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| Amanda Caswell / Tom's Guide: |
xAI introduces Grok 4, trained on its Colossus supercomputer, with multimodal features, faster reasoning, Grok 4 Voice, Grok 4 Code, a new interface, and more — Deeper thinking and greater reasoning is promised — An hour after the live stream was supposed to start last night (July 9) …
More: The Verge, eWeek, Forbes, iPhone in Canada, Neowin, VentureBeat, Business Insider, PC Gamer, and implicator.ai
Bluesky: @airbagged, @paleofuture, @cmonmaque, @snowden.st, @caseynewton, @joetidy, and @parismarx.com
X: @xai, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @emollick, @gavinsbaker, @simonw, @ramez, @mckaywrigley, @theo, @ns123abc, @natolambert, @elonmusk, @theo, @scaling01, @bookwormengr, @adamscochran, @angaisb_, @nikitabier, @btibor91, @basedtorba, @basedbeffjezos, @powerbottomdad1, @elonmusk, @daniel_mac8, @miles_brundage, @adamscochran, @minimaxir, @emollick, @quantian1, @joshwhiton, @luke_metro, @amuse, @mikeknoop, @basedtorba, @teortaxestex, @creatine_cycle, @shakoistslog, @elonmusk, and @lola_lmao7
Forums: r/ChatGPTCoding, r/singularity, and r/singularity
| @artificialanlys: |
Artificial Analysis benchmarks: Grok 4 is now the leading AI model, a first for xAI; Grok 4's per-token pricing is more expensive than Gemini 2.5 Pro's and o3's — xAI gave us early access to Grok 4 - and the results are in. Grok 4 is now the leading AI model. We have run our full suite of benchmarks and Grok 4 achieves an Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index of 73, ahead of OpenAI o3 at 70, Google Gemini 2.5 Pro at 70, Anthropic Claude [image]
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X: @arcprize, @gregkamradt, @tylercowen, @emollick, @twrobinette, @bearlyai, @kimmonismus, @simonw, @artificialanlys, @artificialanlys, @deedydas, @lemonaut1, @francispsantora, @benhylak, @ns123abc, @pdhsu, @timsweeneyepic, @signulll, @nickadobos, @artificialanlys, @aravsrinivas, @basedbeffjezos, @techleadhd, @sudoraohacker, @scobleizer, @emollick, @minimaxir, @emollick, @altryne, @kettlebelldan, @altryne, @emollick, @emollick, @garymarcus, @elder_plinius, @altryne, @andrewarruda, @emollick, @burkov, @autismcapital, @nearcyan, @garymarcus, @ahmedomar_1993, @apples_jimmy, @apples_jimmy, @apples_jimmy, and @apples_jimmy. LinkedIn: Lenny Murphy
Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Herb Scribner / Axios: |
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Bluesky: @austinjohnson and @quinnypig.com
X: @elonmusk, @grok, @ordinarytings, @elonmusk, @burkov, and @noturtlesoup17
LinkedIn: Pieter Haeck and Jay Buys
Forums: r/singularity, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/grok, and r/Fuckthealtright
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
More: PCMag, TechRadar, The American Bazaar, TESLARATI, Benzinga, WinBuzzer, The Economic Times, Nairametrics, The Indian Express, and Politico
Bluesky: @paulwaldman. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @brianroemmele and @levie. Forums: Hacker News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning M5 MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, a new Mac external monitor, new low-end iPads and M4 iPad Airs, and an iPhone 17e for H1 2026 — Apple Inc. is planning an ambitious pipeline of new products for release during the first half of 2026, including a new low-end iPhone, multiple iPads and upgraded Macs.
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Macworld, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, Neowin, BGR, SlashGear, iDrop News, iClarified, Notebookcheck, Entrepreneur, ZDNET, and iPhone in Canada
X: @tgod34748, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 17 to 19, in connection to the M&S and Co-op hacks that began in mid-April and caused havoc — Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op.
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Bluesky: @grahamcluley.com, @martijngrooten, @ericjgeller.com, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @paulbernal, and @metacurity.com. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
X: @nca_uk, @securestep9, @orangeklaxon, @stokel, @johnhultquist, and @troyhunt. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Bluesky rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with the Online Safety Act; users under 18 or those opting out of verification will get limited access — The UK's Online Safety Act requires platforms with adult content to implement age verification by July 25th.
More: Bluesky, Engadget, and Tech Policy Press
Bluesky: @dell, @ninjafingers, @lamentablyawake, @eidyngray.scot, @threetails, @cathygellis, @thejemster, @hexadecibelle, @dreadships, @pelokwin, @aricohn.com, @tyleraking.com, @james.claims, and @mikestabile
Mastodon: @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io, @pre@boing.world, @bstacey@icosahedron.website, and @Lewie_Kong@retro.pizza
Forums: r/unitedkingdom and r/ukpolitics
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Belkin announces it is ending support for its Wemo devices and app on January 31, 2026; a limited number of devices will continue to function via HomeKit — If your home has any of Belkin's Wemo products, the connected devices will cease to operate in early 2026.
