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X updates Grok to prevent the "editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis" and geoblocks it for all users "where it's illegal" (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
2026-01-15 00:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Why some clothes shrink in the wash – and how to 'unshrink' them
2026-01-14 15:10 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
BREAKING: Thinking Machines has terminated its CTO, Barrett Zoph, due to unethical conduct according to two sources familiar with the matter. CEO Mira Murati announced the news at an all-hands with employees today. Soumith Chintala will be taking over as CTO. (Kylie Robison/@kyliebytes)
2026-01-15 01:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
YouTube now lets parents set time limits on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, with an option for zero minutes coming soon (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
2026-01-14 22:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Coinbase pulls support from the US Senate's crypto market structure bill ahead of a key vote; CEO Brian Armstrong says there are "too many issues" with the bill (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
2026-01-15 00:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Eigent: An open source Claude Cowork alternative
2026-01-15 05:15 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Ask HN: Distributed SQL engine for ultra-wide tables
2026-01-15 04:14 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
You Need a Kitchen Slide Rule
2026-01-15 03:14 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
I Designed a Custom Protocol for My App
2026-01-15 05:15 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
UK PM Keir Starmer says X indicated to government officials it was acting to comply with UK laws by restricting the generation of non-consensual sexual images (Financial Times)
2026-01-14 21:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Novee, which utilizes proprietary AI models to perform automated penetration testing, emerges from stealth with a $43M Series A and an $8.5M seed (Chris Metinko/Axios)
2026-01-14 21:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Trump signs an order to impose a 25% tariff on chips "transshipped through the United States to other foreign countries", as part of the Nvidia H200 deal (Josh Wingrove/Bloomberg)
2026-01-14 22:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ask HN: How do you safely give LLMs SSH/DB access?
2026-01-14 21:11 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
GitHub should charge everyone $1 more per month to fund open source
2026-01-14 19:11 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Digg, rebooted under original founder Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, launches its open beta; the site had been open to 67,000 users on an invite-only basis (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
2026-01-14 20:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
OpenAI strikes a multibillion-dollar agreement to buy 750 MW of computing capacity from Cerebras over three years; sources: the deal is worth more than $10B (Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-14 21:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
PJM trims summer 2027 peak demand forecast to ~160 GW from ~164 GW because some projects, including data centers, lack firm service or construction commitments (Naureen S Malik/Bloomberg)
2026-01-14 21:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Bitchat, a P2P messaging app launched by Jack Dorsey, has emerged as a key lifeline for people in Uganda and Iran facing government-imposed internet shutdowns (Reuters)
2026-01-14 20:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Anthropic Explicitly Blocking OpenCode
2026-01-15 01:13 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for Social Media Accounts
2026-01-14 20:11 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
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