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811.

GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: gpt-5.6, convex optimization, lean

812.

Google-Backed Satellites For Wildfire Detection Launch As Smoke Chokes US, Canada (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | tags: firesat, spacex falcon 9, muon space

813.

As Much of the East Coast Is Choking on Wildfire Smoke, Texas Is Drowning in Life-Threatening Floods (futurism.com)

2026-07-18 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: wildfire smoke, texas floods, heat dome

814.

Autonomous micro-drone achieves first air-to-air insect kill on the way 'towards completely eradicating mosquitoes' — 40-gram unit uses car parking sensors, can eliminate insects at up to 26 feet (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-18 | by Mark Tyson | tags: tornyol systems, micro-drone, air-to-air kill

815.

Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents (wired.com)

2026-07-18 | by Dan Goodin | tags: prompt injection, large language models, tracebit

816.

Decrepit Oscar Mayer Hot Dog Factory Is Getting a Major Fusion Reactor Facelift (futurism.com)

2026-07-18 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: fusion reactor, realta fusion, wham experiment

817.

Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-18 | by Connie Loizos | tags: index ventures, neil rimer, figma

818.

Show HN: IKEA Complexity Index (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: ikea, ikea products, complexity index

819.

Astronomers Found the First Atmosphere on a Planet in Another Star’s Habitable Zone (cnet.com)

2026-07-18 | by See Full Bio | tags: exoplanet, lhs 1140b, harvard center for astrophysics

820.

The 6-Step Playbook for Building an AI-Powered Startup Without Burning Through Cash (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-18 | by Kalon Gutierrez | tags: startup, ai index report, lean budgets

821.

Texas wins court order to suspend domain name for violating age-verification law (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: kick online entertainment, verisign, motherless.com

822.

Astronomers Found the First Atmosphere on a Planet in Another Star's Habitable Zone (cnet.com)

2026-07-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: exoplanets, habitable zone, lhs 1140b

823.

Billing Software Error Sends Billion-Dollar AWS Estimates (slashdot.org)

2026-07-17 | tags: aws, billing software, cost explorer

824.

You've Probably Watched One of the 300 Titles on Netflix Produced With AI (cnet.com)

2026-07-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: netflix, artificial intelligence, generative ai

825.

SpaceX stock has cratered nearly 23% since the company joined the Nasdaq-100 (cnbc.com)

2026-07-17 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | tags: spacex, starship, elon musk

826.

Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: firesat, spacex, muon space

827.

How flexible funding can help communities and people thrive (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: philanthropy, flexible funding, grantees

828.

Women and men in the C-suite see 2 different workplaces (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: harvard business review, c-suite, gender gap

829.

Women and men in the C-suite see two different workplaces (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: harvard business review, c-suite, gender gap

830.

SpaceX in Talks to Provide Computing Power for Pentagon’s AI Push (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-17 | tags: spacex, elon musk, pentagon

831.

SpaceX stock drops to a new low and loses $1T in value in a month (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-17 | by Georgia Hennessy | tags: spacex, starship, elon musk

832.

Are You Sick of All the Fake Amazon Brands? Try This Free Browser Extension (cnet.com)

2026-07-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: amazon, browser extension, knockoff

833.

OpenAI tweaks chat access in the ChatGPT app for Mac (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-17 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: openai, chatgpt, codex

834.

OpenAI fixes chat access in the ChatGPT app for Mac (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-17 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: openai, chatgpt, codex

835.

This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-07-17 | by Novid Parsi | tags: nasa mars rovers, first lego league, texas a&m university

836.

SpaceX Has Lost $1 Trillion in Value Since Its Post-IPO Peak (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: spacex, elon musk, post-ipo

837.

SpaceX Eager to Support the Pentagon’s Lethal AI Models (futurism.com)

2026-07-17 | by Frank Landymore | tags: spacex, elon musk, xai

838.

Brex built its AI agent policy by watching what agents actually do, not by writing rules first (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: brex, openclaw, crabtrap

839.

Abbott probes two cyber incidents amid extortion claims (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: abbott laboratories, exact sciences, shinyhunters

840.

Abbott Laboratories probes two cyber incidents amid extortion claims (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: abbott laboratories, shinyhunters, labcentral