The day in tech.

Vendelux, a New York-based provider of an AI-powered intelligence platform for B2B event marketing, raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Tribeca Venture Partners. The round brings total funding to $71 million and includes participation from S3, Pelion Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, FirstMark, and Cervin Ventures. The company plans to invest in AI technology and develop new products.

Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and two former employees, accusing them of stealing trade secrets. The legal action centers on allegations that the defendants misappropriated confidential information from Apple.

A woman was filmed sleeping behind the wheel of a Tesla Model Y traveling at 62 mph on the Trans-Canada Highway with two children in the back seats. The driver's sunglasses likely fooled the vehicle's driver-monitoring system. The B.C. Highway Patrol warned of potential criminal charges for dangerous operation.

The European Union delayed fish import controls for the United States after stranded pollock prompted the regulatory change. The delay addresses complications arising from the stranded fish situation affecting trade procedures between the regions.

Quantum computing's progress faces a challenge known as the Schrödinger's cat bounce, a phenomenon that can disrupt qubit stability and error correction. This effect introduces unpredictable noise into quantum systems, complicating the path toward reliable, large-scale quantum processors.

The UK public sector hired 'innovators and disrupters' to bring artificial intelligence into government operations. These new roles aim to integrate AI across public services and administrative functions. The initiative focuses on modernizing government technology through external expertise.

Hard-line activists are intensifying efforts against artificial intelligence development. The Wall Street Journal reports these groups are preparing for conflict over AI's societal impacts. The activists aim to challenge major tech companies advancing AI technologies.

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor and Blockstream CEO Adam Back oppose BIP-110, a proposed temporary Bitcoin fork to limit Ordinals inscriptions. Saylor warned the fork could invalidate ordinary transactions. Back called it a quest to police others. Only 1% of blocks supported BIP-110 in the last period.

Firefox captured 12.58% of the desktop browser market in North America during June 2026, according to Statcounter Global Stats. The data reflects usage across the region for that month.

An AI agent loop was implemented in 8 lines of Common Lisp using recursion instead of a while loop. The full agent runs in about 100 lines with SBCL, dexador, and shasht. Lisp's homoiconicity lets the model write and eval its own code, including building a Brave Search tool at runtime.