1. Cloudflare opens Monetization Gateway waitlist for x402 payments on web assets, APIs, and MCP tools - Cloudflare announced a Monetization Gateway waitlist that lets customers charge for web pages, datasets, APIs, and MCP tool calls via x402 payment flows, initially settling in stablecoins.
2. FTC seeks public comment on proposed AI accuracy policy statement - The FTC opened public comment on a proposed policy statement about AI accuracy and concerns that AI companies may manipulate outputs contrary to consumer expectations of objectivity and accuracy.
3. GitHub Models will be fully retired on July 30, 2026 - GitHub announced that GitHub Models will be fully retired on July 30, 2026, including playground, model catalog, inference API, and BYOK endpoints.
4. GitHub adds AI credit session limits to Copilot CLI and SDK - GitHub announced session-level AI credit limits in Copilot CLI and the GitHub Copilot SDK, allowing users to cap how much an agent can spend in one session.
5. GitHub Copilot Vision becomes generally available for image and PDF prompts - GitHub announced Copilot Vision general availability, enabling users to attach images and PDFs to chat prompts so Copilot can reason about visual context alongside code.
6. Kimi K2.7 Code becomes the first open-weight selectable model in GitHub Copilot - GitHub announced Kimi K2.7 Code availability in Copilot as the first open-weight model option in the model picker, rolling out to Pro, Pro+, and Max users first.
7. IRS publishes seasonal and part-time employee tax responsibility tips for businesses - The IRS published Tax Tip 2026-53 explaining tax filing and withholding responsibilities for businesses hiring seasonal or part-time employees during summer.
8. Google Sheets adds full support for importing 3D bar charts from Excel files - Google Workspace announced that Google Sheets now fully supports imported 3D bar charts, including from Microsoft Excel, instead of flattening them into 2D charts.
9. PlayStation announces PS3 and PS Vita Store closure timeline - PlayStation announced PS3 Store closures starting in selected markets in August 2026, broader regional closures later in 2026, and global PS3/PS Vita Store closures in July 2027, while downloads of prior purchases remain available for the foreseeable future.
10. PlayStation says physical disc production for new games will end in January 2028 - PlayStation said physical disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028, while already released or pre-2028 disc-format games are not affected.