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Apple Has Reportedly Started Recording and AI-Summarizing Conversations at the Genius Bar

It's limited in scope; it's opt-in; and managers don't get to see the summaries. Employees are still nervous.

9to5Mac Uncovers Dozens of Disguised Gambling Apps on the App Store in Brazil

9to5Mac: Brazilian users browsing the App Store rankings in categories such as Navigation, Travel, and Weather have noticed a growing number of poorly made games appearing among the top results, many of them featuring AI-generated illustrations of animals as their app icons. As i…

The Animation Industry Still Hopes for Hollywood’s Full Respect

What needs to be done for Hollywood to quit holding animation at arm's length? Industry veterans have some ideas.

Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup

Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by Ben Affleck.

What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit

Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan's entire tech ecosystem.

‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’

"Everybody knows the Greeks are inside."

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Bilibili showcases N.E.K.O., an AI companion that can interpret desktop content and initiate conversations

Bilibili showcased its open-source “Catgirl Plan” AI digital-life ecosystem at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai on July 18. Its core product, Project N.E.K.O., is a proactive multimodal AI companion that can continuously observe a computer environment, interpret desktop content and initiate…

The adults who stay genuinely happy in their 70s and 80s aren’t the ones with the most family nearby — they’re the ones with at least one relationship in which they’re still allowed to be fully honest

Decades of research on aging reveal an uncomfortable truth: family proximity matters far less than having one person who won't ask you to perform a version of yourself.

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Kimi K3 overwhelms capacity just days after launch, suspends new consumer subscriptions

Moonshot AI has temporarily suspended new consumer subscriptions for Kimi after demand for its newly launched Kimi K3 model exceeded expectations and pushed its compute infrastructure close to its limits. In a statement titled To Kimi Users: An Update on Compute Capacity Constrai…

China develops more than 400 humanoid robot products, accounting for over half of the global total

China has developed more than 400 humanoid robot products, accounting for more than half of the global total, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on July 20. The ministry also said Chinese quadruped robots accounted for close to 70% o…

How Chinese tech giants from Ant to Tencent use AI agents to win over enterprise clients

Chinese tech giants are doubling down on enterprise artificial intelligence agents with new products unveiled at the country’s top AI summit, signalling heightened domestic rivalry to win over business clients as agent-based AI adoption accelerates. At the four-day World Artifici…

Alibaba Qwen3.8 Open Sources 2.4 Trillion Parameters: Claiming Strongest Model After Fable 5 as Chinese Open-Source Models Surge

Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Max with 2.4T parameters under open-source license, claiming second only to Fable 5, as four Chinese model labs launch trillion-parameter open models within one month.

TechCrunch Mobility: The battle over robotaxi rules

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

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Watch a Mad Scientist YouTuber Make Lightning in a Bottle From Mercury and Neon

Yes, of course it's Styropyro.

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What is the value of one hour of a startup founder's time?

Startup founders undervalue their time. Here's why you should act like it's $1000/hr, and how it changes the decisions you make.

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Pong-like Cabinet for Classic Dinosaur Jumper

Back when Google ran a functional search engine, there used to be all kinds of quirky, fun antics hidden in their products. From Easter eggs in certain search results, to …read more

Recycling Laptops and iMacs Makes PC Building Fun and Affordable Again

Building a PC used to be a fun adventure — what’s the latest, what’s the greatest, what can I afford? Well, that last question seems to have taken over and …read more

Hackaday Links: July 19, 2026

We’ll start this week off by giving our congratulations to Skyroot Aerospace of India for successfully launching the country’s first privately developed orbital rocket yesterday. The company’s Vikram-1 booster stands …read more

Claude Fable produced a counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture

Article URL: https://xcancel.com/__alpoge__/status/2079028340955197566 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48973869 Points: 220 # Comments: 118

Moonshot AI suspends new subscriptions due to Kimi K3 demand

Article URL: https://twitter.com/kimi_moonshot/status/2078855608565207130 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48969291 Points: 247 # Comments: 103

Seven Ways to Install Magnets Into Your 3D Prints

Magnets are awesome, so it’s no wonder we love to add them to our 3D prints. Doing so in a way that will actually last is harder, with thermal creep …read more

Automated Pressure Advance Using a Bed-Leveling Sensor

One of the most crucial aspects of FDM 3D printing is ensuring sufficient material is extruded. Determining the right flow rate can be done manually, but some printers these days …read more

MCP vs A2A vs ACP: How AI Agents Actually Talk to Each Other

Agents are capable on their own. Combined with tools and other agents, their capabilities compound.