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Grok's website and app are being used to produce extremely graphic, sometimes violent, sexual imagery of adults that is far more explicit than images on X (Wired)
2026-01-08 05:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Microsoft's chief scientist Eric Horvitz warns that the US' cuts to academic research funding could push talent abroad and hand rivals an edge in the AI race (Financial Times)
2026-01-08 06:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Chinese AI company Zhipu opened up 3.3% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising ~$558M in its IPO at a valuation of about $6.55B (Yantoultra Ngui/Reuters)
2026-01-08 05:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: OpenAI last fall set aside RSUs worth 10% of the company, which was valued in October at $500B; it has already awarded about $80B in vested equity (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
2026-01-08 03:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How dependabot works
2026-01-08 02:46 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Cyera researchers detail Ni8mare, a critical RCE flaw that lets hackers access local instances of the n8n workflow automation platform, impacting ~100K servers (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
2026-01-08 02:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ford plans to launch an AI voice assistant on its apps this year before expanding to its vehicles in 2027, and aims to debut Level 3 autonomous driving in 2028 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
2026-01-08 01:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Arm creates a "Physical AI" unit to focus on robotics and automotive sectors, as part of a reorganization that includes "Cloud and AI" and "Edge" business units (Reuters)
2026-01-08 00:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Why we're taking legal action against SerpApi's unlawful scraping
2026-01-08 07:46 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Samsung expects Q4 operating profit up 208% YoY to ~$13.8B, vs. ~$12.3B est., and revenue up 23% to ~$64.2B, as demand for AI servers lifted memory chip prices (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
2026-01-08 00:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Chase to become new issuer of Apple Card
2026-01-08 04:46 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Dell’s XPS revival is a welcome reprieve from the “AI PC” fad
2026-01-06 20:38 - https://arstechnica.com/feed/
 
Intricuit: A touchscreen add-on for Mac laptops
2026-01-08 06:46 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Show HN: Lean4 proof that SSOT requires definition-time hooks and introspection
2026-01-08 06:46 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Dissecting a C64 Autoboot Program
2026-01-08 06:46 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Sources: Larry Page bought two Miami estates in December and January for a combined $173.4M; Sergey Brin is also said to be in discussions to buy a Miami home (Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-07 23:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Alphabet surpassed Apple in market cap for the first time since 2019 after its shares closed up 2.5% on Wednesday, valuing it at $3.89T vs. Apple's $3.85T (Barron's Online)
2026-01-07 22:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Trump family's World Liberty Financial says its entity World Liberty Trust has applied for a US banking license, which would let it issue the USD1 stablecoin (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-08 00:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features: member tags that show user roles, text stickers generated from any word, and custom event reminders (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
2026-01-07 22:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Spotify now lets you share what you’re streaming in real time with friends
2026-01-07 15:43 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
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