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Today's Docket

The day's tech, heard in order: one long read and 4 quick ones — every entry linked to its source, picked from the 12 stories our tracking scored today.

  1. Policy & Society Google Today's read

    EU tells Google exactly how Android must open to rival AI assistants

    Two binding DMA orders cover 11 features, from wake words to screen context, on deadlines running to August 2028 — and none of it reaches India automatically.

    The Tech Docket · full article

  2. AI Models China Short of the day

    Moonshot's Kimi K3 is the biggest open-weight model yet at 2.8T parameters

    The Beijing lab's July 17 release pairs 2.8 trillion parameters with a 1-million-token context window and placed second overall in one independent ranking.

    Source: TechRepublic

  3. Policy & Society US Short of the day

    San Francisco gives Apple and Google 28 days over AI 'nudify' apps

    City Attorney David Chiu's letters cite California deepfake laws and say both stores kept processing payments for dozens of such apps despite warnings.

    Source: TechCrunch

  4. Chips & Hardware

    LG monitor software lands on Windows PCs without asking first

    A Gamers Nexus investigation found LG's app installer and a McAfee tool arriving via Windows Update; LG had not commented at publication, TechRadar reports.

    Source: TechRadar

  5. Big Tech

    Apple's iOS 27 public beta opens with Siri AI and Liquid Glass tweaks

    The free beta, seeded July 13, brings Siri's web search and cross-app actions plus adjustable Liquid Glass transparency to iPhones that support Apple Intelligence.

    Source: MacRumors

How the docket is made: entries are picked from the 12 stories our tracking scored today across independent source types, then written and checked under the same sourced-claims, no-clickbait rules as our articles — see the editorial policy. The docket is a companion to, never a replacement for, the day's full articles. Previous dockets: July 19, 2026.