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Tech & AI Daily — Monday, July 6, 2026
Chip stocks staged a massive Monday rebound with SOXL surging +13.16% and VGT up +2.17%, reversing last week's brutal selloff as semiconductor sentiment stabilized ahead of Q2 earnings season. • Sysdig documented 'JadePuffer,' the first fully agentic ransomware operating in the wild — an autonomous AI agent that exploited a server, moved laterally, and encrypted over 1,300 database records without human direction. • OpenAI is slotting a new model tier called GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra directly into its Codex coding agent, signaling rapid iteration and an aggressive push to lead the agentic coding…
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