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What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit

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

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…

RIP Joe Caldwell, ‘Dark Shadows’ Writer and Barnabas’ Co-Creator

Caldwell and co-writer Ron Sproat are why 'Dark Shadows' endure to this day and will get an upcoming animated TV series.

How Much Coffee Is Too Much? Heart Experts Have a New Answer

The American Heart Association has issued a new report on the link between caffeine and cardiovascular disease.

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.

Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.

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China’s daily AI token calls reach 140 trillion, up more than 1,000-fold since early 2024

China’s daily AI token calls reached 140 trillion by March 2026, up more than 1,000-fold from roughly 100 billion in early 2024, according to figures cited by China Academy of Information and Communications Technology deputy head Wei Liang in a CCTV Finance program preview publis…

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…

Kimi K3 Investment Research Capability Benchmarked: Moonshot AI Top Model Now Powers AlphaEngine With First-Tier IRB Scores

AlphaEngine tests Kimi K3 on proprietary IRB investment research benchmark: K3 beats GPT-5.5 and OPUS-4.8 in temporal judgment, evidence boundary control, and premise correction, already deployed on platform.

Yimu Tech raises over RMB1 billion for robot tactile sensing and production

Yimu Tech, a Chinese developer of tactile sensing hardware and software for embodied-intelligence systems, has completed a Series E financing round of more than RMB1 billion, bringing its valuation above RMB10 billion. The financing was jointly backed by multiple leading RMB fund…

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…

Skyroot Scripts History, Weekly Funding Rundown & More

Skyroot’s Historic Lift-Off Skyroot Aerospace has become the first Indian private company to place a rocket into orbit. The successful…

Tokenmaxxing Didn’t Die. It Mutated

Frontier models only is the latest expression of true AI belief.

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

"Everybody knows the Greeks are inside."

AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring

The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to question whether AI will judge you fairly. Researchers already know that LLMs pick up human biases from their training data. New research suggests that LLMs can also …

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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

AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy

Article URL: https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-advice-suppresses-critical-thinking-wrong-answers-study Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48971738 Points: 338 # Comments: 189

Orion Browser by Kagi

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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

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: 389 # Comments: 228

Could Reticulum Power a Post-Internet Network?

These days, it is easy to think you always have access to the Internet. But some wonder if — in spite of its ARPANET, nuclear-war-planning heritage — you can actually …read more

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

The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired

Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Last-MPEG-4-Patent-Expired Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48969635 Points: 208 # Comments: 59