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Daily Digest - July 21, 2026
A landmark $1.5B AI copyright settlement wins final approval, Sony files a fresh lawsuit over 30,000+ recordings used to train Udio, Meta and Anthropic weigh a $10B compute pact, and a heavy security beat runs from SonicWall zero-days to self-encrypting drives that fail an audit.
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Intro
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Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement approved
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/anthropics-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved/ -
Meta and Anthropic's $10B compute talks
https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-meta-10-billion-compute-deal-talks -
Google's new Gemini efficiency chip
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/google-is-working-on-a-new-ai-chip-designed-to-make-gemini-more-efficient/ -
Qwen-Image 3.0 ships closed
https://www.unite.ai/alibaba-launches-qwen-image-3-0-without-benchmarks-or-weights/ -
AI agents are logging in as humans
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/report-enterprise-ai-identity-risk/ -
SonicWall zero-days exploited for weeks
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/sonicwall-sma-zero-days-exploited-cve-2026-15409-cve-2026-15410/ -
Estée Lauder breach via Oracle EBS
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/estee-lauder-data-breach-oracle-ebs/ -
Self-encrypting drives fail an audit
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/21/hdd-self-encrypting-drive-security/ -
Gritt's robots for solar construction
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/gritt-exits-stealth-with-34-million-for-robots-to-build-solar-plants-then-everything-else/ -
Sign-off
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