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X is restricting Grok's image capabilities via the @grok reply command, but free users can still create sexual deepfakes through the standalone Grok app or site (Robert Hart/The Verge)
2026-01-09 13:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Cloudspecs: Cloud Hardware Evolution Through the Looking Glass
2026-01-09 17:51 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
The EU says it is considering designating WhatsApp a "very large platform", after WhatsApp published user numbers above the DSA threshold in February 2025 (Louise Breusch Rasmussen/Reuters)
2026-01-09 13:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
a16z raises over $15B across five new funds, including $6.75B for its fifth growth fund and $3B for unspecified "other venture strategies" (Dan Primack/Axios)
2026-01-09 13:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities
2026-01-09 00:49 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
London–Calcutta Bus Service
2026-01-09 15:51 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement
2026-01-08 14:47 - https://arstechnica.com/feed/
 
Filings: X's UK revenue fell 58.3% YoY from £69.1M in 2023 to £28.9M in 2024; pre-tax profit fell from £8.5M in 2022 and £2.2M in 2023 to £767K in 2024 (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
2026-01-09 13:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Iran's complete Internet shutdown reaches 24 hours
2026-01-09 20:52 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe
2026-01-09 14:51 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver
2026-01-09 17:51 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Sorted string tables (SST) from first principles
2026-01-09 13:51 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
JavaScript Demos in 140 Characters
2026-01-09 19:52 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Meta strikes a 20-year deal to buy 2,600+ MW of nuclear power from Vistra, and announces deals to back new reactor projects from TerraPower and Oklo (Jennifer Hiller/Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-09 12:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How Craigslist has stayed relevant for users as a place to find jobs, housing, and personal connections without relying on algorithmic feeds or public profiles (Jennifer Swann/Wired)
2026-01-09 10:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Embassy: Modern embedded framework, using Rust and async
2026-01-08 23:49 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
Sopro TTS: A 169M model with zero-shot voice cloning that runs on the CPU
2026-01-08 21:49 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in AI continues
2026-01-08 14:47 - https://arstechnica.com/feed/
 
Omdia: global humanoid robot shipments rose more than 5x YoY in 2025 to ~13K units; China accounted for the vast majority, led by AgiBot shipping ~5,168 units (Bloomberg)
2026-01-09 07:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
X limits Grok's image generation and editing to paying subscribers after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery (Helena Horton/The Guardian)
2026-01-09 08:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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