> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://adjacent.media/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Apple-OpenAI Divorce, Documented, Brussels Is Having a Moment, Elsewhere in Business - URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-07-13-am/ - Published: 2026-07-13T10:07:18.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-13T10:07:18.000Z - Description: The Apple-OpenAI lawsuit keeps pulling threads — trade secrets, poached engineers, hardware ambitions, and a relationship that apparently curdled in real time. The EU is also having a productive week telling American tech companies what they’re doing wrong. - Author: Jonathan Greene - Tags: #scan-am, #scan The Apple-OpenAI lawsuit keeps pulling threads — trade secrets, poached engineers, hardware ambitions, and a relationship that apparently curdled in real time. The EU is also having a productive week telling American tech companies what they're doing wrong. Monday energy: litigious with a side of Brussels. > **"We have no interest in other companies' secrets."** — \*OpenAI's public response to Apple's lawsuit, via MacRumors\*. --- ### Machines & Minds #### [Apple Sues OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets](https://www.theverge.com/tech/964350/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets?ref=adjacent.media) Apple's complaint centers on engineers who allegedly walked out with proprietary hardware knowledge — the kind that could shortcut OpenAI's device ambitions by years. *(The Verge)* #### [The 'LOL' Moment That Set Off Apple's Legal Fight](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-11/openai-engineer-s-lol-moment-set-stage-for-legal-fight-with-apple?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4Mzc3OTcwMCwiZXhwIjoxNzg0Mzg0NTAwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSFpEVUhLR0lGUEMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNEVEQ0FFMUZBMDU0MEJFQTI0QTlGMjExQzFFOTA4MCJ9.lF9LVTMyaJOToYhpwph5JjsSJEjdBGXLbenBKQdpHhc&leadSource=uverify%20wall&ref=adjacent.media) (paywall) Gurman traces the breakdown to a strained dynamic between OpenAI hardware chief Tang Tan and his former Apple boss John Ternus — a personnel soap opera with nine-figure legal consequences. *(Bloomberg)* #### [OpenAI's Hardware Aspirations Could Be Sidetracked for Years](https://spyglass.org/apple-vs-openai/?ref=adjacent.media) M.G. Siegler's read: the lawsuit could functionally freeze OpenAI's device roadmap at exactly the wrong moment. *(Spyglass)* #### [OpenAI Responds After Being Sued](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/11/openai-responds-after-apple-lawsuit/?ref=adjacent.media) OpenAI's statement — "we have no interest in other companies' secrets" — is the kind of denial that will get workshopped heavily in discovery. *(MacRumors)* ### Connected World #### [The EU Says Autoplay and Infinite Scroll Are Illegal](https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-meta-addictive-design-dsa-findings-instagram-facebook?ref=adjacent.media) The European Commission's preliminary DSA findings against Meta are the most direct regulatory challenge yet to engagement-maximizing design — Meta now has a window to respond before formal action. *(The Next Web)* #### [EU Plans New Digital Rules to Protect Consumers from Online Spending Traps](https://www.ft.com/content/25640be5-a5bd-4548-81f9-bd0e16f87f35?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall) Dark patterns, surprise subscriptions, and frictionless upsells are in the crosshairs — new proposals expected before year-end. *(Financial Times)* #### [Google Pushes Back on European Piracy-Blocking Proposals](https://torrentfreak.com/google-opposes-site-blocking-in-europe-as-u-s-piracy-blocking-plans-gain-momentum/?ref=adjacent.media) Google's filing argues that DNS- and IP-level blocking is both ineffective and a threat to legitimate infrastructure — a fight worth watching as similar proposals gain traction in the US. *(TorrentFreak)* ### Connected World #### [OpenAI Folds Safety Into Research — and Its Safety Head Is Leaving](https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-heidecke-safety-head-leaving-research-merger?ref=adjacent.media) Johannes Heidecke's departure follows a restructuring that formally merges safety and research — a move critics will read as a demotion of the function rather than an integration. *(The Next Web)* #### [Bending Spoons Got 800,000 Job Applications Last Year — and Hired 286 People](https://www.wsj.com/business/bending-spoons-jobs-hiring-stock-eaed2b8e?st=eQLAmQ&reflink=desktopwebshare%5Fpermalink&ref=adjacent.media) (paywall) The company behind Vimeo, AOL, and Evernote runs one of the most selective hiring filters in tech — a 0.036% acceptance rate that makes Y Combinator look generous. *(Wall Street Journal)* #### ['Michael' Crosses $1 Billion at the Box Office](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/business/media/michael-movie-lionsgate.html?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall) Lionsgate bet on a project the major studios passed on, and it's now a genuine blockbuster — a reminder that "too risky" is sometimes just "too unfamiliar." *(NYT)* #### [Apple's Tariff Exemption May Have Required an Intel Chip Deal](https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/11/apples-100-tariff-exemption-may-have-been-helped-by-intel-supply-deal?ref=adjacent.media) The reported quid pro quo — Intel production contracts in exchange for White House tariff relief — adds a transactional layer to Apple's trade policy wins that will raise eyebrows in Cupertino and on Capitol Hill. *(AppleInsider)* #### Free Waymo Rides in California? Blame a Regulatory Quirk A state agency delay means Waymo's new Ojai vehicle may have to keep running fare-free for a few more months — an accidental consumer win tucked inside a permitting gap. *(WIRED)* #### [White House Taps the 'Aliens' Guy to Run Its UFO Advisory Council](https://www.theverge.com/science/964478/white-house-avi-loeb-aliens-uap-council?ref=adjacent.media) Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb — known for his enthusiastic extraterrestrial hypotheses — will now head the UAP Science Advisory Council, which is either inspired or exactly what it sounds like. *(The Verge)*