Daily Recap: Tech — 10 July 2026

Europe is turning up the heat on Big Tech, with the EU accusing Meta of breaching the Digital Services Act by building Facebook and Instagram around “addictive” defaults like autoplay, infinite scroll and relentless notifications, and pushing for those features to be off unless users opt in. The case, focused especially on risks to children and vulnerable users, could carry hefty fines if upheld. In Britain, regulators are also widening their lens, moving to place cloud giants such as Microsoft and Google under stricter oversight to protect the financial system from outages and cyber disruption. Meanwhile, a very different tech fight is unfolding in court: Apple is suing OpenAI, alleging former Apple employees helped transfer trade secrets tied to hardware development. Together, the day’s stories point to an industry under pressure not just for what it builds, but for how it competes and how deeply its systems shape everyday life.

Top Tech stories

• Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft by former employees (42 sources)
• EU preliminary findings accuse Meta of using “addictive design” on Facebook and Instagram (34 sources)
• Kathy Griffin shares Instagram photo with 22-year-old boyfriend in age-gap romance (8 sources)
• UK to regulate cloud providers like Microsoft and Google to protect financial system (6 sources)
• EU orders Meta to remove “addictive” default design features from Facebook and Instagram (6 sources)
• Tencent in talks to become Manus’ largest shareholder after Meta deal blocked (4 sources)
• OpenAI and Google provide AI models to Singapore units of blacklisted Chinese companies (4 sources)
• EU charges Meta’s Instagram and Facebook over addictive design features, demands changes (4 sources)

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