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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - July 13, 2026
Apple takes its AI rivalry with OpenAI to federal court, filing a sweeping trade-secrets lawsuit alleging the ChatGPT maker coached departing Apple employees to bring hardware secrets—and actual parts—to interviews. Meanwhile Apple's own stock caps a $650 billion rally as traders flee the AI trade, a Korean AI rout drags SK Hynix's new ADRs lower in their second session, and the Fed stands up its first task force on AI's economic impact with Marc Andreessen as co-lead. On the positioning side, EASA updates its GNSS jamming and spoofing guidance as incidents grow in severity and sophistication, and Iridium closes its acquisition of Aireon, uniting the space-based ADS-B network with its satellite timing and navigation ambitions.
Iridium Buys Aireon: One Constellation, the Whole Aviation Safety Stack
A $367M deal closes the loop on space-based ADS-B—and signals where Iridium is taking aviation safety, PNT, and IoT next. An explainer for GNSS and aviation pros.