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OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users
Users can also integrate their personal data from services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.
techcrunch.com
The Download: energy transmission and US threats against Chinese AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags  During a heat wave on July 3, New York State’s grid imported enough electr…
MIT Technology Review
AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing
The Series A was led by Battery Ventures, bringing AegisAI total funding to $49 million.
techcrunch.com
The AI context gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a trust problem, not a retrieval problem — and most are still building the fix
Across 101 enterprises, the infrastructure that feeds AI agents their business context is being built faster than it can be trusted. Retrieval-augmented generation is already the default context source, and provider-native retrieval has quietly overtaken the dedicated vector data…
venturebeat.com
Voicepilled Vibe Coders Are Drooling Over This Touchpad You Control With Your Tongue
Please just let the accessibility devices be for those who need them.
gizmodo.com
The Next ‘Mobile Suit Gundam’ Anime Is Coming From the Mind Behind ‘Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex’
Director Kenji Kamiyama's 'Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO' takes flight in an entirely new mecha timeline in 2027.
gizmodo.com
International tech
The Chinese Dark Horse Filling ChatGPT Blind Spot: Tec-Do Navos 2.0 Agentic Workflow and Tec-Chi Model Master AI-Powered Global Marketing at Scale
Tec-Do Technology partners with OpenAI, launches Navos 2.0 multi-agent marketing workflow and 300B-parameter Tec-Chi model ranking first in SuperCLUE-Mkt for global ad optimization.
pandaily.com
China Chip Etching Breakthrough: Binhua Group Mass Produces 6N Grade High-Purity Hydrogen Fluoride, Breaking Overseas Monopoly on Semiconductor Chemical Etchant
Binhua Group subsidiary Dasheng Core Materials achieves mass production of 6N grade high-purity hydrogen fluoride for sub-28nm chip manufacturing, breaking foreign monopoly on the semiconductor etchant market.
pandaily.com
Fed up with Big Tech, communities turn to data collectives for control
Data collectives and cooperatives, which let creators control the collection and distribution of their data, are emerging as preferred alternatives to big tech companies.
restofworld.org
The generation that grew up with rotary phones, party lines, and having to knock on a neighbour’s door isn’t nostalgic for inconvenience, they remember when reaching another person required just enough effort to make the contact feel intentional
The generation raised on rotary phones and knocked-on doors isn't longing for inconvenience. They're describing something the friction produced: a signal that contact was chosen, not idle — a quality digital life has quietly stripped away.
siliconcanals.com
DeepSeek puts AGI research ahead of products and commercial growth
According to a report by IT Home, DeepSeek, the Chinese AI developer behind the open-source R1 reasoning model, is prioritizing artificial general intelligence (AGI) research over building a consumer platform or maximizing near-term revenue. The report is based on a circulated tr…
technode.com
NCLT Stays BYJU’S Insolvency Bidding Process Till August 31
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has stayed the insolvency bidding process of embattled edtech startup BYJU’S parent Think &…
inc42.com

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Mic Jammer Relies on Ultrasound
Today’s phone microphones are perfectly adept at picking up sound in all sorts of conditions, and they’re backed by all kinds of processing techniques to filter out noise and capture …read more
hackaday.com
Running DOOM on a Custom CPU Built From Scratch
Running DOOM on weird obscure hardware is a fun hacker pastime that’s been around for a long time now. It’s always enjoyable to see someone port it to an egg timer, …read more
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Saving Some Coin With 3D Printed Stencils
One of the extra tools someone might need when working with surface-mount components is a solder paste stencil, which not only simplifies the application of solder paste to a PCB …read more
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Hackaday Europe 2026: Half Quad, Half Blimp: Test. Fly. Survive.
A great many drones out there, whether homebuilt or store-bought, follow the same basic format. Four motors, some kind of controller, and a lithium-polymer battery supplying the juice to keep …read more
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Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI
https://littletech.org/ https://static.politico.com/4a/bf/9c4021d8404386b0a311dcccf0... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49023016 Points: 420 # Comments: 435
politico.com
OpenAI and Anthropic unite against open-weight AI risks to their bottom line
Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/07/22/openai-anthropic-open-models-trump-china Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020868 Points: 255 # Comments: 293
axios.com
A Beginner’s Guide to Clocks, Causality, and Ordering in Distributed Systems
Why does something as simple as reading the time become a hard problem for distributed systems?
bytebytego.com
Inside Roblox’s Bet on World Models
We sat down with Anupam Singh, senior vice president of engineering at Roblox, to hear from him about the world model that Roblox is using to make its multiplayer games look photorealistic, the key insights that have come from taking that approach, and the next big thing that the…
bytebytego.com
AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt
Article URL: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020999 Points: 411 # Comments: 194
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