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- Source: UK robotics startup Humanoid raised $150M in the first tranche of a Series A at a $1.2B pre-money valuation and seeks another $80M-$100M by September (Rocket Drew/The Information) [4d]
- Source: PayPal's board sees Stripe and PE firm Advent International's $53B takeover bid as undervaluing the company and facing regulatory and financing hurdles (Reuters) [4d]
- A New York State school district is piloting a humanoid robot teacher by the company Realbotix to help students with summer school classes (Chase DiBenedetto/Mashable) [4d]
- US Homeland Security says it seized 30k+ SIM cards in June and July in a nationwide operation it claims dismantled infrastructure used in telephone fraud (Lorelei Smillie/Bloomberg) [4d]
- Netflix says roughly 300 titles used generative AI this year, mostly in post-production, "to deliver higher quality output more quickly and at a lower cost" (Emma Roth/The Verge) [4d]
- An NYT reporter finds AI-generated, unauthorized biographies of herself and other journalists on Amazon, where AI-made books with elusive "authors" proliferate (Kashmir Hill/New York Times) [4d]
- Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $12.56B, vs. $12.59B est., and says it will give fewer engagement updates starting in 2027; NFLX drops 7%+ after hours (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC) [4d]
- Kimi-K3 is now #1 on the Frontend Code Arena benchmark, surpassing Claude Fable 5; the model scored 88.3 on Terminal Bench 2.1, only below GPT-5.6 Sol's 88.8 (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat) [4d]
- DoorDash launches a limited beta of DoorDash CLI, which lets users place orders via an AI agent, available by waitlist to macOS developers in the US and Canada (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [4d]
- Google updates its AI video editor Vids with Gemini Omni and a feature that lets users create custom digital avatars using a selfie and voice recording (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [4d]
- Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter AI model that it says rivals Opus 4.8 and GPT 5.5, and plans to release model weights by July 27 (Kimi) [4d]
- After reports of GPT-5.6 deleting files, OpenAI says the issue most often occurs in full-access mode without sandboxing and it is working to mitigate the risk (Tibo/@thsottiaux) [4d]
- Crypto.com raised $400M from Citadel Securities in its first institutional funding round, valuing the Singapore-based crypto exchange at $20B (CoinDesk) [4d]
- Sources: Google is months behind schedule on delivering Gemini 3.5 Pro because the company has been trying to improve its capabilities, particularly in coding (Bloomberg) [4d]
- Beehiiv launches Community, which lets subscribers chat with each other, adds programmatic ads and an AI tool that helps creators manage their audiences (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) [4d]
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- MacBook users are filing off the sharp corners of their laptops for better wrist comfort [4d]
- Ukraine wants combat humanoid robots — but expect Wall-E over Terminator, as simpler, wheeled tech still wins [4d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, July 17 (game #1132) [4d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Friday, July 17 (game #1635) [4d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, July 17 (game #866) [4d]
- This year's Microsoft Excel World Championship was the wildest yet — so who came out on top in the annual spreadsheet super-battle? [4d]
- 'If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place; — quote of the day by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt [4d]
- Belkin’s new gadget is a power bank, night light, and SOS signal all in one [4d]
- China and Russia have a secret 'no limit' pact to eliminate Elon Musk's Starlink at all cost, researchers claim [4d]
- Neo robot hands breakthrough can build LEGOs, unzip jackets, and open a bag of Funyuns — I can't tell if I'm thrilled or terrified [4d]
- AI-powered software could recover 300GW of hidden capacity for the US power grid, enough to power thousands of AI data centers [4d]
- No sleep score, no steps: this Signal smart ring from an ex-Google head is focused on cracking cuffless, calibration-less blood pressure readings [4d]
- China beats Elon Musk’s Neuralink to the world’s first commercial brain-computer interface implant — car crash victim given coin-sized chip that turns neural signals into hand movements [4d]
- Russia to launch Rassvet Starlink rival within days with 318-strong satellite constellation expected by 2028 [4d]
- The Odyssey IMAX 70mm screening prep causes confusion as projectors loaded into theaters spark new fan outrage — as some dub Christopher Nolan's filming choice 'anti-art' [4d]
- Firefox vs Edge: fresh shots fired in browser wars as Mozilla report accuses Microsoft of using 'harmful design' to undermine choice in Windows 11 [4d]
- Suno trained its AI on millions of songs from YouTube Music, Deezer and other sites, new hack reveals — and critics have branded it 'staggering theft' [4d]
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