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SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first built with Cursor's help (engadget.com)

2026-07-09 | by Mariella Moon | tags: coding, cursor, grok

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PSA: Flip these two Instagram toggles now to stop people using your face (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-09 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: image, instagram, meta

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What AI companies want for the millions they're spending on elections (cnbc.com)

2026-07-09 | by Emily Wilkins | tags: action, candidates, group

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Frieve Vinyl Explained – Microscopic stylus/groove physics simulation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: contact, displacement, distortion

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Influencers Are Promoting $50 Straws They Claim Will Protect Against Electromagnetic Radiation (wired.com)

2026-07-09 | by Ej Dickson | tags: frequency, instagram, products

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Meta's new AI feature lets people create images from your Instagram posts - how to opt out (zdnet.com)

2026-07-09 | by Lance Whitney | tags: account, image, images

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The 4 Best Home Air Conditioners to Buy Right Now (wired.com)

2026-07-09 | by Jeremy White | tags: degrees, heat, midea

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This GrapheneOS lapdock turns a Pixel 9 into the laptop Google never made (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: built, creator, design

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Grok 4.5 is here to justify your X subscription (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: build, create, grok

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Postgres rewritten in Rust, now passing 100% of the Postgres regression tests (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: brew, docker, malisper

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What's slowing down the AI buildout (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-09 | by Works In Progress | tags: capacity, demand, electricity

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Graduating without a thesis: meet the people getting ‘practical’ PhDs in China (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-09 | by You | tags: china, engineering, graduation

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We made Grok 4.5, GPT-5.5, and Claude build the same apps (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: claude, claude opus, cube

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Volkswagen is employing 100 sheep at a solar farm in Poland (engadget.com)

2026-07-08 | by Anna Washenko | tags: agriculture, biodiversity, energy

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SpaceX's Grok 4.5 launches at half the price of rivals — here's why that could rattle Anthropic and OpenAI (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: coding, cursor, grok

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New Name, New Grok: SpaceXAI Officially Ties Its Brand to the World’s Most Problematic Chatbot (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: brand, brand world, chatbot

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Google’s deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-08 | by Russell Brandom | tags: google, image, mcconnell

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Emmy Awards 2026: Apple TV just landed a record 89 nominations [Full list] (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-08 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: comedy, drama, outstanding

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Emmy Awards 2026: Apple TV just landed a record 87 nominations [Full list] (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-08 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: comedy, drama, outstanding

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 9, #1124 (cnet.com)

2026-07-08 | by See Full Bio | tags: answers, connections, group

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Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: allegedly, child, csam

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Lawsuit: Grok user made 7K child sex images; xAI only reported one gang rape prompt (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: allegedly, child, csam

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SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an ‘Opus-class model’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-08 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: costs, grok, million

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Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: accc, australia, broadband

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Grok 4.5 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: grok, model, opus

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Meta's new AI tool can generate images of you using your Instagram photos, and you're opted in by default (techspot.com)

2026-07-08 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: image, images, instagram

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He Left TGI Fridays to Run a Small Breakfast Franchise. Now It’s the Biggest in the Country. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-08 | by Jonathan Small | tags: additional, breakfast, chicken

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Show HN: Kastor – Terraform-style specs for AI agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: agent, build, kastor

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced modernizes the fan favorite with revamped combat and visuals (techspot.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: aging, aging foundations, agree

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Got a public Instagram account? Meta will let anyone use your photos for AI content (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: image, instagram, meta