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In January, YouTuber Jon Prosser began showing off early renderings of Apple’s iOS 26 on his channel, FrontPageTech. First was a redesigned camera rendering. In March, he teased Apple’s “liquid glass” redesign, before giving a more thorough look in April.In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Apple says Prosser’s leaks were ill-begotten. Apple sued Prosser and another man, Michael Ramacciotti, for misappropriation of trade secrets.Prosser denied Apple’s recounting of the events in an X post.In the lawsuit, Apple says it received an anonymous tip linking Prosser’s leaks to Ethan Lipnik, a software engineer at Apple from 2023-2025. Apple said it received the…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Signature shoes are ready for their share of the Indianapolis spotlight at All-Star weekend.Bright orange All-Star editions of Sabrina Ionescu’s and A’ja Wilson’s newest sneakers dropped into their eager fans’ hands Friday, joining the now legions of WNBA signature shoes on courts across the league.It’s the latest installation in a busy boom for WNBA signature sneakers. In the past three years, Breanna Stewart, Ionescu, and Wilson have all released signature shoes, with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese signatures in the works. In this photo provided by Nike in July 2025, Issa Rae, left, and WNBA player A’ja…

Over 140 passengers and crew members aboard a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship were sickened by a gastrointestinal illness that led to vomiting and diarrhea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The outbreak happened on the Navigator of the Seas ship during its July 4 to 11 voyage, the CDC said. The ship sailed from Los Angeles to a few stops in Mexico, including Cabo San Lucas, and back again, according to Gangwaze, which tracks cruise routes.The outbreak was reported on July 11 to the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program, which works to prevent and control the spread of…

AI hasn’t yet killed the coding star.On Wednesday, a programmer from Poland, Przemysław Dębiak, beat an OpenAI tool at the AtCoder World Tour Finals 2025 Heuristic Contest in Tokyo, which is sponsored by the company.”I was so tired. I actually felt at some point that I should take a break,” Dębiak, who competed under the name “Psyho,” told Business Insider over a video call on Friday.”But at the same time, I was very close to getting a score comparable to the model,” he added.That pushed him to dig deep, using “all the remaining energy” to beat the AI. “I’m trying…

Defense attorneys for alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione say prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney’s office are violating his health privacy rights by accessing confidential medical information, according to a court filing Thursday seeking a hearing and sanctions.”The District Attorney has subpoenaed Mr Mangione’s health insurer, and, if their account is to be believed, they partially reviewed confidential, private, protected documents that the District Attorney readily admits are protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. There is no question that the District Attorney has no right to possess or review these documents,” the filing said.MORE: Prosecutors trying…

OpenAI’s former chief technology officer, Mira Murati, just raised one of the largest seed rounds in history. Murati secured $2 billion in that seed round for Thinking Machines Lab — a startup so early, it hasn’t even revealed what it’s working on yet. The move is raising eyebrows across Silicon Valley, and it’s only the latest in a wave of top researchers splintering off from OpenAI to chase their own AI moonshots. Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Rebecca Bellan and Anthony Ha break down what’s fueling the OpenAI talent shuffle, investor enthusiasm, and a former employee’s behind-the-scenes…

Meta has refused to sign the European Union’s code of practice for its AI Act, weeks before the bloc’s rules for providers of general-purpose AI models take effect. “Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI,” wrote Meta’s chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan in a post on LinkedIn. “We have carefully reviewed the European Commission’s Code of Practice for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models and Meta won’t be signing it. This Code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act.” The EU’s code of…

Better late than never.Warner Bros. Discovery is preparing to roll out A/B testing on HBO Max photo thumbnails for the first time, two employees familiar with the project told Business Insider. A company spokesperson confirmed the effort.The project, which one employee nicknamed the “multi-armed bandit,” will randomly display one of several different thumbnails — the small preview images you see for a TV show or movie before you click — for each HBO Max title. After the tests, the system will show all users the thumbnail that drives the most engagement.The rollout shows how WBD’s flagship streamer is playing catch-up…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.President Donald Trump’s administration on July 1 withheld more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, adult literacy and English language instruction, as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities. In a letter sent Wednesday, Republican senators said the withheld money supported programs that had longstanding bipartisan support and were critical…

Over 140 passengers and crew members aboard a Royal Caribbean International ship have been sickened by an unidentified illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program said Wednesday.The ship, the Navigator of the Seas, was on a weeklong, round-trip cruise that departed from Los Angeles on July 4. The ship made three stops in Mexico, according to ship tracking site CruiseMapper, then returned to Los Angeles on July 11, which is when the outbreak was reported to the CDC.Of the ship’s 3,914 passengers, 134 reported being ill during the trip. Seven crew members out of 1,266 reported…