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Synthetic-user startup Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation 5 months after $100M Series A (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Julie Bort | tags: simile, index ventures, greenoaks

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Snap will finally show what its $2.2K AR Specs can really do (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: snap, specs, ar glasses

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OpenAI cuts prices for two of its GPT-5.6 AI models as companies grow sensitive to costs (cnbc.com)

2026-07-30 | by Ashley Capoot | tags: openai, gpt-5.6, terra

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AI Will Make a Perfect CEO One Day (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: openai, chatbot, ceo

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OpenAI makes two GPT-5.6 models cheaper, expanding usage in ChatGPT (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-30 | by Zac Hall | tags: openai, gpt-5.6, chatgpt

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Advancing the price-performance frontier with GPT‑5.6 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: gpt-5.6, price-performance, ai models

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Here’s how Samsung’s ‘creaseless’ screens hold up after breaking them in for a week (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: samsung, galaxy z fold 8, creaseless display

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I compared these popular sleep earbuds to my Oura Ring 5 - the results surprised me (zdnet.com)

2026-07-30 | by Nina Raemont | tags: ozlo sleepbuds, oura ring, sony

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LinkedIn is testing a 'seems like AI slop' reporting tool (engadget.com)

2026-07-30 | by Karissa Bell | tags: linkedin, ai slop, linkedin reporting tool

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Rise Reforming (YC S26) Is Hiring (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: rise reforming, syngas-to-methanol, pilot chemical plant

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You Got What You Wanted, But Success Doesn’t Feel Like You Thought It Would. This Ancient Greek Paradox Reveals Why. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-30 | by Saahil Mehta | tags: ship of theseus, entrepreneur, greek paradox

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The loss of Situational Awareness (theverge.com)

2026-07-30 | by Elizabeth Lopatto | tags: situational awareness, openai, citadel

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How a Self-Published Vampire Romantasy Novel Took Over BookTok — and Made Its Author a No.1 Bestseller (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-30 | by Dan Bova | tags: romantasy, carissa broadbent, booktok

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Hush Security says the AI security problem has shifted from protecting models to governing identities as autonomous agents spread (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: hush security, ai security, akamai technologies

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Flock’s Surveillance Cameras May Finally Have a Weak Point: The Poles Holding Them Up (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: flock, surveillance cameras, license plate readers

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Shanghai Aishengna named as the maker of China's first domestic immersion DUV chipmaking tools — first viable domestic 7nm-capable scanner to be completed by 2038 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Luke James | tags: aishengna, immersion duv, smic

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This AI Assistant Won’t Make Him a Good Boyfriend. But It Might Help You Believe He Is (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: ai assistant, boyfriend, belief

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Okta buys AI security startup Permiso — source says for about $200M (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: okta, permiso, ai security

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Okta buys AI security startup Permiso; source says for about $200M (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: okta, permiso security, ai identities

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Amazon accidentally spent $1.8 million using Claude for menial coding task, went 860% over budget —'catastrophically expensive' coding blunders discovered in internal Amazon AI usage metrics (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jowi Morales | tags: amazon, claude, ai overspend

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OpenAI's rogue agent didn't stop at Hugging Face - here's what we know (zdnet.com)

2026-07-30 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: openai, hugging face, modal labs

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Trump visits General Motors plant, touting ‘amazing’ tariffs, but even some of his supporters are worried (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: general motors, tariffs, michigan

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Trump visits General Motors plant, touting ‘amazing’ tariffs, but even some of this supporters are worried (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: general motors, tariffs, michigan

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The AI industry is rallying around open models. Is it more than talk? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: open models, ai decoded, fast company

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Wild Footage Shows Man Blocking Flock Camera With Comically Gigantic Protest Sign (futurism.com)

2026-07-30 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance cameras

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When will fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems go public? (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Tim De Chant | tags: fusion power, commonwealth fusion systems, lorence kim

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Need a compact charger for phone, tablet, and laptop? The UGREEN Nexode 65W is $24.99 today (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: ugreen, nexode 65w, gan charger

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The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Boone Ashworth | tags: friend ai pendant, openai models, friend ceo avi schiffmann

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Solving poker in custom WebGPU kernels (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: webgpu, poker, tensor library

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Google Voice paid subscriptions offer more than just a phone number (engadget.com)

2026-07-30 | by Christine Persaud | tags: google voice, google ai, google meet