaria once plagued Massachusetts.