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Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected

X plans to send users direct messages when posts they’ve liked, replied to, or reposted receive Community Notes, an update aimed at addressing criticism that the platform’s crowdsourced fact-check...

TechCrunch • Jul 8, 2026 • Sarah Perez
Technology Jul 8, 2026

Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool

The feature can do things like apply cinematic relighting to brighten up a dark clip, swap out a plain background for so...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage

Article URL: https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/statement-regarding-attempted-distribution-sabotage/8997 Comments URL: ht...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers

But the devices could "easily be reflashed."

Technology Jul 8, 2026

TikTok users don't have as much agency over their FYPs as they think

The "not interested" feature is your friend, but users must intentionally and constantly curate...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Grok 4.5

Article URL: https://x.ai/news/grok-4-5 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835111 Points: 82 # Commen...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño

As worries about a growing super El Niño mount, new findings suggest a radical solution to mitigating its impacts.

Technology Jul 8, 2026

America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops out at 19mph

When searching for an affordable electric vehicle these days, there are always tradeoffs. How much range are you willing...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet

When it comes to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models just don’t have what...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Show HN: Microsoft releases Flint, a visualization language for AI agents

Data visualizations are the bridge between user and data.But building AI agents that can generate visualizations reliab...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

PlayStation can delete all your digital games after 3 years of inactivity (EU)

Article URL: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1783340582 Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers

US military drone losses in Iran war spur Pentagon call for cheap replacements. ...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

What Do We Know About the Microplastics Inside Us?

Article URL: https://e360.yale.edu/features/cassandra-rauert-interview Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Cockroaches will learn to fear my SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable

A little robotic switch-flipper has become my sidekick in combating cockroaches. Before I got the SwitchBot Bot Recharge...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space

"The BOHR mission serves as a pathfinder for future nuclear-powered spacecraft." ...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.

Meta is adding a new safeguard to stop people from secretly recording others with its AI glasses. But the update comes a...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?

This week, Microsoft took a huge ax to its Xbox business. The company announced that it would be laying off 1,600 worker...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Twelve South’s AirFly Pro is a great travel companion, and it’s on sale for $40

If you’ve got a summer trip coming up, the last-gen Twelve South AirFly Pro is one of those gadgets that can make ...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

GPT‑Live

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-live/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834405...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations

OpenAI says its new voice mode can speak and listen at the same time, a key ability for live translation.

Technology Jul 8, 2026

ChatGPT’s upgraded voice mode is better at shutting up

OpenAI is overhauling ChatGPT's voice mode with a new model that it says is more like "talking to another person." The n...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules

Article URL: https://cyberinsider.com/eu-now-one-step-away-from-reviving-private-message-scanning-rules/ Comments URL: ...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Google updates Android Bench with new LLMs, but Gemini still lags behind

Android Bench is evolving, and developers can help guide that process.

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical frontier’ startups

Paradigm, the VC firm founded in 2018 to back crypto startups, raised a $1.2 billion Fund III.

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents

The round, led by Radical Ventures, values the two-year old startup at $1 billion.

Technology Jul 8, 2026

SWE-1.7 Reach Near GPT 5.5 and Opus Intelligence

Article URL: https://cognition.com/blog/swe-1-7 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48833866 Points: 5 #...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Biohacker seeking immortality afflicted with incurable 'stomach eating' disease

Article URL: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/biohacker-seeking-immortality-afflicted-with-incurable-stomach-eating-di...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Another massive data breach exposed millions of driver’s license numbers

The cyberattack targeting a U.S. insurance giant is the largest known breach of driver's license numbers so far in 2026.

Technology Jul 8, 2026

TypeScript 7

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates

There are a lot of fast-growing AI startups, but some are growing even faster, they say.