More: Belkin US, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, MacRumors, AppleInsider, PCWorld, How-To Geek, Tom's Guide, and iClarified
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X: @manan, @greengart, @dpstud, and @farringtonb
| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
The EU publishes a voluntary code of practice to help companies follow its AI Act, including requiring developers to provide up-to-date AI feature documentation — The European Union published a code of practice to help companies follow its landmark AI Act that includes copyright protections …
More: European Commission, New York Times, The Register, Ars Technica, European Commission, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, CIO Dive, Financial Times, Tech Xplore, The Indian Express, BusinessLIVE, and WinBuzzer
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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Sources: some AI researchers rejected Meta's offers to stay at jobs that align with their values; far fewer defected from Anthropic and DeepMind than OpenAI — Month after month, message after message, the AI engineer was hearing from Meta recruiters. The recruiters were pestering … | Danielle Broadway / Reuters: |
SAG-AFTRA says Hollywood video game voice and motion capture actors signed a new contract with game studios, including AI protections like consent requirements — Hollywood video game voice and motion capture actors signed a new contract with video game studios on Wednesday with a focus …
More: SAG-AFTRA, Wired, Polygon, Eurogamer.net, Game Developer, Straight Arrow News, New York Times, Destructoid, GamingBolt, KitGuru, Game Rant, Gameranx, Kotaku, GamesIndustry.biz, Decrypt, PocketGamer.biz, Media Play News, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Forums: r/sto, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, and r/PS5
| Brunella Tipismana Urbano / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Indeed and Glassdoor, both owned by Recruit, will cut ~1,300 US jobs amid an AI-focused consolidation; Glassdoor's operations will be merged into Indeed — The cuts will mostly affect people in the US, especially within teams including research and development and people and sustainability …
More: Reuters, CBS News, Business Insider, Engadget, and Austin Business Journal
| Kirk Ogunrinde / Bloomberg: |
Florida AG's office launches an investigation into Robinhood for “falsely promoting” its trading platform as the “least expensive way to purchase crypto” — The Menlo Park, California-based firm is “falsely promoting” its trading platform as the …
More: My Florida Legal, Reuters, Cryptopolitan, Florida Politics, and The Capitolist
X: @sangereatbabies and @agjamesuthmeier
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google adds image-to-video generation to Veo 3 in the Gemini app for Pro and Ultra subscribers, and says users have created 40M+ videos since Veo 3's May launch — Google said on Thursday it's adding an image-to-video generation feature to its Veo 3 AI video generator through its Gemini app.
More: Ars Technica, ZDNET, Washington Post, MobileSyrup, Android Central, The Verge, Android Faithful, Android Authority, CNET, Axios, Yahoo Finance, BGR, WinBuzzer, and The Decoder
Bluesky: @spavel and @jasonhowell
X: @joshwoodward, @theaustinlyons, and @sundarpichai
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act requires all new US border surveillance towers to be “autonomous”, effectively granting Anduril a monopoly on tower contracts — Anduril Industries is a major beneficiary of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes a section that essentially grants …
More: Gizmodo, Sludge, and Sherwood News
Bluesky: @capitolhunters, @stedeco.re, @cheatlines.co, @capitolhunters, @jesspish, @mmasnick, @eff.org, and @sambiddle.com. Mastodon: @Kierkegaanks@beige.party
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A researcher says 245 extensions with nearly 909K downloads override security protections to turn browsers into engines that scrape websites for a paid service — Extensions installed on almost 1 million devices have been overriding key security protections to turn browsers into engines …
More: Secure Annex, implicator.ai, PCWorld, The US Sun, ISPreview UK, Mellowtel on GitHub, Risky Business, and CyberInsider
Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: |
LGND, which uses vector embeddings to analyze geospatial data and has an enterprise app to query it, raised a $9M seed led by Javelin Venture Partners — The Earth is awash in data about itself. Every day, satellites capture around 100 terabytes of imagery. — But making sense of it isn't always easy.| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans, raised a $100M Series B at a $875M valuation — Harmonic AI, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Robinhood Markets Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev … | Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Sources: AWS is launching a marketplace for AI agents, with Anthropic as one of its partners, at the AWS Summit in NYC next week — Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching an AI agent marketplace next week and Anthropic is one of its partners, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
More: Financial Times and CSO
| Will Knight / Wired: |
The Allen Institute for AI launches FlexOlmo, an LLM architecture that lets data owners remove their data from an AI model even after it was used for training — A novel approach from the Allen Institute for AI enables data to be removed from an artificial intelligence model even after it has already been used for training.| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
iCapital, which makes tools for wealth managers to invest in alternative assets, raised $820M+ at a $7.5B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $1.5B+ — iCapital, a fintech platform for alternative investments and investors, has raised more than $820 million in a funding round that takes …
More: FinSMEs, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance, iCapital, Reuters, and VC News Daily. Bluesky: @chicagomike
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The US Senate confirms Jonathan Gould to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Gould was previously the chief legal officer at Bitfury — - Jonathan Gould was previously chief legal officer at Bitfury and, before that, was senior deputy comptroller and chief counsel at the OCC.
More: Decrypt, Bloomberg Law, PYMNTS.com, Cointelegraph, and CoinDesk
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
YouTube will remove its Trending page and Trending Now list in favor of category-specific charts, says it better aligns with the way content is discovered now — YouTube is removing its Trending page and Trending Now list in favor of category-specific charts, the company announced on Thursday.| Laila Kearney / Reuters: |
Electricity bills are projected to rise 20%+ in parts of PJM Interconnection's 13-state territory as the largest US power grid is under strain from data centers — America's largest power grid is under strain as data centers and AI chatbots consume power faster than new plants can be built.
More: The Register, Power Technology, Engadget, and POWER Magazine
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