Daily Digest - July 16, 2026

Chapters

1. 0:00

   Intro

2. 0:24

   xAI open-sources Grok Build after a privacy backlash

   https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/15/grok-build/#atom-everything
3. 1:15

   VS Code moves coding agents into their own process

   https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/16/vs-visual-studio-code-agent-host/
4. 2:03

   Microsoft trains its sales force to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/microsoft-is-reportedly-training-salespeople-to-talk-down-openai-and-anthropic/
5. 2:54

   OpenAI ships a 230 dollar keyboard for Codex

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/amid-hardware-legal-battle-openai-releases-a-230-keyboard-for-codex/
6. 3:48

   Microsoft patches a record 622 vulnerabilities

   https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-record-622-vulnerabilities-including-two-exploited-zero-days/
7. 4:37

   An unpatched Windows zero-day lands on patch day

   https://www.securityweek.com/nightmare-eclipse-drops-legacyhive-windows-zero-day/
8. 5:26

   Eleven signed bootloaders undo Secure Boot

   https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/11-old-microsoft-signed-linux-uefi.html
9. 6:15

   Ransom demands fall, email still gets attackers in

   https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/16/sophos-state-of-ransomware-2026/
10. 7:05

    Nine memory-corruption flaws in the NTFS driver

    https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q3/152
11. 7:51

    Meta will alert parents about teen self-harm chats

    https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/meta-now-alerts-parents-if-their-teen-discussed-suicide-or-self-harm-with-its-ai-chatbot/
12. 8:41

    Sign-off