7.11.26 | Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets, QuadRF detects drones and WiFi through walls, New York City to ban deceptive subscriptions

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 11, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets (01:45) - QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall (03:00) - New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices (04:40) - GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf] (05:56) - Good Tools Are Invisible (07:30) - Late Bronze Age Collapse (09:06) - AI 2040: Plan A (10:33) - The tech of 'Terminator 2' – an oral history (2017) (11:38) - Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows (13:15) - Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015) (14:25) - Outro Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secretshttps://9to5mac.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai-trade-secret-theft/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48865019QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wallhttps://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/quadrf-can-spot-drones-and-see-wifi-through-my-wall/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48861717New York City to ban deceptive subscription practiceshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/new-york-city-deceptive-subscriptions-banhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863464GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/04d1d1e4-bc75-476a-97cf-49055cd98d31/cdc_proof.pdfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863490Good Tools Are Invisiblehttps://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/07/10/good-tools-are-invisible/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48858121Late Bronze Age Collapsehttps://acoup.blog/2026/01/30/collections-the-late-bronze-age-collapse-a-very-brief-introduction/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48858737AI 2040: Plan Ahttps://ai-2040.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48848425The tech of 'Terminator 2' – an oral history (2017)https://vfxblog.com/2017/08/23/the-tech-of-terminator-2-an-oral-history/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48862365Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research showshttps://www.brown.edu/news/2026-07-09/chemical-bonds-relativityhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48866134Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spider-silk-loses-top-spot-natures-strongest-material-snails-teeth-180954346/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48862252