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Smart glasses without a camera? Even Realities bets productivity beats recording everyone
The glasses are targeted at people who might be constantly in meetings, giving presentations, and traveling to countries where different languages are spoken.
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Forget typosquatting; slopsquatting is the software supply chain threat created by AI coding tools
Slopsquatting represents an emerging supply chain threat made possible by AI hallucinations. As developers increasingly rely on AI coding assistants, they unknowingly grant cybercriminals access to their software from day one.  Understanding what slopsquatting is Slopsquatting is…
venturebeat.com
‘No Interest’
Drew Pusateri, director of communications at OpenAI, on Twitter/X (or XCancel): Our statement in response to this suit: We have no interest in other companies’ trade secrets. We remain focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere. Let’s say I think yo…
x.com
This ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Concept Art Assembles the Teams
It's not an 'Avengers' movie if there's not a splashy art featuring the main cast, so it's time for 'Avengers: Doomsday' to get one.
gizmodo.com
John Ternus Calls Sam Altman
“Yeah, who’s this?” “You know who this is.” “Yes I do, yes I do. I sent a guy to deliver the package ... he didn’t call. Is everything alright?” “Tell you what. Forget the money.”  ★
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Gurman on Tang Tan and Paul Meade
Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg (paywalled, alas): Apple was quickly alarmed by OpenAI’s recruiting drive, which included poaching senior hardware and design leaders and ravaging several teams across its engineering organizations. The practice continued as recently as June, …
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International tech
For most of history people met their partners through family, church or friends; now, the most common way American couples meet is online — algorithms displacing the matchmaker once played by family and friends
For most of the twentieth century, finding a partner in America was a community project. Family made introductions. Church socials, neighbourhood gatherings, and the friend who knew someone worth meeting did the quiet work of pairing people off. That arrangement held for most of …
siliconcanals.com
The American dream can be put in a number, and that number has halved: 9 in 10 children born in 1940 grew up to out-earn their parents; for those born in the 1980s it is now about 1 in 2 — barely a coin toss
About 90 percent of American children born in 1940 grew up to earn more than their parents did at the same age. For children born in the 1980s, that share dropped to roughly 50 percent. That is the finding at the centre of The Fading American Dream, published in December 2016 by …
siliconcanals.com
WhatsApp’s Username Feature: Govt Mulls Uniform Social Media Rules
Amid the ongoing row over WhatsApp’s username feature, the IT ministry (MeitY) is reportedly formulating uniform standards for messaging platforms…
inc42.com
Kimi Launches AI-Native Credit Card: Moonshot AI Partners With Agricultural Bank of China and American Express
Moonshot AI Kimi issues the world first AI-native credit card with Agricultural Bank of China and American Express, linking membership tiers to card levels and offering token-based rewards.
pandaily.com
Drones Break the Rules to Lift People: The Trillion-Yuan Low-Altitude Economy Behind China Flood Rescues
Chinese heavy-lift drones rescue flood victims in Guangxi by airlifting people, breaking normal safety protocols and revealing the trillion-yuan low-altitude economy industrial capacity.
pandaily.com
ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Pro Hands-On: Three Directions, 10 Scenarios Tested
A comprehensive test of ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Pro across realism, complex visualization, and design reveals impressive gains in infographic generation and UI mockups.
pandaily.com

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LAST CALL FOR ENROLLMENT: Become an AI Engineer - Cohort 7
Our 7th cohort of Becoming an AI Engineer starts tomorrow, Saturday, July 11. This is a live, cohort-based course created in collaboration with best-selling author Ali Aminian and published by ByteByteGo.
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Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48865019 Points: 1532 # Comments: 863
9to5mac.com
An update on residential proxies and the scraper situation
Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1080822/990a8a5e2d379085/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48864252 Points: 320 # Comments: 312
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To Build More Believable Bots, Simulate The Neurochemistry
Giving machines the ability to communicate nonverbally has real value, and [Drew Smith] clearly thinks your robot deserves better than an emoji. He shared a very interesting approach with his …read more
hackaday.com
A Look Inside a 1997 BBC Ceefax Generator
Ceefax was the BBC’s broadcast teletext service that ran until 2012, providing text and rudimentary graphics that were broadcast invisibly with the TV signal. In order to get this teletext …read more
hackaday.com
GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]
https://x.com/__eknight__/status/2075643450196971805, https://xcancel.com/__eknight__/status/2075643450196971805 Prompt: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/04d1d1e4-bc75-476a-97cf-49055cd98... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863490 Points: 506 # Comments: 418
cdn.openai.com
Streaming vs Batch: Two Philosophies of Data Processing
When is the data complete enough to be moved to the compute stage?
bytebytego.com
How the terrorist group Boko Haram uses frontier AI
Article URL: https://casp.ac/reports/ai-enabled-terrorism Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863707 Points: 225 # Comments: 191
casp.ac
Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aei1285 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48866134 Points: 373 # Comments: 167
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